Looking forward to this year’s birding days @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Fourth in our end of year series showcasing our Favourite Birding Days of 2025 is our wonderful Yorkshire Coast Nature wildlife guide @mboyd7.bsky.social Her choice is full of the joys of late spring in the North Yorkshire forests. Read her blog here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/559/my-...

2 great northern divers and 4 purple sandpipers made a trip to #fileybrigg worthwhile despite not clocking the black redstart. #cobwebs blown completely away too 😊

Great day down on the #humber at #welwick guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social massive wader fest with peregrine hunting then male hen harrier to end the day #lovebirding @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

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It was wet, very wet today on my @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social estuary birding day on the #humber but it doesn’t stop the thousands of knot and golden plover feeding and even 5 marsh harriers out feeding on #outstrays @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social Great clients 😊

Brilliant to see the starling murmuration at North Cave this afternoon before the rain came. Plenty if wildfowl and winter thrushes around too @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @northcavewet.bsky.social @northcavebirds.bsky.social

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Despite poor weather conditions guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social had a cracking day on the #humber Knot, grey plover top wader species, then raptor fest at #welwick 2 HHarrier, 2 SEowl, BarnOwl,Peregrine Places still available for my next 2 days www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/143/b...

Always great to get info about a colour ringed bird, this time a young cormorant we spotted at #welwick on my birding day @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social First ringed in the nest on the west coast of the Netherlands in May #migration @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

Blue skies and northerly winds for annual autumnal pilgrimage to Norfolk #norfolkbirds Some good seawatching at #holme, good variety at @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social and #cley YLgull, crossbills, Common scoter in large numbers the highlights . First visit to #gibraltorpoint in many years

Another great day guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social on the #Humber estuary. 2 glossy ibis on the #Outstrays but hundreds of thrushes flocking in, 2 merlins chasing pipits and close up of SE owl equally as exciting #migration @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

A weekend of guiding for @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social and @flamboroughbird.bsky.social from the #humber estuary to the great white cape. Always a pleasure to show and enjoy what this area of #yorkshire has to offer #birds

Conditions not great for passerines @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social this morning but bar tailed godwit and large number of wigeon providing interest at Beacon ponds. Much more activity on the #Humber at #Welwick marsh.4 Whooper Swan families, Pf, Barnacle and Brent geese and a host of waders #Outstrays

Final day of the season guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social on our Seabird and Cetacean trips today. Finished with blue skies, minke whales and lovely clients, had a great day #whales

Migration was all about the common birds this morning on the Big White Cape @flamboroughbird.bsky.social surrounded by goldcrests and continental robins when the rain stopped. 7 goosanders and 3 RTdivers added interest over the sea #migration #lovebirding

Birding the Straits #flywayhighways was an absolute delight. Such a range of raptors and in large numbers. Top highlights Ruppell’s vulture and dark morph Montagu’s, just wow 🤩 All in the sunshine and the husband came too, Bliss 😎 @ingloriousbustards.bsky.social were top guides for magical day

Looking forward to leading our Estuary Birding Days with @mboyd7.bsky.social We still have a small number of places available for booking all the details here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/143/b...

Pre work walk around @tophilllow.bsky.social totalled 52 species, not a bad tally for a couple of hours! Ruff, green and common sandpiper, roosting barn owl the highlights #greatplacetowork 😊

Nice to be back at #cley with family @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social good variety of waders along with 6 spoonbills and a very obliging hobby sat on the grassland #Norfolkbirding

Never seen #Kilnsea @yorkswildlife.bsky.social so dry! White rumped sandpiper, curlew sandpiper, little tern and 2 knot the highlights on Beacon ponds. Still a couple of ringed plover chicks and a single avocet chick @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

3 singing males heard yesterday

First visit to @rspb.bsky.social #rathlinisland. Puffins still on the cliffs, guillemots and razorbills just off shore. Manx shearwaters from ferry then bottle nosed dolphins from the cliffs. Great wildlife @visitcauseway.bsky.social

My friend and fellow guide Richard @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social has written this beautiful book about the Great White Cape @flamboroughbird.bsky.social I can’t recommend it highly enough. A fantastic achievement and a delight read 😍

Adding chough, hooded crow, RTdiver, eider, Manx shearwater to Irish list in amongst some stunning scenery and common dolphins in @visitdonegal.bsky.social

With a quiet couple of weeks bird wise it’s great to spend time looking at insects #butterflies #moths @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Could be anywhere in East Yorkshire, but in this corner of this field there’s a quail singing, first for me for a while 😀 @ornid.bsky.social and of course I can only hear it ! @bemptonbirder.bsky.social @grahamscott14.bsky.social @dalehornsea.bsky.social

One of several sand Martin colonies at Barmston, all full of adults and their young #hirundines @ornid.bsky.social #birdinguk

Yesterday evening was another chance to show people the fabulous forest birds that are nightjars @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social . Always worth the wait but enjoyed other woodland birds first and a great view of a fox out hunting. #wildlife #wykeham @nybirdnews.bsky.social

First ever visit to Wicken fen @nationaltrust.org.uk Good variety of warblers, cuckoo, hirundines and marsh harriers & lots of botanical interest 😍

Fantastic trip to the Farne islands @nationaltrust.org.uk and @rspb.bsky.social Coquet island for some great wildlife experiences #roseatetern #bottlenoseddolphins the highlights of a few days #northumberland

Weather not great for today’s guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social but didn’t dampen these fabulous clients’ spirits. Busy #wykeham but no show for Hbuzzards for us. Plenty of feeding action with dippers, pied wags, nuthatches all feeding young @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Excellent guiding for @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social in Wykeham today with lovely clients @jennywrendraws.bsky.social Turtle doves and honey buzzards stole the show 🤩 @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Up early to carry out BBS on friends farm at Riccall, 2 corn buntings singing, pair of yellow wagtails and a nice surprise was a pair of garganey. Always worth getting up for 😉@btobirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Stunning views of male garganey from north hide #nosterfield nature reserve. Distant views in haze of lesser yellow legs. Also greenshank, ruff, avocet , ringed and LR plover, lesser whitethroat, Gwarbler along the path #birdinguk @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Another great day guiding for @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social in Wykeham forest and troutsdale today with great clients. Favourites were brilliant views of grey wagtail, raven and the first tree pipit of the year 👍 @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Lovely bespoke birding day guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social fitting in woodland, river and moorland birds. Hobby, swift & raven over Ellerburn, wheatear & merlin on the moors the highlights @northyorkmoors.org.uk @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #Dalby

Last day of birding #norfolk & #suffolk and not disappointed with a boat trip at Hickling Broad #norfolkwildlifetrust common cranes close overhead, marsh harriers and hobbies aplenty. And a dink in the sun ☀️

Another day, another @rspb.bsky.social reserve, Minsmere. When a nightingale welcomes you in the car park, it’s going to be a good day. New for the year, little & sandwich tern, garden warbler @norfolkbirder.bsky.social @norfolkbirdtour.bsky.social @norfolkbirding.bsky.social

Birding icons common crane & bittern today @rspb.bsky.social Lakenheath along with cuckoo, swifts and hobby. Finished at Dunwich Heath @nationaltrust.org.uk with nightingales 😍 #summerbirds

Spring visit to @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social spotted redshank in full summer plumage stole the show, also garganey common tern and cuckoo. Great reserve at any time of the year. Well done @rspb.bsky.social Finished with stone curlew & woodlark at Weeton Heath Norfolk wildlife trust site #birdinguk

Time to catch some summer migrants @flamboroughbird.bsky.social pair of LRP, common and lesser whitethroat, sedge and Reed warbler, common sand. Hard to tear myself away!

Every guiding day @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social is different, today was the turn of crossbills and a decent view of willow tit then plenty of hirundines and blackcaps @nybirdnews.bsky.social #forest #birds

Never been an early riser but BBS @btobirds.bsky.social always worth getting up for 😀 corn bunting in full song and 2 pairs of grey partridge along with yellow wagtail, the highlights this morning at Riccall and Kelfield @yorkbirding.bsky.social Sound on for song of corn bunting

Blue skies today and a whole range of forest and river birds on my guiding day @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social Ravens and Crossbills the stars with plenty of willow warblers around. Lovely day again, love clients @jennywrendraws.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Day off..day out @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social a handful of migrants. Black redstarts, swallows, single yellow wagtail. 400 Brent geese, SEowl. Great to see @grahamscott14.bsky.social and Lisa full list @birdtrack.bsky.social

Forest & river birds galore this weekend on my @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social birding days including sparrowhawk in killing mode and first influx of hirudines @nybirdnews.bsky.social

What a beautiful day to explore the forests of Wykeham with lovely clients, guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social Great time of year to view goshawks and crossbills and the first chiff chaff arrivals #spring #birding @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Spectacular flocks of Brent geese at Kilnsea, female hen harrier at Welwick the highlights of a trip to the spurn area this morning @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @yorkshirewild.bsky.social

Brilliant day guiding for @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social goshawk safari today with fantastic clients, great views of goshawks and crossbills #forest #birds @nybirdnews.bsky.social