At least 7 Wheatears on cabin rocks @teesbirds.bsky.social

First Common Sandpiper of the year for me @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday. It probably felt more like a Purple Sandpiper in the wind😂. Thanks to Tim Scott for pointing it out. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

One of three Ruff @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this morning. Also of note on the reserve was a single Whooper Swan, 52 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Mediterranean Gulls and a Sand Martin. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Long staying RC Pochard on the lake next to Scorton north car park, Barnacles are back on Scorton Back Lake with levels dropping. 17 Whoopers on Scorton Water @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

I can't remember seeing more Redpolls than I have this winter. I haven't had them in the garden for years but the odd one started to appear late last week and there were up to 14 today.

Punk Cormorant looking smart in breeding plumage at Ripon City Wetlands recently @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

I just can't help but photograph Goldeneye at Bolton-on-Swale lake. The best place to watch them that I know of @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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

Single male brambling on feeder near outflow at Lockwood Beck. Slavonian Grebe still at Scaling Dam @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

This stood out like a sore thumb amongst the locals this morning😍 Glaucous Gull on the rocks between the breakwater and the pilot pier at Hartlepool Headland @teesbirds.bsky.social @haverahbirder.bsky.social

Ring-necked Duck still at Gouthwaite reservoir this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

1st winter drake Scaup at North Duffield Carrs this afternoon. Thankfully it came within range of my Canon later 😂@grahamsigsworth.bsky.social

Scaup at North Duffield Carr's though distant @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Happened to be in Roundhay Park area today at Tropical World so nipped down to the lake and got great views of this Iceland Gull. Thanks to @mbland127.bsky.social for tip off.

Spoonbill feeding on Cowpen Marsh this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social

Water Pipit at Saltholme Pools Hide today @teesbirds.bsky.social

4 Tundra Bean Geese from Seal Sands road looking back towards Macklin Avenue @teesbirds.bsky.social

Water pipit from saltholme pools hide at present @teesbirds.bsky.social

Just gone through the Bluesky age verification system so that I can use chat again. Fairly simple and didn't seem too intrusive, just let the laptop scan my face. Hope this helps others thinking about it

Great to watch the Goldeneyes at Bolton on Swale this morning. The water is so clear and the birds come so close to the hide that you can watch them underwater. Just need a polarising lens now! @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Female Red-crested Pochard on lake next to north car park at Scorton lakes @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Willow Tit on the feeders and at least 20 White- fronted geese at Scaling Dam @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Somewhere out there is the River Derwent 🤣. Didn't manage to connect with the WT Eagle or the Tundra Bean Geese today but Whoopers, Pink-footed and Barnacle Geese and 3 Scaup with plenty of smaller raptor action and good company made for an enjoyable if cold day

4 Barnacle Geese from Thorganby viewpoint @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Please be aware that the Main Reserve car park will be closed for the morning on Monday, 26th January. Many thanks for your understanding Photography: Whitfield Benson

Sign here to voice your disgust at the annual Guga slaughter. Gannets are magnificent and this old ‘tradition’ needs to end. petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

Now 2 Med Gulls at Newburn Bridge @teesbirds.bsky.social

Black-throated Diver still at Hartlepool marina @teesbirds.bsky.social

2 Bitterns on show today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen both in flight and slipping around on the ice. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Bittern on the ice today @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social reedbed screen. I may have missed this bird at first but thankfully Tim Scott pointed it out to me. It finally crept out of the reeds after we'd watched in for abut 20 minutes @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

1 of 2 drake Goldeneye on the River Ure today as the lakes at Ripon City Wetlands are frozen. Very little on the lakes but plenty of birds in the game crop field with probably around 300 Linnets, Male and Female Marsh Harrier [email protected] @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Red-crested Pochard on Tancred Lake at Scorton Lakes this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Female Red-crested Pochard and a drake Goosander on Tancred Lake. 1 Whooper, 1 Dunlin, 2 Snipe and 2 Redshank on Scorton Back Lake @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Black Redstart at the very end of Ferry Road on the left hand side @teesbirds.bsky.social

Glossy Ibis from Lin Dike hide at Fairburn Ings @haverahbirder.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Biodiversity Net Gain is a bureaucratic monstrosity which imposes disproportionate costs on innocuous small developments. Most of that cost is fees to consultants & agents, often to achieve pitifully little. Despite kneejerk response from NGOs, removing BNG obligation on sites <0.2 is sensible.

7 Whoopers dropped in at Scaling Dam. Long-tailed Duck still but spending most of the time under water @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Richard's Pipit still in long grass between Cattersty Gill and coastal path @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

One of around 30 Redpolls feeding on Silver Birch at Scorton gravel pits this morning @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

One of 5 Bullfinches seen at Ripon City Wetlands yesterday morning @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Mediterranean Gull on Hartlepool Headland last week with @gareth27.bsky.social

Managed a bit of video of the Olive-backed Pipit at South Gare this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social

Long-tailed duck still on bran sands @teesbirds.bsky.social

Olive-backed pipit still at South gare west of cabin rocks @teesbirds.bsky.social

3 of the 8 Grey Partridge seen in front of the main hide @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this morning #northyorksbirds

We take them for granted but this Mallard was looking resplendent in his fresh new plumage this morning at Ripon City Wetlands @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Red-crested Pochard on Kiln lake @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social this afternoon @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Well camouflaged Brown Trout at Staveley Nature reserve recently @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

Join us for 'Birds and Words' with local poet Caroline Matusiak 28th October, 10am - 12pm We'll explore the reserve, listen to readings from Caroline’s poetry collection and work on writing activities inspired by what we see and hear www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...

Aged 6-18 years? Join us for our next conservation club! 🌳 Tomorrow, Saturday 18th October from 10am -12.30pm. We'll be working in the woodland, clearing recently coppiced logs and brash and building dead-hedges. www.luct.org.uk/events-1/20...