Highlights from @tophilllow.bsky.social 3 russian white-fronted geese first picked up on size as they flew by with greylags, then they slid in on the ice at Watton. Quick snap of redpoll before they flew off, whoopers near Wilfholme. @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

A very icey @ldvnnr.bsky.social on Tuesday. Didn't catch up with the white tailed eagle this visit. Nice to see great egret & little at East Cottingwith. Most other birds seen were flying along the river from Aughton, marsh harrier buzzard & wildfowl incl pintails wigeon & teal. @mjthom.bsky.social

Fantastic birds around Welwick & Kilnsea E. Yorkshire Topped off by this short eared owl late on. 2 hen harriers & marsh, merlin, kestrels, buzzard, pinkfeet, brent & greylag geese. 3 great & little egrets, bl t godwit, redshank, lapwings & golden plover #spurnbirds @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

7 geese of 4 species, Tundra Bean, 3 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 pinks & barnacle in a wet field Cloughton. GGShrike a no show. Bar tailed godwit, turnstone redshank & purple sandpiper Scalby Mills #Yorkshirebirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Whooper swan family of six near Wroot. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶 No sign of the black throated diver at Westwoodside. Redpoll, Goldcrest & chiffchaff best of the rest.

Dry land at a premium @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs. Pair of disrant peregrine taking time out from terrorising the flocks of lapwing & golden plover. Marsh harriers, buzzard stonechat. Dunlin, heron, pintails, pochard, wigeon, teal, Fieldfares & Redwing. @nybirdnews.bsky.social 🪶

In between the rain @tophilllow.bsky.social nice to see this Otter hunting at Watton. No smew to be found, But great numbers of duck incl Goldeneye, pintail, wigeon, teal, pochard etc. Lots of Redwing & fieldfares in the bushes plus marsh harrier. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

A jolly to Scarbados with the Mrs, hanging around in a graveyard in hailstorms & eating jacket potatoes while watching frolicking dolphins. By coincidence, there may also have been an Eastern Black Redstart involved. More: tinyurl.com/2utdr7wt @nybirdnews.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Stunning Eastern black redstart in Scarborough this morning. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social Almost 9 years since the Skinningrove bird @teesbirds.bsky.social 🪶

Ring necked & alexandrine parakeets in Beech woods S. Yorkshire. Treecreeper, nuthatch, Jay, Goldcrest Long-tailed tit & fieldfares. @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

A day @flamboroughbird.bsky.social that didn't quite go to script. No dusky but woodcock over whalebone bridge, c scoter & a black redstart at S Landing. Seawatching pm Bonxies 2, arctic skua, Manx shearwater, Little gulls, Brent. Leach's petrel great views slowly north @rarebirder.bsky.social 🪶

Skeffling/ Weeton Outstrays @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social Merlin chasing dunlin, blackwits, avocet, curlew, grey & golden plover, Knot, lapwing, Whooper swans 6, l egret, heron, fieldfares Redwing, kestrel, buzzard and these Brent geese @mjthom.bsky.social

Enjoyable but windy day, started at Skipsea nice covey of 14 grey partridge, stonechat & skylarks. Highlight @flamboroughbird.bsky.social a Firecrest thanks @craigcthomas1.bsky.social for finding, last seen at pillbox near golf course willows. Fieldfares and Redwing in small flocks in off

Black tern @northcavewet.bsky.social this morning @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Great day at a grey South Landing @flamboroughbird.bsky.social . 💯s of Redwing, blackbirds and a few fieldfare over. Highlights at least 3 yellow-browed warblers, one joined Long-t tits to annoy this sleepy tawny owl. & Goldcrest, Rb merganser scoter, grey plover, dunlin, turnstone & rock pipit.

Beacon ponds pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, cr plover, sanderling, knott, redshank, merlin & late swallow Drama when a sparrowhawk picked off a dunlin from the flock dropping it grabbing it out the water, only for it to escape & fly off. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #spurnbirds

Nice to see you again Mark.

What a fantastic bird, white-throated needletail at Scarborough Castle this morning, from Marine drive. After not finding it at Filey, thanks to the (re)-finder. No pic can justify this true mega, these certainly don't 😅. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @markthebirder.bsky.social

Migrants across @flamboroughbird.bsky.social dozens of Goldcrest, wheatear, lesser whitethroat & redstart old fall hedge. South Landing more crests, chiffchaff, blackcap and big mixed tit flock. Red throated divers and dolphins at sea. @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

This afternoon @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Spotted flycatcher 2, whinchat, chiffchaffs, willow warbler, Goldcrest & treesparrows. @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Red crested pochard, kingfisher, green woodpecker common sandpiper, 2 late swift @northcavewet.bsky.social @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social curlew sandpiper j. Ruff, snipe, spot red, greenshank, greensand, great egrets, w rail, beardies y wag & m harrier @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

#SeawatchFestival @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Highlights Arctic skuas mainly south & chasing sandwich, com terns & little gulls. Peregrine & marsh harrier, Waders turnstone & teal s. Com scoter 2 N. Wheatear provided only reasonable photo. @mjthom.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

#spurnbirds Lots of lesser & common whitethroat at Sammys. Whimbrel on the Humber + dunlin, ringed plover & golden plover. Distant little stint at a quiet beacon ponds. 'They grow up so quick' avocet chick. @rarebirder.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Quality #waders @lincsbirding.bsky.social @Alkborough: Pectoral sandpiper, spot red, greenshank, dunlin, ruff, water rail, avocet, lapwings all spooked by a big female sparrowhawk on the deck far edge reeds -never seen that. Pics of pectoral Wednesday @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Warm day @flamboroughbird.bsky.social seawatch highlights 2 Manx shearwater, Arctic Skua dark morph quite close just before midday south. C scoter flock North. Razorbill dad's feeding their young. @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

An idea of the distance the stone curlew was keeping at Skeffling Outstrays in the wind yesterday. @nikoncameract.bsky.social🪶 @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

Distant & for the most sitting tight. Patience finally saw the imm. stone curlew move, stretch, preen & then hunker down. Skeffling Outstrays, 6 spoonbills, dunlin, green & redshank m harrier. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

Visibility iffy, birds & wildlife great @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Some Manx shearwater, sandwich terns common scoters Nth. Whimbrel Sth. Plus gannets, kittiwake fledglings, lots of auks. Bottle nosed dolphins too close to the cliffs @nybirdnews.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Nice morning @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social Woodsandpiper, greensand >10, spotted red, marsh harriers. Plus barn owl hunting before the rain came. Black tailed godwit, snipe, avocet, spoonbill, great & little egrets & warblers @nybirdnews.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Hot @northyorkmoors.org.uk today, cooler down by the Esk and streams. Breeding evidence migrants and residents alike. Even without 'obvious signs' Stonechat, whinchat, wagtails. Redstart chiffchaff whitethroat buzzard red kite & kestrel @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @mjt

4 new birds 🪶 for the year @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @spurnterns.bsky.social a dry Kilnsea. Little & med gulls. Little, common & sandwich terns. Turnstone Flock black tailed godwit over. Grey & golden plover. Then 314 swifts south just overhead, in under 2 hours after lunch. @mjthom.bsky.social

Ortalan bunting in the bag. Briefly viewed several times this morning after a while waiting with a small respectful crowd. #Wykehamraptorvp @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social No pics, but great bird. Yellowhammer and crossbills posed @mjthom.bsky.social

More from @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social including all 3 shanks species in one. Avocet, spoonbills, Black-tailed godwit, ruff, avocet & common terns.

Not a bad bird for @mjthom.bsky.social and my #300 British species. Collared Pratincole @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #NikonP1100

Nice to see breeding success @rspbengland.bsky.social Fairburn Ings. Spoonbill, cattle egret distant, willow warbler hanging on in the breeze. Plus great & little egrets. Avocet, black necked; great & little grebes. Cuckoos, pochard & reed warbler etc @nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

Super warm in Bransdale @northyorkmoors.org.uk today: grey wagtail, curlew, red grouse had fledglings. Also whinchat, spotted flycatcher, redstarts at least 2 families, kite, buzzards & kestrel. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @ukrbbp.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Tree pipits, Common buzzards, whitethroat and other warblers, plus goshawk heard at Wykeham. After heavy showers, on the river: dipper, grey & pied wagtails, plus bonus kingfisher, mandarin with brood of 3 & little egret! @nybirdnews.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

New for my garden, or any garden I have ever lived at. Spotted flycatcher in cherry tree East Yorkshire. @ukrbbp.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Fen bog and Wheeldale today @northyorkmoors.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social . Stonechat, tree pipit, willow warblers. Curlew, Whimbrel heard, grey & pied wagtail, whinchat, garden warbler & siskin. @mjthom.bsky.social

A day for sheltering from a brisk wind. The magnificent sessile oaks @northyorkmoors.org.uk had redstart, nuthatch & pied flycatcher (no pic). Nice to see surveying, by @teesbirds.bsky.social ringing? @nybirdnews.bsky.social @nikoncameract.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

@yorkswildlife.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Whimbrel on a windy Humber this morning - phonescoped. Whitethroat, sedge warblers, chiffchaff, yellow wagtail, Brent geese. Little tern, dunlin, c ringed plover avocet, redshank & spoonbill new for my year. #spurnbirds @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

A fantastic week on Skye & Fort William. Fab weather. 90 species: Golden & White-tailed Eagles, whinchat, stonechat, wheatear, cuckoo, tree pipit, twite, dipper, whimbrel, grnshank, black Guillemot, eider red-b merganser etc @scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Now resorting to phonescoping as the camera has died. It's not all been birds, plenty of mammals sighted on #Skye @scottishbirding.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Camera broke day 1 on Skye! White tailed Eagle, Grt 'scope views of Golden Eagles. Lots cuckoos, raven. Twite, redpoll, r plovers, wheatear, whinchat & Gt northern divers etc. Phone pic deer. @btoscotland.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social

Redstart at Snilesworth, singing when the sun came out. Nuthatch, Coal, great and blue tit nesting. Red grouse on the Moors. Red kite and buzzards on the Yorks Wolds on way back. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @mjthom.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social

Two early little terns were a surprise at Beacon ponds, especially given the cold gusty wind. Little ringed plovers. Wheatear 3, at Sammys. Plus avocet, wigeon, little egret, redshank & brent geese. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @spurnterns.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

@flamboroughbird.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Wheatear and red grouse, lots of mipits around Rosedale. Dipper in Egton bridge. Golden plover, curlew and lapwings on territory Stape. Red kite Buzzard& kestrels @northyorkmoors.org.uk @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

New for the year avocets, a first swallow fleetingly, #116; singing blackcap, cettis & chiffchaff, lapwings & oystercatcher. At Adwick washland. Marsh harriers, redshank & goleneye at Wath ings. @rspbengland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social