Andy Hood

My 2025 Birdtrack year @birdtrack.bsky.social @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

Smart Eastern Black Redstart in St Mary's churchyard, Scarborough today. Initially flighty and feeding in the trees late morning, It showed well early afternoon in the old lower disused graveyard. @birdguides.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

10th November 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory A day of light/moderate southerly winds, heavy showers and a high of 14 degrees C. Three Dusky Warblers were present, with a newly arrived individual along the Motorway Hedge joining the two birds at ...

3 Dusky Warblers on the outer head also Northern Bullfinch, Firecrest and Siberian Chiffchaff also Great Northern Diver and 70 Little Gulls on the seawatch with a Yellow-browed Warbler at RSPB Bempton.
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/10...

One of two (possibly three) Dusky Warblers at South Landing today @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Cormorant at South Landing earlier this afternoon @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

A confiding Knot at South Landing earlier this afternoon @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

Spurn Black-faced Bunting in the bag
@spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Garden nets unfurled before first light. Lovely Redwing the first bird caught (under BTO license) @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @jobirding.bsky.social @flamboroughbirder.bsky.social #Migweek

Been thinking for a while that this would make a nice little net ride, Just tidied the small Hawthorns up and voila!... @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @flamboroughbirder.bsky.social @jobirding.bsky.social

Garden nets open before first light on a very autumnal feeling day again here at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social. This lovely Redwing was the first bird extracted. @jobirding.bsky.social @flamboroughbirder.bsky.social
#Migweek

Attention,Attention
Migweek starts tomorrow!!
Events taking place-
The ringing demonstrations are going ahead at RSPB Bempton and South Landing, both 8am-12pm.
The guided walk for those booked on it is going ahead (meet at the lighthouse for 10am start).

White-throated Needletail @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social scored gold again when the Tophill Low bird was relocated there late this afternoon. Still can't believe i've seen this chonky mega Asian Swift a few miles from home. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Apparently Seen to land on the cliffs near Staple Newk a few times before dusk Steph, But don't know which area of said cliff. A good chance it did eventually roost somewhere near there

Oh lawdy...!!!
White-throated Needletail showing a bit well here at Bempton RSPB reserve @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
On this date last year i had a bit of a birding find at RSPB Bempton....

14th September 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory After overnight showers, a relatively bright morning preceded overcast skies; there were light/moderate south-west winds and a high of 16 degrees C. An adult Long-tailed Skua lingering off the Fog Sta...

Long-tailed Skua on the seawatch, first Pink-footed Geese of the autumn also Green Woodpecker, Whinchat and Redstart with a decent fall of commoner species too.
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/14...

First Garden Warbler of the year in the garden this evening. Feasting on Elderberries @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

White-tailed Eagle at Hornsea Mere last Sunday

Huge surprise in the #LDV moth trap this morning in the form of a Clifden Nonpareil 🤩– a first for the reserve after years of waiting! Nice to be able to share it with our visiting corporate team of staff from Drax Group and several local birders and moth enthusiasts 😄

This magestic New Zealand Kererū discretely eating a cherry plum whole is why I can never move to a different country

Watercolour painting of three juvenile Ringed Plover on a beach with low grey rocks and some seaweed

Nice to see some recently fledged Ringed Plover at Redcar this week - lovely scalloped feathers and less boldly masked than the adults.
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#wildlifeArt

HMS Duncan still anchored in Brid Bay off the headland here at Flamboro

Bonxie close past the foghorn here at Flamboro this evening

Southern Hawker in the garden this evening here at Flamboro. Amazingly the fourth record of the week (3M,1F) and the fourth ever garden record ! @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Roesel's Bush Cricket
Found this male on the farm yesterday (Photo from today) in almost the same place as i found a male last year on the 11th August! Undoubtedly the second record for Flamboro @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

A section of a page of watercolour and pencil illustrations of a Song Sparrow. Top left is a small sketch in pencil of the bird singing. It is facing us and showing the characteristic dark spot in the center of the breast. The main picture is of the bird, a small passerine, with a side and rear aspect. The bird is mainly brown and grey with dark streaks. The breast and underparts are white with black and brown streaking. The bird has a stripy head pattern in grey, brown and black.

Work in progress... The Flamborough Song Sparrow.

Nice to find a pair of
Southern Hawkers in the garden this evening here at Flamborough. New species for the garden and me @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

On this date five years ago i saw the mighty Lammergeier in Derbyshire

The photo shows a limestone plaque with two carved quail chicks and a sketch of a quail chick in black ink. It is displayed against a grey background. Traces of ink occur on both carved chicks suggesting the limestone plaque shows three stages of an ancient Egyptian artisan’s work; the ink sketch at top left, the finished chick at upper right, and the almost finished chick at bottom left. Limestone plaque dimensions: H. 15 x W. 13.8 x D. 0.9 cm Likely representing the quail chick hieroglyph for the sound ‘w’

Two little quail chicks carved on a limestone plaque over 2,000 years ago.

Look closely to see a third chick sketched in ink!

From Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC.

📷 Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology