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Mainly here for the birds. UK lifelist #303 white-throated needletail
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Great day at a grey South Landing @flamboroughbird.bsky.social .
💯s of Redwing, blackbirds and a few fieldfare over.
Highlights at least 3 yellow-browed warblers, one joined Long-t tits to annoy this sleepy tawny owl. & Goldcrest, Rb merganser scoter, grey plover, dunlin, turnstone & rock pipit.
Turned out the sign had been re-purposed😄, the other side warned of nesting swans by Pocklington canal. They are all grown up now
Beacon ponds pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, cr plover, sanderling, knott, redshank, merlin & late swallow
Drama when a sparrowhawk picked off a dunlin from the flock dropping it grabbing it out the water, only for it to escape & fly off. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
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Beacon ponds pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, cr plover, sanderling, knott, redshank, merlin & late swallow
Drama when a sparrowhawk picked off a dunlin from the flock dropping it grabbing it out the water, only for it to escape & fly off. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
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#spurnbirds
Beacon ponds pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, cr plover, sanderling, knott, redshank, merlin & late swallow
Drama when a sparrowhawk picked off a dunlin from the flock dropping it grabbing it out the water, only for it to escape & fly off. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
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#spurnbirds
Pectoral sandpiper Beacon ponds #spurnbirds. Dunlin, Knot, sanderling merlin & a Swallow
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Nice to see you again Mark.
The needle and (no) damage done - when the gods eventually reward you with a close-up #White-throatedNeedletail against the crumbling sandstone of #Scarborough Castle, with the bonus of sharing the bird (& ice-cream) with your ultra-tolerant Mrs 🙏.....: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The needle and (no) damage done
Scarborough, fair - White-throated Needletail, Castle Hill  It took a while to get there, but all's well that ends well, eh? As regular re...
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What a fantastic bird, white-throated needletail at Scarborough Castle this morning, from Marine drive. After not finding it at Filey, thanks to the (re)-finder.
No pic can justify this true mega, these certainly don't 😅.
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On the East Yorkshire coast of England at Flamborough Head.
Migrants across @flamboroughbird.bsky.social dozens of Goldcrest, wheatear, lesser whitethroat & redstart old fall hedge.
South Landing more crests, chiffchaff, blackcap and big mixed tit flock.
Red throated divers and dolphins at sea.
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This afternoon @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Spotted flycatcher 2, whinchat, chiffchaffs, willow warbler, Goldcrest & treesparrows.
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Red crested pochard, kingfisher, green woodpecker common sandpiper, 2 late swift @northcavewet.bsky.social
@rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social curlew sandpiper j. Ruff, snipe, spot red, greenshank, greensand, great egrets, w rail, beardies y wag & m harrier
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Red crested pochard, kingfisher, green woodpecker common sandpiper, 2 late swift @northcavewet.bsky.social
@rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social curlew sandpiper j. Ruff, snipe, spot red, greenshank, greensand, great egrets, w rail, beardies y wag & m harrier
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#SeawatchFestival @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
Highlights Arctic skuas mainly south & chasing sandwich, com terns & little gulls.
Peregrine & marsh harrier, Waders turnstone & teal s.
Com scoter 2 N.
Wheatear provided only reasonable photo.
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Lots of lesser & common whitethroat at Sammys.
Whimbrel on the Humber + dunlin, ringed plover & golden plover. Distant little stint at a quiet beacon ponds. 'They grow up so quick' avocet chick.
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Quality #waders @lincsbirding.bsky.social @Alkborough:
Pectoral sandpiper, spot red, greenshank, dunlin, ruff, water rail, avocet, lapwings all spooked by a big female sparrowhawk on the deck far edge reeds -never seen that. Pics of pectoral Wednesday @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
Oh dear, there were 2 avocet chicks there yesterday 🙄
Never seen #Kilnsea @yorkswildlife.bsky.social so dry! White rumped sandpiper, curlew sandpiper, little tern and 2 knot the highlights on Beacon ponds. Still a couple of ringed plover chicks and a single avocet chick
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White-rumped sandpiper curlew sandpiper & Knot new for year. Great views but heat haze not helped at v warm Beackon ponds.
Lots of common, sandwich & littleterns. Whitethroat & w warblers @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social
Warm day @flamboroughbird.bsky.social seawatch highlights 2 Manx shearwater, Arctic Skua dark morph quite close just before midday south. C scoter flock North.
Razorbill dad's feeding their young.
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An idea of the distance the stone curlew was keeping at Skeffling Outstrays in the wind yesterday.
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Distant & for the most sitting tight. Patience finally saw the imm. stone curlew move, stretch, preen & then hunker down.
Skeffling Outstrays, 6 spoonbills, dunlin, green & redshank m harrier.
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Visibility iffy, birds & wildlife great @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
Some Manx shearwater, sandwich terns common scoters Nth. Whimbrel Sth.
Plus gannets, kittiwake fledglings, lots of auks.
Bottle nosed dolphins too close to the cliffs
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