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York, UK
Joined February 2013
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We have decided to close the @YorkBirding account from the end of January. We can still be found on Bluesky: @yorkbirding.bsky.social as well as on Facebook.
Thanks to all our followers for their sightings & support over the years.
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Shag on the mill pond Welham Road/Lakeside Way Norton. Seen yesterday and still present this am. Possibly one of the Castle Howard group. Best ring details I could get @YorkBirding
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Amazing to see at least 17 Shags on the main lake at Castle Howard near Malton today! Not often you get them so far inland...especially together in those numbers! @nybirdnews @YorkBirding
17 present this morning, although 10 did leave south east at midday
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Great start to the @YorkBirding year. Waxwing at acaster, tundra bean geese and scaup in the @LDV_NNR and great to see the shags at castle Howard this morning with @chrisgomersall1
York list is now on 198.
Amazing find at Castle Howard Lake today, with 3 or 4 Shag present.
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With over 80 tickets booked, only a few remain for our #WorldWetlandsDay event this Thursday (29th), when our Senior Reserve Manager Craig Ralston will be talking all things #LDV related – to book yourself a free ticket contact [email protected] @nybirdnews
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Or, if you'd like to pre-order a copy of our new book 'Birds of the LDV' which contains 550 pages of everything we know about the 295 bird species that have occurred on the reserve & surrounding area, please use the email address below to secure yourself a copy @nybirdnews
With over 80 tickets booked, only a few remain for our #WorldWetlandsDay event this Thursday (29th), when our Senior Reserve Manager Craig Ralston will be talking all things #LDV related – to book yourself a free ticket contact [email protected] @nybirdnews
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Good to be out on the reserve at the weekend carrying out the monthly @WeBS_UK & the International Swan Census. A total of 235 Whooper Swans were present in the #LDV inc. 48 immatures – thanks to @Duncbye for the help. No colour-rings seen this time @KaneBrides
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5583 Lapwing, 274 Dunlin and 120 Black-tailed Godwits were also recorded @WeBS_UK 🪶
The #LDV WeBS count at the weekend inc. 24,691 wildfowl, 7133 waders & 8023 Gulls. Numbers of several species had recovered following the recent thaw, with 9002 Wigeon, 8066 Teal, 2368 Mallard & 626 Pintail @YorkBirding
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Other highlights around the #LDV inc. the lingering White-tailed Eagle, Merlin (Wheldrake, Ellerton and Melbourne), several Marsh Harriers, Mediterranean Gull (Wheldrake), three lingering Scaup (North Duffield Carrs) and a Twite (present in a large finch flock at Dunnington) 🪶
The #LDV WeBS count at the weekend inc. 24,691 wildfowl, 7133 waders & 8023 Gulls. Numbers of several species had recovered following the recent thaw, with 9002 Wigeon, 8066 Teal, 2368 Mallard & 626 Pintail @YorkBirding
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Great weekend for a 'wild goose chase' in the #LDV, with up to 21 White-fronts, 15 Tundra Beans, 4 Barnacles and 2,000+ Pink-feet seen from Ellerton Churchyard and elsewhere around the reserve + a red-head Smew at Wheldrake Ings and 3 Scaup at North Duffield Carrs @nybirdnews
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After last being seen in the #LDV on the 22nd, the White-tailed Eagle was seen briefly at @RSPBAireValley on the 23rd, before heading south. However, it looks like it might be back on the reserve now, with a report coming in from Ellerton/Thorganby yesterday morning @nybirdnews
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Thank you to everyone who has sent in Blackcap records recently – there appears to be good numbers wintering in the #LDV and surrounding area at present, with at least ten others wintering in local gardens (and presumably others we don’t know about too!) @nybirdnews
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Thanks to local birder Stuart Masheder for the image below - taken in his York garden last year, and to local wildlife photographer Terry Weston for his image of one feeding on an apple in Dunnington recently 📸 Any other records welcome 🐦
Thank you to everyone who has sent in Blackcap records recently – there appears to be good numbers wintering in the #LDV and surrounding area at present, with at least ten others wintering in local gardens (and presumably others we don’t know about too!) @nybirdnews
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Newburgh Priory - 1W/2CY Caspian Gull very briefly on lake. Flew off NE. First 2 Shelduck of the year back. @nybirdnews @YorkBirding
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The #LDV WeBS count at the weekend inc. 24,691 wildfowl, 7133 waders & 8023 Gulls. Numbers of several species had recovered following the recent thaw, with 9002 Wigeon, 8066 Teal, 2368 Mallard & 626 Pintail @YorkBirding
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The White-tailed Eagle still present @LDV_NNR & seen at Ellerton today before flying west
At North Duffield Carrs, 3 Scaup still present along with a Spotted Redshank
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Only two weeks to go until our two #WorldWetlandsDay events – Thursday 29th and Saturday 31st January – see below for more details, and if you’d like to book yourself a free ticket for Craig’s evening talk in Melbourne, please contact [email protected]
