Jeff Lunn

Excellent report on marine recording on the Yorkshire coast

14th February 2026 - Flamborough Bird Observatory In stark contrast to recent days and weeks, it was a bight sunny day with a light to moderate north-westerly. After a frosty start the temperature rose to 8°C by early afternoon. Seawatching highlight...

Sunny weather meant time out=birds in!
2 Cranes over South Landing, 9 Barnacle, 1 Egyptian and 62 White-fronted Geese, Black Redstart, 20 Snow Bunting at North Marsh with 15 more at Buckton while a Short-eared Owl was at RSPB Bempton.
Full details here

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£94,000 lottery grant secures future of little tern project - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette A major conservation project protecting one of the UK’s most successful little tern colonies near Spurn has secured £94,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Beacon Ponds little ...

Great to see some good news in the local press - well done @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social!

#YorkshireBirding

Two years on from the Yorkshire Marine Nature Partnership priority setting workshop, delegates from 21 of the partnership's organisations, including NEYEDC, have come together today to review work to date & feed into future plans for marine recovery 🐚

yorkshiremarinenaturepartnership.org.uk

Supporting Local Recording Communities: Spotlight on…Sheriff Hutton Hedgehog Group — neyedc Our next local recording community spotlight is on Sheriff Hutton Hedgehog Group, a group formed as an offshoot of Sheriff Hutton Nature Group, located approximately 10 miles north north-east of York.

We have a new piece published today on our website, the next instalment of our 'Spotlight on...' local groups series. This time, we're sharing the work of Sheriff Hutton Hedgehog Group, and how we're supporting them: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... 🦔

Hear from Dr Ellie Leech, Head of our Ringing & Nest Recording Team, as she talks about positive breeding success for 14 species, and the value of data gathered by BTO bird ringers. #Ornithology

It's useful to see and understand how the Woodcock are using the wider area beyond the designated and protected sites - always more to discover/learn 🐦 Huge thanks to our team for all the hours spent after dark building up this valuable data set 🔦

This book is available at the price of £25 with all funds going to the Friends of the #LDV and towards supporting conservation/research projects across the reserve 🐦🦆🪶 If you'd like to pre-order yourself a copy please contact Lucy.Murgatroyd@naturalengland.org.uk, thank you @yorkbirding.bsky.social

15th November 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Overcast with persistent but light rain until early afternoon, a blustery easterly wind and top temperature of nine degrees C. Wildfowl moving past the Seawatch Observatory included 123 dark-bellied B...

Wildfowl featured on the seawatch with Long-tailed Skua , 4 Little Auk and Black-throated Diver. Dusky Warbler still, 3 Firecrest, Long-eared Owl, Black Redstart and 5 Snow Bunting.
Full details here

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14th November 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Strong east-north-east winds and rain throughout, with a maximum of nine degrees C. Seawatching provided the highlights, headlined by a close Leach’s Petrel that slowly flew north just beyond the surf...

Seawatching was the order of the day with Leach’s Storm Petrel the highlight, 3 Sooty Shearwater, Blue Fulmar, 4 Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck and Little Auk. Also Merlin, 7 Snow Bunting and Black Redstart.
Full details here

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Always fascinating to see new @btobirds.bsky.social Ringing & Nest Recording report.
Willow Tits at new low, no nestlings ringed at all, just 6 nests monitored. Ringed Marsh Tit halved from 2010. No Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers ringed in UK for 2nd yr running.
www.bto.org/get-involved... #ornithology

Royd Moor viewpoint vismig 10-11. Pinkfeet 460 in 3 skeins NE; all SW: MPipit 55, Skylark 6, Fieldfare 8, Redwing 8, Chaffinch14, Siskin20, Linnet 2, Starling 6

First session done!!
Highlights being adult Pomarine Skua, Black Tern, 2 Little Tern, several Sooty Shearwater and lots of Little Gull.
See you back at the observatory at 4pm!

@Barnsleybsg Quail calling from grassy field in between Scout Dike and Royd Moor 11.00-11.15 (follow gully up from Scout Dike south bank)

Great year for Curlew in the #LDV with another brood found newly hatched this morning and left in peace. This was the 34th brood seen on the reserve this year – fingers crossed now for good fledging success 🐣

Whimbrel and Grasshopper Warbler at Broadstones Res this a.m. Also 2 Tree Sparrows, Garden W and Stonechat on the heath and Raven over.

Scout Dyke (S Yorks) circular today. Wheatear 1, Garden W 5s, Willow W 13s, Whitethroat 5s, Tree Sparrow 5, Yellowhammer 3s, GCG 8 + 1 sitting

My first Swallow of the year flew past me at eye level at Wilthorpe marsh this morning. Always nice to see them back. 😀. Also, Little Owl, Green Woodpecker, 8 Buzzards, Kingfisher, 2 Cetti’s Warblers and 10+ Chiffchaff. @barnsleybsg.bsky.social @lunnjeff.bsky.social

6 March Broomhill 3 Goldeneye, The Fleet 1 Water Pipit, Wombwell Ings 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sand, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher. Lapwings, Redshank & Skylarks starting to display.

All the best John

A summary of this important new paper is available as WaderTales blog #144:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology

4th January 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Overcast, with a light south-westerly wind and a high of just three degrees C. An adult Iceland Gull that flew west along the South Cliffs represented the headland’s first white-winged gull since New ...

East of the Dykes an adult Iceland Gull, 3 Goldeneye, Grey Plover, Woodcock and 26 Snow Bunting while 30+ were seen at RSPB Bempton with Merlin and Corn Bunting and Jack Snipe at Buckton
#Yorkshirebirding
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11th December 2024 - Flamborough Bird Observatory Thick cloud persisted all day in a light northerly, maximum tempertaure 7°C. A quieter seawatch still managed to deliver a Red-necked Grebe, a Yellow-legged Gull and 54 Red-throated Divers. A Great No...

A quieter day with Red-necked Grebe and Yellow-legged Gull on the seawatch, Great Northern Diver on the sea and Black Redstart on the south cliffs.

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