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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 3d

Raker Lakes, Wheldrake
520 Golden Plover

Wheldrake Ings
250 Teal
3 Wigeon
2 Pintail
1 Shoveler
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Barn Owl
2 Cetti's Warbler
3 Chiffchaff

Bank Island
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Stonechat
1 Blackcap
1 Little Egret
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 7d

My first 3 Redwing of the autumn, west over Hull Road Park this morning
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 9d

Wheldrake Ings
1 Raven
1 Great Egret
3 Stonechat
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Marsh Harrier
12 Swallow
8 Chiffchaff
20 Teal
1 Cetti's Warbler
73 Golden Plover W

Bank Island
8 Red Kite
7 Buzzard
159 Golden Plover W
2 Little Egret
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 10d

15 Marsh Harrier into roost at Wheldrake Ings this evening. Also 5 Red Kite, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, a Barn Owl & a Wheatear
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 11d

Can visitors to the #LDV please be aware that our car park at Bank Island will be closed from Tuesday 7th October for a week due to carriageway works in the entranceway. Traffic lights will be in operation but with no access to the car park. Apologies for any inconvenience @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 14d

200 Redpoll & 3 Stonechat at Heslington Tillmire this morning
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 16d

Wheldrake Ings
1 Great Egret
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Corn Bunting
12 Pink-footed Geese SE
1 Willow Tit
1 Blackcap
20 Lesser Redpoll
1 Kingfisher
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Stonechat
2 Cetti's Warbler
9 Goldcrest
14 Chiffchaff
Swallow pair feeding juvs under tower hide
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 16d

The female Scaup still at Heslington East this afternoon. Also present 2 Wigeon, a Cetti's Warbler, a juv Shelduck, 5 Shoveler & 2 Little Egret

A Peregrine at Heslington West
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 17d

A Water Pipit briefly at Bank Island this morning left west calling. New for #PWC2025
Also a Marsh Harrier, 2 Snipe & 22 Golden Plover

At Wheldrake Ings, 2 Stonechat, 2 Green Sandpiper & 200 Teal

30 Wigeon & 6 Stonechat at North Duffield Carrs
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 23d

324 Pink-footed Geese SE over Bank Island/Wheldrake Ings

Bank Island
250 Golden Plover
6 Egyptian Geese N
1 Great Egret NW
1 Little Egret NW
8 Red Kite

Wheldrake Ings
4 Green Sandpiper
1 Whinchat
1 Hobby
3 Water Rail
1 dead Water Shrew
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 23d

Footage from Wednesday night (17/09/25) at Wheldrake Ings of some of the estimated 12000 Swallow the majority of which passed south, with 3-4000 staying to roost.
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Sep 14

Wheldrake Ings
1 Wheatear
3 Whinchat
2 Stonechat
1 Great Egret south
3 Cetti's Warbler
3 Marsh Harrier
1 Hobby
1 Whitethroat
2 Yellow Wagtail

Bank Island
1 Whinchat
1 Whitethroat
9 Siskin south
1 Cetti's Warbler
2 Lesser Redpoll west
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bank Island
1 Whinchat
1 Marsh Harrier
6 Siskin south
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Whitethroat
4 Blackcap
11 Chiffchaff
2 Grey Partridge
139 Swallow south
66 Meadow Pipit south

Wheldrake Ings
3 Whinchat
3 Hobby
2 Marsh Harrier
3 Cetti's Warbler
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Sep 9

At Wheldrake Ings this evening
3 Whinchat
1 Spotted Flycatcher
6 Marsh Harrier into roost
4 Green Sandpiper
3 Little Egret
2 Water Rail
1 Barn Owl

11 Red Kite at Bank Island

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Sep 3

At Wheldrake Ings this evening, a Whinchat, a Stonechat, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, a Curlew, 2 Snipe, a Cetti's Warbler, 200 Swallow, a Barn Owl & 4 Tawny Owl
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 25

A Spotted Flycatcher at Bank Island & 4 at Wheldrake Ings this morning, new for #PWC2025

Bank Island: 3 Lesser Whitethroat & 13 Blackcap

Wheldrake Ings: A Whinchat, a Hobby, 5 Ruff, 11 Snipe & 4 Green Sandpiper, a Garden Warbler & a Clouded Yellow
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 24

In the @ldvnnr.bsky.social today
North Duffield Carrs
1 Spotted Flycatcher
6 Whinchat
6 Stonechat

Wheldrake Ings
1 Whinchat
5 Ruff
5 Green Sandpiper
14 Snipe
3 Marsh Harrier
2 Water Rail
2 Cetti's Warbler
1 Willow Tit
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Nuthatch
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 23

No sign of the Pectoral Sandpiper at Wheldrake Ings this morning. 5 Ruff still present on the pool. Also 7 Green Sandpiper, a Marsh Harrier, a Yellow Wagtail, 8 Snipe, a Willow Tit, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Little Egret & a Kingfisher
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 17

Wheldrake Ings
14 Golden Plover north
5 Green Sandpiper
9 Snipe
2 Water rail
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Little Egret
1 Cetti's Warbler
17 Chiffchaff
13 Bullfinch

Bank Island
1 Lesser Whitethroat
11 Chiffchaff
7 Blackcap
9 Whitethroat
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 16

Wheldrake Ings
1 Whinchat new for #PWC2025
1 Ruff
9 Green Sandpiper
9 Snipe
3 Water Rail
1 Marsh Harrier
4 Yellow Wagtail
500 Swallow
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 14

At Wheldrake Ings this evening, 11 Green Sandpiper, 8 Little Egret, 20 Teal, 7 Snipe, 2 Curlew, 3 Water Rail & 300 Swallow into roost
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 14

Pre-work bike ride to Heslington Tillmire produced a Redstart, 2 Whinchat, 4 Stonechat (3 juvs) & 2 Grey Partridge, with 2 Corn Bunting on Long Lane.
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 10

In the @ldvnnr.bsky.social
Wheldrake Ings
As as the Pectoral Sandpiper
9 Green Sandpiper
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Water Rail
1 Corn Bunting
1 Tree Sparrow (scarce now)
3 Cetti's Warbler

North Duffield Carrs
3 Whinchat
1 Wheatear

Bank Island
2 Clouded Yellow
1 Lesser Whitethroat
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 10

A Pectoral Sandpiper on the pool at Wheldrake Ings this morning, only my second ever here @patchbirding.bsky.social #PWC2025
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · Aug 9

At Wheldrake Ings, 9 Green Sandpiper, 3 Marsh Harrier including one with yellow wing tags, a Little Egret, 159 Lapwing, 7 Snipe, a Red Kite, a Willow Tit & a juv Water Rail

At Bank Island, a Clouded Yellow
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