Fab action shot of the Siberian Jay, Chris!

Cheers Bill, HNY to you! LBB are still scarce winter visitors here too, doubtless a contributing factor. YLG pretty much remain as a late summer affair. Good to get perspective from someone on the wrong side of the Pennines. 😉😂

Bill, just how rare are YLG over in Lancashire in the winter? They are still near on mythical in winter over here in Durham. Not helped by the closure of the Teesside tips, but we do get Caspian Gulls with some regularity. Just curious.

Gripped!

Dire set of circumstances. I wonder what the future holds for Eurasian Curlew.

I thought it looked a different bird and I couldn’t see a transmitter. I’ll chase it up to see if I can find out if it’s last year’s bird, but it doesn’t look like it.

Don’t think the Hen Harrier has been seen since Sunday?

I’d tag Browny, but I don’t think he’s on here yet.

I should have added that they are nowhere to be seen over spring and summer, so presumably are breeding somewhere, you’d think in upland Durham or Northumberland. They had a day out at Washington WWT recently.

They’ve been around a little while now but do keep disappearing off elsewhere.

I'll see if theres a way to mute 4 of those and get back to you.