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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 11h
A Waxwing at Bank Island in the hedge by cheesecake hide this morning
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Jonathan Pomroy @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social · 1d
They’re back! Redwings.

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Stuart Rapson @ivoryg.bsky.social · 1d
Lovely surprise on our first Winter Bird Survey visit to one of our @btobirds.bsky.social tetrads at Seaton Ross today. Turned a field corner to find 11 Whoopers feeding in stubble. Managed to walk around without disturbing which was pleasing.
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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 2d
The female Scaup still at Heslington East today
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Jeremy Pierson @jempierson.bsky.social · 2d
A fabulous day with @yorkbirding.bsky.social at Spurn and Welwick
Lots of Highlights
Dark-Bellied Brent's
Spotted and Redshank
3+Short-eared owls
Marsh harriers
5 Glossy Ibis
SpHawk
Kestrels
Bar+blk tailed godwit
Pectoral sandpiper
Caspian gull
L egrets
Ringed plover
Med gulls
81 species
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Tim Godson @goddersyork.bsky.social · 2d
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
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Chris @chrisywrighty.bsky.social · 2d
Flock of 60+ redwing over the house in York just now. We had a flock of pink footed over yesterday. Autumn has arrived! @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 4d
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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pauldoherty.bsky.social @pauldoherty.bsky.social · 4d
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Lower Wharfe between Kirkby Wharfe and Cawood
Whooper Swan 2
PF Goose 42 flew S
Greylag 306
Teal 12
Mallard 99
Goosander 6
Gt White Egret 1
Lapwing 20
Golden Plover 1
Snipe 2
Ruff 1
Peregrine 1
Stock Dove 140
Kingfisher 1
GS Woodpecker 2
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Adam @ldvbirder.bsky.social · 4d
Whooper swans now been picked up regularly on #Nocmig along with increased wildfowl. Not much happening with winter thrushes yet though.
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John Wilkinson @john-cop-nature.bsky.social · 4d
BTO winter bird survey Copmanthorpe West fields this morning inc:
6 grey partridges
9 skylarks
2 hares
Delighted with the partridges, all in 1 covey so I'm guessing a successful breeding season 💚 @yorkbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
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Stuart Rapson @ivoryg.bsky.social · 4d
Stamford Bridge Flash
Noticeable colonisation of Mandarin Ducks on this stretch of the Derwent. 2 here this morning, 1 on my bbs at Menethorpe & 3 at Kexby Ings. All new patch records this year
Others today 2 Kingfishers, Siskins in the many alders along here & Pinks over.
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Chris @chrisywrighty.bsky.social · 5d
Scaup showing very well at Heslington, York. It came within a 10 metres at one point! @yorkbirding.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 5d
The female Scaup still at Heslington East today
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 5d
Whilst it is unfortunate news, it does help us understand the migration routes taken by these birds – it's also only the 15th recovery from BTO ringing outside of the UK and only the second to Spain @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 5d
We’ve also just received news (albeit rather unfortunate) that one of our Corncrakes (released at Bank Island on 27th June as a young male) was 'accidentially' shot in northern Spain on 23rd August – 1,271 km south of the #LDV on its way to the wintering grounds @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 5d
We’ve also just received news (albeit rather unfortunate) that one of our Corncrakes (released at Bank Island on 27th June as a young male) was 'accidentially' shot in northern Spain on 23rd August – 1,271 km south of the #LDV on its way to the wintering grounds @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 5d
We're pleased to say it's been a bumper year for Chiffchaffs with good breeding productivity - one ringed in the #LDV on 11th August was recaught by ringers on its way south on 21st September, at Hornchurch, Greater London – 270 km to the SE @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 5d
We’ve had a run of @_BTO ringing recoveries lately including a young Shelduck ringed at Bank Island in December 2021 - found dead at Blackness, Falkirk on 20th September this year, 285 km to the NW @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Stuart Rapson @ivoryg.bsky.social · 5d
Slavonian Grebe is still on Hemingbrough, late morning today.
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 7d
Following a large movement of Whooper Swans yesterday morning (92 recorded over the #LDV) it was nice to see six had arrived overnight on the limited flooding at Bank Island this morning - few Redwings starting to move too @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 7d
The Slavonian Grebe still at Hemingbrough Brick pits today
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Simon Elliott @soniximon.bsky.social · 7d
Two Great egrets flying low west over our garden in #Hessay just now. Also 2 Whoopers, 1 ad & 1 juv on the Ouse yesterday near Beningbrough @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 8d
👀📺This Sunday on BBC 1 Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles series is starting, looking at some of the more hidden, elusive & hard to see wildlife - it was a pleasure working with Hamza & the crew earlier in the year to capture footage of some of the more elusive species present in the #LDV.
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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 8d
15 Marsh Harriers roosted in front of Tower Hide at Wheldrake Ings over the weekend (2nd highest count on record following 17 there in late September 2023). Numbers tend to peak in the #LDV in September/October, so they may well increase yet. Nice to see two adults males present.
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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 8d
My first 3 Redwing of the autumn, west over Hull Road Park this morning
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