A skein of about 90 Pink-feet just gone high south over Great Ayton. Brilliant to hear them chatting to each other and very much a sound of autumn @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Redcar: Now 305+ Eider off Redcar (only 210 a week ago). Most of them feed around the rocks close off town centre at low tide but gather in a large flock off Zetland Roundabout at High Tide. Mostly adult drakes. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Balearic Shearwater, two Long-tailed Skuas, Sooty Shearwater best of the sea #Filey last 48hrs, with small numbers of passerines inc Lapland Bunting, Chiffchaffs, Goldcrests, a Redstart and this fresh-in Wheatear hopefully the harbingers of things to come later in the week. @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Lower Wharfe between Ulleskelf and Ryther Pink-footed Goose 253 flew S Wigeon 2 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 7 Teal 19 Mandarin Duck 5 Grey Heron 8 inc 5 which went high to the E Snipe 16 inc 11 flying S Dunlin 1 Little Stint 1 juv Turnstone 2 Jay 2 S Lesser Redpoll 1 S @nybirdnews.bsky.social

100ish pinkfeet, I presume. Over Charltons just now @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social#birds #birds

A Little Stint on the floods on the Lower Wharfe at Ryther & 2 Turnstones flew south @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Lower Wharfe. per P Doherty Whooper Swan 8 flew S Pink-Footed Goose 1287 S Shelduck 2 Cormorant 14 S Snipe 4 S Sparrowhawk 3 S Marsh Harrier 1 cream crown Peregrine 1 adult @nybirdnews.bsky.social

324 Pink-footed Geese SE over Bank Island/Wheldrake Ings Bank Island 250 Golden Plover 6 Egyptian Geese N 1 Great Egret NW 1 Little Egret NW 8 Red Kite Wheldrake Ings 4 Green Sandpiper 1 Whinchat 1 Hobby 3 Water Rail 1 dead Water Shrew @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

String northerlies brought early winter arrivals to @tophilllow.bsky.social in the form of 15 whooper swans, and several hundred pink footed geese over and around the reserve. Little stint, 4 ruff and Dunlin on south marsh @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Marsh tits at Margrove this afternoon @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #birds

Great views of female Sparrow Hawk this morning at Margrove Ponds. Missed the Whoopers unfortunately @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social #birds

8 Ruff, 5 Blackwits, Common sand, Redshank, Dunlin and Ringed Plover on Scorton Back lake. Thanks to @steclifton1.bsky.social for pointing out 1CY med gull @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

CHL. A nice new patch record, for me, in the form of a juv Marsh Harrier, flew in quite low from W, had a look around island and boathouse reeds and off E. A single PFG in the the Grey Lags. GWE here, RCP & Grey Wag on mud behind island. Water Rail pic taken here on 08/09. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

On the 6 Sept leading one of our pelagic boat trips approx. 2.5m N of Staithes this amazing petrel appeared only 50m from the boat. It was fairly rough at the time my guests were sat sheltering from the splash zone. I shouted Pterodroma everyone thought I had gone mad! A moment I will never forget.

1 Red-crested Pochard with 38 Pochard on Tancred lake at #scortonlakes this morning @rstephenson08.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

The newly arrived Margrove whooper swans this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds

Eight whooper swans at Margrove, in the dark - 9.30pm. The birds found by Cairan earlier today. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Chance find of a rather battered clifden nonpareil moth @tophilllow.bsky.social this week @ynuorg.bsky.social @savebutrflies.bsky.social. Little stint still present today (image Graham Bentley) @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

@nosterfieldnr.bsky.social area today, Little Stint, Ruff, Ringed and Little Ringed Plover on main reserve lake with c35 Pink-footed geese over. Flasks mud had Ruff, Knot, Snipe and Yellow-legged Gull @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

8 x whooper swans at Margrove this afternoon. Usually the mute swans see them straight off, but with the mutes currently being elsewhere the whoopers have settled to rest & feed. Fabulous to see & hear them. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Caspian gull, Redcar, off Regent Cinema, about 12pm today. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Too wet to see much but lots of Chiffchaffs between Bomb Hole and the breakwater at South Gare. Looks promising if rain eases. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A Knot from Redcar recently @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Plenty of Pinkfeet on the move through #Scarborough today. #longnab @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A few buzzards and kites present in Sleddale area this afternoon. A pair of distant ravens was nice to see then one of the big chaps dropped in @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social #birds

98 Pinks over head just now will, I’m sure, be my final garden tick before moving house in 2 weeks time @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

If you had reported Red Kites, a pair of Ravens and a White-tailed Eagle around the Cleveland boundary three years ago people might have asked what hallucagenic drug you were using! Well the drugs worked just fine today with all three showing well @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Seven Pink-footed Geese over Wheldrake Ings this morning, plus Whinchat. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

A small number of white & pied wagtails were the highlight at Margrove on an otherwise very quiet day. Lone wigeon still present. Rock pipit at Saltburn nice to see. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

30 pink foots over coal tips trail at #fairburnings heading west @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Everything very distant at Margrove today but some nice birds about - common sandpiper, 2 x grey wagtail, several teal, and a wigeon being the highlights. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Nice common buzzard action over the moors, raven, kestrel & red kite also seen. Small flock of fresh meadow pipits with lovely warm plumage feeding in grassland. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Highlights @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social today, Osprey, Marsh Harrier and Bittern from Reedbed. Ringed Plover, Flasks mud. Peregrine, Ruff, Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover, Snipe and Bar-tailed Godwit from main hide @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds

Another couple of the Red-backed Shrike at Marske yesterday thanks to @macrodactyla.bsky.social Nice to see quite a few young birders there too @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

*Should read 1150-1315!

Impromptu lunch break #vismig / #seawatch at Skipsea 1150-1215 was a blast - 4 Little Gulls, Osprey in off and SW, Swifts, dark-bellied Brents, Arctic Skuas.... @nybirdnews.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Ruddy Shelduck from Marske coastal field. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding #UKbirding

The Marske Fox Covert Red-backed Shrike this afternoon

Red backed shrike at Fox Covert, Marske today @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social #birds

Spotted flycatcher at South Gare shrike bushes today. Not much to look at but still one of my favourites @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social #birds

Curlew Sandpiper at South Gare on Sunday @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social

In the @yorkbirding.bsky.social area today, a Nightjar roosting on a garden fence in Woodthorpe, a ringtail Hen Harrier flew south west through Castle Howard Lake & 2 different Osprey along the Pocklington Canal at Hagg Bridge & Church Bridge @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

The Red-backed Shrike at Marske this evening @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Red Backed Shrike, Marske this afternoon. @teesbirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

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Osprey east along the Pocklington Canal today – thanks to @chrisgomersall1.bsky.social for the record and sharing his back of the camera shot @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Red-backed Shrike showing well at Marske this morning.

@teesbirds.bsky.social R B shrike, Stray at Marske

Couple more shots of the Red-backed Shrike from road side, bydales Marske. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #NEbirding #UKbirding