North Yorkshire Birds

A pair of chiffchaff, a long tailed tit and a linnet @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs yesterday. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Eurasian Curlew

Local Curlew arrived back after winter. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Oystercatchers at Redcar this morning. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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

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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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.

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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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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Thorganby Ings from the village hall viewing platform
2 Bewick's Swan
400 Whooper Swan
2 first winter Scaup
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Oystercatcher par at Margrove this evening @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds

Another extravagant display from the starlings at Margrove this evening @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds #murmuration

Gannets, fulmars and one of the many hares at Bempton cliffs yesterday. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Two barn owls seen at Bempton cliffs yesterday. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A beautiful, glossy black crow just a few feet away from me foraging for food. Viewed from the side, closer than I've ever been and able to see that the black is not uniform, there are shades of dark grey on chest and back.

Giving me the side eye in disgust for watching. In reality, the nictitating membrane which protects the eye. Bird is crouching close to a plastic shield protecting a young sapling, sadly one of many dead because they were planted in a hot dry spring.

Corvids are known to be clever birds and here it is opening the plastic to get to the shoots inside.

Here it has pulled out the shoot which is still attached to the "trunk" of the sapling. It wasn't able to pull that one free but had detached some shorter ones.

010326 OM1ii Millennium Field #York #yorkbirding #ukbirds #northyorkshirebirds #uknaturalists #wildlifephotography #OMSystem It's taken 80 yrs to appreciate the beauty of the Crow, better late than never, eh! This one, very busy, was only a few feet away, so I stood, watched, point, click, hope.

Black-throated Diver in Hartlepool Marina yesterday afternoon.
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View of a park with short green grass, a bare tree in the middle ground and a line of mixed evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs in the distance. The sky is mostly pale grey and white clouds with patches of bright blue.

Large queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee, a furry black bee with 2 golden stripes and a buff-coloured tail, on clusters of small pinkish white flowers (Viburnum tinus).

Pinkish white plum blossom 🌸

View showing a grassy track leading into the distance under a bright blue sky dotted with wispy white clouds. On the left are 3 tall poplar trees, their branches catching the sun. In the distance are a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees.

Beautiful day for a stroll round Homestead Park. Loads of blossom, bees and birds - Siskin, LTT, Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Magpie, Stock Dove, and a Peregrine interacting with 2 Buzzards circling overhead. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

Highlight from this morning a Med Gull at Feoffe Common, a good record for @yorkbirding.bsky.social recording area.
Noticeable movement of Shoveler in last couple of days witth extraordinary numbers of 12 at Stamford Bridge Flash and 18 here at Feoffe, 2 small local patches.
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5/6 Goshawks from Wykeham Viewpoint late morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Distant American Wigeon at Bolton-on-Swale Lake today @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

The wonderful Waxwing at Nosterfield this morning 🤪 @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Frogspawn. Adults survived the Herons long enough to pass on genes

Sentinel Grey Heron

Two of the 'departure lounge' Redwings

Short walk on the Ings today with dog and child. Busy herons, busy frogs and around 40-50 Redwings still. Male Sparrowhawk and then 2 Red Kites over Great North Way on the way home @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Wigeon, Teal, Shelduck, Oystercatcher & (special) 4 Gadwall on flooded Ings & 10 PF Geese with the Greylags. @yorkbirding.bsky.social Acaster airfield and Ings on 28/02/2026, 12:01 - 15:00. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

24 Tundra Bean Geese & 50 White-fronted Geese from the viewing platform at Thorganby village hall
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Male and female Black Grouse up the dales yesterday afternoon.
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Unusual duck. Hybrid Wigeon/Shoveler

Hybrid duck and Gadwall

2 Peregrines on the tower in the rain

Somewhere there are 3 Grey Wagtails on the lock wall

Another good few days on patch, With
2 Shelduck ✅️ NFY
2 Goldeneye
3 Grey Wagtails
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2 Curlew on the ground rather than a fly-by.

5 miles down the road at Hes East an unusual duck!
Also 2 Peregrine and 30+ Siskins
Pochard
Gadwall
Oystercatchers
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The Starling murmuration at Margrove Ponds, not massive but great to see. The local Barn owl showing up was a welcome bonus
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Starling murmuration at Margrove this evening. Speeded up! #birds @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Starlings, at Margrove yesterday evening @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds