James B
@james-bya.bsky.social
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18 y/o Yorkshire birder/photographer/twitcher Life list 382 (marsh sandpiper)
pinned post!
2024 was an amazing year for birding and it was great to share it with so many old and new friends. Migfest was a highlight especially with a co-found pallid harrier! 16 lifers takes me to 367 for the end of the year!
10 months ago
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Most painful dip Iβll probably ever experience, managed to miss the needletail at bempton, filey, and Scarborough. Had a great few days out anyways, at least the Caspian gull and snow bunting showed well. Great to see so many familiar faces.
10 days ago
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After 3 trips and three dips it was amazing to finally get IDβable views of white-winged scoter at Musselburgh yesterday lifeβ 381! The marsh sandpiper was showing well too, life β 382. Red necked grebe and curlew sandpiper werenβt a bad support act.
25 days ago
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Pechora pipit in Durham today, life β 380! Great to see so many familiar faces. Mega way to kick off autumn.
about 1 month ago
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Pectoral sandpiper from
@ldvnnr.bsky.social
this afternoon, an amazing find by
@duncbye.bsky.social
.Yorkshire β 307 and
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
β 193. great to see the clouded yellow butterfly at bank island too.
2 months ago
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Incredible three lifer day down south yesterday. Bonapartes gull life β 377 at oare, then life β 378 black stork at boyton then life β 379 the very vocal zitting cisticola to finish. Great to see
@bird3r.bsky.social
too
3 months ago
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Stone curlew from outstrays yesterday, β 306 for Yorkshire. Diabolical heat haze though
3 months ago
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Recent life ticks, song sparrow and ortolan bunting bringing my life list to 376 and my Yorkshire list to 305
3 months ago
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James B
Jono Leadley
3 months ago
It's all about the context! Twitched a local Dipper this evening, a real York area mega. Presumably forced out of some moorland stream by the drought, to the River Foss. A confiding juvenile and a much-enjoyed York area tick! With
@james-bya.bsky.social
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Young Dipper on the foss by new earswick nature reserve with
@birdingdad.bsky.social
earlier this evening.
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Lesser white fronted goose and black scoter, life β 373/374 from a trip west last month, black scoter showed well not that it looks like it from my photo 09/03/2025
6 months ago
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Just back from a trip to the Netherlands with Dad, The obvious highlight was the Texel Spectacled eider which stayed annoyingly distant. Other highlights included bluethroats and Lelystads Pygmy cormorant and storks. Big thanks to
@david-walsh.bsky.social
and
@noahbai-123.bsky.social
for the info!
6 months ago
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Life β 372 Eastern yellow wagtail in Lincs this morning. Quite flighty whilst I was there but the distinctive call made it relatively easy to pick up in flight.
8 months ago
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Mega weekend down south with 2 lifers. First was booted eagle at Marazion yesterday morning β . Nice to find a yellow browed warbler whilst dipping pacific diver afterwards. Today least sandpiper at Steart was life β 371. Then incredible views of Kentish plover to finish!
9 months ago
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Amazing day in Northumberland despite dipping the rossβ gull. 2 life β included the white billed diver and the buff bellied pipit, both showed very well! Other highlights were ring-necked and 40+ long tailed ducks. Great to see
@bird3r.bsky.social
and meet lots of new people too.
9 months ago
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2024 was an amazing year for birding and it was great to share it with so many old and new friends. Migfest was a highlight especially with a co-found pallid harrier! 16 lifers takes me to 367 for the end of the year!
10 months ago
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Having done the long trek to Kent yesterday very grateful I saw the Ryhope scops owl back in 2017! Photo of my photo shown here.
10 months ago
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Perhaps the best photos youβll ever see of American yellow warbler and firecrest, taken at New Hythe GPs this morning. Phone binned since I foolishly left my camera at home. Warbler is life β 367! Great to see so many familiar faces.
10 months ago
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Life β 366 and Yorkshire β 303, snow geese at swine moor this afternoon
10 months ago
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Little gull from bank island
@ldvnnr.bsky.social
on Friday. An overdue
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
β for me
10 months ago
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Some recent
@yorkbirding.bsky.social
ticks for my first post on
@bsky.app
11 months ago
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