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2 Sand Martin at Bank Island this morning. New for ##PWC2026
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At the pond along Langrickgate Lane near east Cottingwith, 78 White-fronted Geese with 700 Pink-footed Geese

A male Merlin flew across the road near Sutton on Derwent church
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Bank Island
2 Tundra Bean Geese south new for #PWC2026
2 Great Crested Grebe
120 Pink-footed Geese NW
3 Chiffchaff

Wheldrake Ings
1 Meadow Pipit new for #PWC2026
3 Great Egret
3 Marsh Harrier
6 Chiffchaff
87 Shoveler
206 Pintail
152 Tufted Duck
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Male and female bullfinch outside the Geoff Smith hide @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs this week @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Incredibly, the 1993 influx peaked on the 5th March (just a day later), so it may be that birds are concentrating together before departing back to the continent. Numbers in 1993 quickly declined after the peak, with the last 27 remaining on the 15th. Interesting to see what happens next... 👀

Making a staggering 1,810+ recorded (new reserve record count) 👀

Amazing movement or concentration of White-fronted Geese in the #LDV yesterday afternoon, with 1,310 in or over the East Cottingwith area (840 on the deck and 470 over) at 17:00, whilst 500+ (a conservative count) were present at the same time at North Duffield Carrs @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Our team also enjoyed a visit from Jean today and were fortunate to get a glimpse of an orphaned badger cub who is presently in rehab with Jean, until it is weaned, when it will then move to a specialist badger centre, before being released back into the wild later in the year 🦡🤩

Huge thank you as always to our fantastic team for their efforts on the day and for helping us to achieve so much across the NNRs 👏👏👏👏

Another great day was spent with our #LDV volunteer team on Tuesday - working on access improvements around the site and fencing repairs linked to the new build, whilst carrying out the finishing touches to our new Corncrake pre-release pens 🐣

A large departure of Whooper Swans then took place in the evening on Tuesday and after dark, which resulted in over 270 birds heading north-west out of or over the #LDV @yorkbirding.bsky.social

The first two Avocets of the year were present at North Duffield Carrs on Tuesday, bringing the total number of bird species recorded around the #LDV to a rather impressive 141 since the turn of the year - thank you as always to everyone who sends in records and counts 🐦 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

5 Crane over Bank Island & 3 south east over Seaton Ross this morning

A Tundra Bean Goose & 110 White-fronted Geese at the pond along Langrickgate Lane near East Cottingwith
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2 Avocet at North Duffield Carrs this morning
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A pair of chiffchaff, a long tailed tit and a linnet @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs yesterday. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Male Goldeneye

Curlew

Little egret

Pink-footed geese in with Whooper swans

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Visit to @ldvnnr.bsky.social Thorganby/NDC/BBridge
Highlights
Pink-footed
White-fronted 18
Pintail
100s Black-tailed godwit
Goldeneye 5
Curlew
Chiffchaffs 2
Shoveler
Whooper swans
GCGreeb
L Egret
Oystercatchers
Wigeon
Teal
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527 Whooper Swan, 12 Tundra Bean Geese, 90 White-fronted Geese whitefronts from the Thorganby village hall platform this morning

200 White-fronted Geese at Ellerton & 18 at North Duffield Carrs

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Incredible numbers of Whooper Swans present in the #LDV today with 527 recorded this morning + the two Bewick’s Swans lingering from yesterday. Still 500+ White-fronted Geese and 24+ Tundra Beans also present (best looked for from the viewing platform in Thorganby) 🪶 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

This morning’s visit to @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs produced Whooper swans, a skylark at the waters edge and mating mallards. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Good to meet up with some of the @sk58birders.bsky.social yesterday & show them around some the @ldvnnr.bsky.social The main highlight being the Geese & Swans at Thorganby.

Thorganby Ings from the village hall viewing platform
2 Bewick's Swan
400 Whooper Swan
2 first winter Scaup
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Wheldrake Ings
A Chiffchaff new for #PWC2026
3 White-fronted Geese
673 Black-tailed Godwit
291 Pintail
3 Goosander
14 Goldeneye
119 Tufted Duck
1 Great Egret
4 Marsh Harrier
11 Buzzard
8 Red Kite

Bank Island
A Great Crest Grebe new for #PWC2026
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In the @ldvnnr.bsky.social today
Thorganby
12 Tundra Bean Geese
358 White-fronted Geese moved south
133 Whooper Swan
107 Tufted Duck

Skipwith Common
2 Green Woodpecker

North Duffield Carrs
2 Great Egret
2 Little Egret

Bubwith Ings
100 Pochard
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An unseen raptor flushed the gulls through the rainbow at Wheldrake this afternoon @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Great to be able to get back on to Wheldrake Ings now that water levels have dropped. Absolute wader fest, with 60 Black-tailed Godwits, 200 Dunlin, 9 Ruff, 500 Lapwings and 100 Golden Plovers. A male Merlin zipped through, Chiffchaff singing and two Coot back on the ings. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

24 Tundra Bean Geese & 50 White-fronted Geese from the viewing platform at Thorganby village hall
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Please respect these new signs by keeping to public footpaths and not entering sensitive wildlife areas - all clearly signposted 'no public access beyond this point' ⛔️ Thank you for helping to protect and conserve the wildlife that have chosen to make the #LDV their 'home' 🐦🦆

This week new signs have been installed around the #LDV by our Responsible Recreation Officer, & with large numbers of wintering birds present & many breeding birds returning, keeping to the Public Rights of Way, controlling dogs & respecting sensitive areas is very important 🦆

This week our volunteer team have also been busy removing some of the boardwalk around the NNR Base Garden as we upgrade the access to a new surfaced path (ahead of the new access path opening from the car park to the new NNR Base) - apologies for any short-term disruption 🪚🔨🪛

Fantastic day on Tuesday with our team of volunteers who were hard at work in the #LDV putting the finishing touches to our new Corncrake pens - huge thank you to our incredible team for all the effort put in to this task, & all the others - helping to make the site as good as it is 👏