Jeremy Pierson

2 Spotted Redshanks in with Redshanks

Great white egret

Distant Otter in the background, 1 of 3

Shovelers

A great few days around Morecambe Bay, Leighton Moss and Warton about 40 miles walked and a few pints at the Old School Brewery (highly recommend)
Highlights
Otters
Bearded tits
Raven
Spotted Redshanks
Marsh Harriers
Marsh tit
1000s Oystercatchers
100s Pintails
Eider ducks
A cracking 60 species

Across the border to Lancashire, and got to see some great birds.
First Oystercatcher of the year followed by a few thousand!!!
Bearded tits
Marsh tit
Marsh harriers
Red-breasted mergansers
Eider ducks
Knot
Bar-tailed godwits
100s Curlew
Pintail
Great+Little egrets
Dunlin
Curlews

Snap! 2 from over the back garden on Friday morning.

Thanks Tim
Just a bit more than the normal milage but worth every step.😉 Now drying out the waterproofs!

Good to be able to catch-up with the Waxwing at Acaster Malbis today, despite it being wet and grey.
We could walk to see it too! (12 miles 6 each way)
Unfortunately not a patch tick!
Also 4 Hares chasing around and a pr of foxes
5 M Goosander
Nuthatch
100s Fieldfare
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Great white egret

Stonechat

Male Goldeneye

Peregrine

42 species @rspb.bsky.social St Aidans
Highlights
Hearing lots of Water Rail and actually seeing 2
Red-crested Pochard hiding in the reeds
Marsh Harriers
Red kite
Reed bunting
Buzzards
Kestrels
Peregrine
Goldeneye
2 Little owls
Stonechats.
Little and 3 Great white egrets at Lin Dike Fairburn

Thanks Al, we were so lucky it showed really well for about 20 minutes. I think it gets seen on quite a regular basis. If you're there at the right time😁

Bittern showing off its quiff

Bittern

Bittern

Male Goldeneye

A fabulous afternoon @northcavewet.bsky.social With our best ever views of a Bittern from the Turret hide. A big thanks to the 2 local birders for the heads up.👍
Also M+F Goldeneye
6 Redshank
Buzzard
Red kite
GSWoodpecker
C200 Linnets
42
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Brief views of Hawfinchs✅️ in poor light at Harewood today and an unusual goose in with Pink-footed+Canada at Eccup reservoir

It certainly is Paul.
Merlin was missing on last year's list so that's good start too!! Hoping to hit 200 this year 🙏
Hope you have a great 2026

White-tailed sea eagle

Spotted Redshank

7 White-fronted geese

Ruff

It was good to be able to catchup with the White-tailed eagle from Elerton church( in -5)
Whoopers, 2 Peregrines together at Aughton
Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Ruff from Bubwith Bridge
WTE, White-fronted geese ,
Merlin from North Duffield Carrs
WTE from Thorganby platform
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

All the best for 2026 Norfolk would certainly add some numbers to the list.✅️
Hopefully I might hit the 200 mark this year, as I've got a bit more time on my hands.
Hopefully the White-tailed eagle will give itself up again in the next few days!

@dawnbirder.bsky.social Happy New Year
Hope you have a great 2026

Happy New Year!!
Looking forward to more of your fab pics in 2026

@manchesterbirder.bsky.social
Happy New Year!
Looking forward to more of your posts, pics and blogs in 2026

Dipped the Hawfinchs at Harewood but the Red kites made up for it in the sunshine

Happy New Year to all!!
Patch 2025
96 down 3 for the year
1 new to patch
Goldeneye
British 2025
179 down 8 for the year
3 new lifers
Caspian gull
Black-crowned night heron
White-tailed sea eagle
Keep sharing your sighting and great pics in 2026😀
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

A great day on the @ldvnnr.bsky.social with another chance to see the White-tailed eagle which didn't disappoint, giving a good flight view showing its enormous wings.
Good to catchup and put names to faces with other York birders.
Also
White-fronted geese
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Thanks Alan
I didn't even have to push my way to the front. All very sociable.
Hope you refound the Spotted Redshank.
Cheers

Not quite patch, but only 15mins away.

White-tailed eagle still in the trees opposite Thorganby platform 14.05
A big lifer for me😁✅️
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@northyorksbirds.bsky.social

A few of the 10 Teal on the flood water

1 of the 8 Grey herons

Mute Swan with its own reflection

Tree Sparrows

With water back on the ings, my first patch Teal (10) of the winter.
8 Grey herons
2 Jay
3 Goldcrest
Treecreeper
GSWoodpecker
Kestrel
Red Kite
Buzzard

The rest of patch
Lots Tree Sparrows
Reed buntings and Yellowhammers
Fieldfares
Redwings
Mistle Thrush
Linnets
L Egret
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Deep in the reeds, a Bittern!! Camouflage expert!!!

At least 20 Siskins on the path in the alders, with Goldfinches

1 of the 2 Egyptian geese

Marsh Harrier ( 1 of possibly 3)

A couple of hrs @northcavewet.bsky.social
With thanks and help from the local birders we managed to see a very camouflaged Bittern and Water Rail, also C30 Siskins with Goldfinches, 2 Egyptian geese, 2 possibly 3 Marsh Harriers, L+GC Greebs, Shelduck, Wigeon, teal, Shoveler, Malard and Gadwall

Yellowhammer

Tree Sparrow

Tree Sparrow and Yellowhammer

Reed bunting

An hour on patch this afternoon
The flock of Tree Sparrows seems to be getting larger( or I just didn't count properly last week) with 50+ birds in with 12 Yellowhammers 8 Reed buntings 14 Goldfinchs and a large flock of Linnets in the game cover!
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

Sanderling with a leg ring

A couple of Sanderling running along the tide line

1 of the 2 Razorbills out in the bay

A quick trip out in my converted work van to Filey.
Highlights were the 51 Sanderlings running along the tide line, at least 2 had rings on, 2 Razorbills out in the bay and 42 Oystercatchers on the top of the brigg on a very windy day.

Glad you've finally got the Redpolls, I'm sure the Siskins will turn up soon

It's not often you get a new patch tick, but today, with the ings now flooded, we got patch gold with 2 Goldeneye ✅️
@yorkbirding.bsky.social

I've just seen 2 at Naburn this morning too.

Fab read. Makes me want to do this years yorkshire bird race. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Whooper swans, Greylag goose and Black-headed gulls

Cormorant drying it's wings

Female Goldeneye

First flock of the thousands of Starlings coming in to roost.

Fab outing with @yorkbirding.bsky.social to @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Staveley and Ripon wetlands produced at least 54 Spieces
Whooper swan
Goldeneye
Tufted
Wigeon
Shoveler
Teal
Gadwall
Cormorant
BH,LBB,C,H Gull
Pink-footed
R kite
Buz
Kes
SPHawk
GW+L Egret
Stonechat
10s of thousands of Starlings

That's fantastic! 4 years on