Heavily cropped images of the Red-footed Falcon at North Duffield Carrs today @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Hobby continuing to perform well in the evening sunshine north of York @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Slooow going at Castle Howard waiting in vain for a WWB Tern to drop in so had to resort to a bit of Odonatology, Four-spotted Chaser

Great to see Corn Bunting continuing to do well at a traditional site north of York with a number of jangling males in the evening sunlight @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Good numbers of Reed Warblers at both Wheldrake Ings and Castle Howard this year with some occasionally showing well @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Crane showing rather well at Wheldrake Ings this morning @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

They never sit exactly where you want them to sit - almost a Hobby north of York tonight @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A rather large breakfast for a Great Crested Grebe at Castle Howard this morning @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

3 pairs of Stonechat and a Tree Pipit near York this evening but still no Woodlark, seemingly in decline in the area @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A chilly early morning at Wheldrake Ings with a crossover in seasons, lots of singing Sedge Warblers & 5 Pinkfeet @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Unthinkable even a decade ago, 4 Great Egrets feeding in the water meadow in front of Swantail Hide at Wheldrake Ings this morning @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

White Wagtail has become annual in the York area in recent years along Moor Lane near Naburn. Good to catch up with 2 today plus 14 Wheatear @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

The Scaup was continuing to show well on the pool at Wheldrake Ings this morning, associating with Tufted Duck @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A bumper spring in the York area so far for grounded Common Scoter. This pair originally found early morning at Heslington East still present until 6pm @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

5 Shags continue to perform well at Castle Howard, here a blinged adult with a sinensis Cormorant @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Always go with your instincts but huge doubts when certainly 3 but probably 4 Shags turned up inland at Castle Howard today @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A male Green Woodpecker showed well on Skipwith Common this morning. A species seemingly on the increase again in the York area following recent declines? @yorkbirding.bsky.social

The Castle Howard Caspian Gull present since the 14th Jan just confirmed as being ringed as a pullus in Poland on 8.6.25 @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A productive morning at Ellerton Landing with 8 Tundra Bean Geese, 5 Whitefronts & the WTE on show @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Nice to see what appears to be a Polish ringed 1st winter Caspian Gull in tonight’s roost at Castle Howard - my first site record @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

heavily cropped photo of the White-tailed Eagle opposite Ellerton Landing this morning @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Another sunny winters morning in the LDV resulting in good views of Whitefronts & Pinkfeet, also Raven cronking over Wheldrake Ings @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A single Twite again in the flighty Linnet flock along Eastfield Lane, Dunnington this morning. Later Red Kite & Egyptian Goose in the LDV showing well in the winter sunshine @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A first-winter Caspian Gull at Newburgh Priory this morning which unsportingly jumped into the water before I could check the lettering on it’s green metallic ring @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

8 Green Sand & 8 Ruff on the pool (puddle) at Wheldrake Ings first thing this morning @yorkbirding.bsky.social

A slow evening on Strensall Common was finally rewarded with a juvenile Spotted Flycatcher, also 9 Mistle Thrush, 3 Swift and a photogenic but tatty Linnet @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Heavily cropped photo of an adult White-fronted Goose with Pinkfeet on The Refuge at Wheldrake Ings from East Cottingwith, the best of a morning trip along the east side of the [email protected]