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Whooper Swan spring passage continues through the #LDV with another large movement on Monday evening and Tuesday morning (a total of 1,200+ birds have now been recorded moving through the site since the 1st March) with flocks of Pink-feet also on the move north-west @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Heslington East, Low Lane late afternoon 10/3: Woodcock put up on edge of rough field; Little Owl @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Bar-tailed Godwit in the morning mist at Ellerton Ings @ldvnnr.bsky.social, the highlight of a cracking day birding locally, with Cattle Egret, 860 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Scaup, 80 White-fronted Geese, 5 Great Egrets, Peregrine etc. @yorkbirding.bsky.social
My weekly visit to North Duffield Carrs and Bubwith bridge on a murky Monday morning. Lone heron at the bridge. Treecreeper from Geoff Smith hide and wigeon and teal in the gloom. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
#pwc2026 Cattle egret on the 3km patch this morning, with great egret and little egret in the same area.
What's better than a Siskin on your feeders? Two Siskins! The species that kicked off my interest over four decades ago @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #Acomb #UKBirding
A Cattle Egret at Hagg Bridge & a Bar tailed Godwit from Ellerton church
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Wheldrake Ings
178 Whooper Swan with 45 landing & the rest NW)
12 White-fronted Geese
780 Pink-footed Geese (inc 383 NW)
4 Great Egret
21 Little Egret
531 Black-tailed Godwit
238 Golden Plover
275 Pintail
161 Tufted Duck
17 Goldeneye
6 Chiffchaff
1 Otter
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42 whooper Swans on Swan day at wheldrake ings tower hide @yorkbirding.bsky.social #swan
A very grey morning at Wheldrake Ings, made photography difficult, but I was pleased with this long-distance shot taken right across the floodplain.
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Singing chiffchaff on Maple Ave, Bishopthorpe @yorkbirding.bsky.social @birdingdad.bsky.social
2 Sand Martin at Bank Island this morning. New for ##PWC2026
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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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Drake Common Scoter still present this afternoon at Castle Howard @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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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Nice to see a drake Scoter on CHL this morning, stopped of on its overland migration.
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whenever you leave your camera you'll see gold, roosting barnowl at north Duffield and 5 grey partridge lecking @yorkbirding.bsky.social
My earliest ever Sand Martins (2) today at North Duffield Carrs. Also, 6 Russian White-fronted Geese, Egyptian Goose, Goldeneye pr, c200 Black-tailed Godwits, Willow Tit and Chiffchaff.
A Firecrest in a private garden in Nether Poppleton this morning
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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
Chiffchaff singing in the garden this morning! Beckfield Ln @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
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
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
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
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1 of the Chiffchaffs had quite a dark face with a small growth on the side of its beak
Kestrel and 3 Red kites at Skipwith common
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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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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