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Tim Godson
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Nature enthusiast, nature recovery volunteer - rugby player and supporter - Forest/forest supporter
Walk along Pocklington Canal then to Allerthorpe Common - highlights Green woodpecker, 22 Corn Bunting, 55 Linnet, 75 Redpoll - multiple Buzzards @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amazing to see 60 cranes from train just outside Manea near Ouse Washes
October 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@yorkbirding.bsky.social Short-eared owl at North Duffield Carrs - in close proximity to a Marsh Harrier, plus Stonechat and steady movement of hirundines
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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As the breeding season starts, a reminder to think carefully before reporting/sharing pictures of rare breeding species on social media. They are vulnerable to disturbance & persecution. If in doubt, keep it quiet & contact local/county recorders instead.
yorkbirding.org.uk/reporting-ra...
Reporting Rare & Scarce Breeding Birds in the York Area – York Ornithological Club
yorkbirding.org.uk
March 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Pre-dawn chorus of Blackbird, Robin and Wren as I catch bus for first leg on way to @btobirds.bsky.social conference in Manchester
March 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

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January 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The train from March to Ely makes a great mobile hide - crossing the fens have seen Whooper Swan and Cranes - then crossed the Ouse Washes
With several ducks in view
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Early morning wolf moon in York - accompanied by singing robins
January 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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With special guest Shaun the Sheep - don't miss it! 😁
January 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱
November 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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Sadly 2024 was one of the poorest breeding seasons for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers since we started in 2015. Only 11 nests were found/monitored & on average only just over one young fledged per nest. This is probably not enough to sustain the population, www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/news
January 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Birds flooding into garden ahead of bad weather - blackbirds, Woodpidge, and magpie feeding on windfall apples, charm of Goldfinches on teasel, tits etc on feeders -!then sparrowhawk barrels through - 12 species in total @yorkbirding.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dawn over the Ouse in York - river doing its natural thing filling all the Ings (flood meadows) to support natural processes
January 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Local walk in York, 25!Redwing Bishopthorpe, Rowntrees Park closed due to flood risk but from still open cafe could see a fisherman making use of the empty park - sorry for rubbish photo @yorkbirding.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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North Duffield Carrs
1 Little Gull
1 Stonechat
24 Redshank
3 Ruff
5 Marsh Harrier
4000 Lapwing

Ellerton
2000 Pink-footed Geese
101 Whooper Swan
1 Peregrine
8 Ruff
138 Shelduck

Bubwith Ings
148 Dunlin
500 Golden Plover

Aughton Ings
600 Dunlin
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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First-winter Caspian Gull in the roost at Wheldrake Ings this evening, picked up by Chris Gomersall. At least one Lesser Black-back among 30 GBBG and c300 Herrings.
December 29, 2024 at 5:06 PM
In Cambridge at local nature reserve Logan’s Meadow first time I’ve seen a Red Kite - very close to city centre
December 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Wheldrake Ings
Into roost were 12000 Black-headed, 2500 Common, 350 Herring & 12 Great Black-backed Gull
6 Black-tailed Godwit
1500 Lapwing
400 Golden Plover
8 Dunlin
5 Curlew
286 Pintail
62 Shoveler
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 Marsh Tit
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report #Ornithology #UKBirding
December 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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A great opportunity here
Ever dreamt about working at one of the UK's premier Bird Observatories? Now you can!

We're looking for a seasonal Assistant Warden to join our team here at Spurn from 1st April 2025.

More information about this exciting and rewarding opportunity here - https://buff.ly/4gjCclB
December 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
5 Goosander on Hogg”s Pond, Dringhouses - with Tufted Duck, Mallard and Great Crested Grebe @yorkbirding.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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At least 12,000 Lapwing are now present in the #LDV along with 750+ Dunlin and over 6,000 Teal @yorkbirding.bsky.social
The WeBS count at the weekend produced totals of 15,732 wildfowl alongside 17,117 waders in the #LDV - total of 32,849 birds. The figures are likely to be an undercount though due to the extreme flooding limiting access to just the edges of the site & key viewing locations @yorkbirding.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Lots of Plover at NDC today, mainly Green but prob. c.500 Golden. Good numbers now of Dunlin.
Lovely close views of 9 Whoopers close in to Aughton church, separate from the flock on W bank.
7 Pochard & 52 Tufted on Refuge, Wheldrake Ings, viewed from bank N of E Cott.
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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We have published an interactive Google map on our website with all the local hotspots listed, follow the link below ⬇️

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/the-recordin...
Flamborough Headland Map and Recording Area - Flamborough Bird Observatory
Flamborough Head is a promontory, 8 miles (13 km) long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington Bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The ...
flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk
December 8, 2024 at 7:48 PM