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  1. BirdFlower

    Tawny Owl confirmation (Pic)

    Definitely Short-eared Owl
  2. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    On a sunny day, yes. They were singing in the sun at Spurn this October, but on a dull day the same week, nothing
  3. BirdFlower

    Help with locations for recording?

    Skipwith Common is very far from traffic and should have some superb songsters in the summer months. Ditto with Thorne Moors - good motorway network to get there, but a lot of walking once you do, unless you use the back, Crowle, entrance
  4. BirdFlower

    Bempton RSPB: now charging for entry???

    I've only been once since it reopened. I'll have to check it again, as I thought the new car parking area was larger
  5. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    Blacktoft keep a Recent Sightings page fairly upto date, so it's worth checking on there: http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/reserves/guide/b/blacktoftsands/sightings.aspx The best place round here for Grey Partridges is the Sunk Island/Stone Creek area (don't ask me to...
  6. BirdFlower

    Best spot for a morning's birding in Yorkshire?

    Yep, Razorbills & Kittiwakes will have gone by then. There will still be Gannets though. Some years the last young don't leave until 1st week of November. It's less than half an hour's walk from car park to Staple Newk, but probably only Gannets & Fulmars will still be around then, so depends...
  7. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    We had our first ever summer record of an immature Siskin in the garden this evening (Hull). I've no idea where this bird could possibly have originated from.
  8. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    I came across a singing male during the breeding season a couple of years ago. It was in Allerthorpe woods, which are mainly conifers, so I guess it could have been breeding. I don't know for certain if they breed there in any numbers, as that's my only sighting during the summer months. They...
  9. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    How long are you up here for? There are some off the beaten track places, which you could fit in if sending longer than 1 day
  10. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    I did consider that, but wondered if they'd be gone by this time in April?
  11. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    There's a birdwatcher's car park, which is marked as such, you just have to sit in it for a few minutes for the birds to come down.
  12. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    I would have thought Bridlington Harbour would have been better and more reliable for Purple Sandpiper. A lot of migrants would not have arrived by early April, so I guess the coast would be the best bet. Up to Scarboro for Forge Valley (Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Jay etc), and then to Wykeham...
  13. BirdFlower

    BF Meet 8 February 2015

    If there isn't a thaw before your visit it may be pretty poor. I was there today for several hours. There were no Whoopers, in fact no wildfowl on NDC at all. There were a few ducks being flushed on the Derwent at intervals, but always distant. 2 Stonechats from Geoff Smith hide. Also...
  14. BirdFlower

    BF Meet 8 February 2015

    Last week there were some distant Whooper Swans in the field on the opposite side of the road to the NDC car park
  15. BirdFlower

    Top Hill Low - Red-Crested Pochard

    Is this the one you mean? http://www.eybirdwatching.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/on-crest-of-wave.html
  16. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    Well, you can get in both hides OK. Everything was v distant, but you could just about ID Whoopers from Mute Swans in bins - much clearer thro the scope. Garganey hide was better for birds than Geoff Smith. The water levels weren't that high or v.close to the hides. There was a positive...
  17. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    A few Blackcaps overwinter every year. Ringing recoveries show these are largely German birds. They nip back ahead of the ones which went to Africa & attempt to take the best habitat. Think German holidaymakers & their alleged towels on sunbeds - same basic principle ;-). No offence to German...
  18. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    We were at Spurn at the end of October, and we were really lucky as there were literally streams of thousands of Redwings, and hundreds of Fieldfare and Blackbirds heading down the peninsula: http://eybirdwatching.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/unimog-trip.html All the specific dates of what wildlife...
  19. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    10 in the reedbed next to Cedric's hide at 9am. If it's anything like my Alkboro Flats/Blacktoft encounters over the past 6 weeks, they are v.active early on, but become almost invisible by 11am.
  20. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    Oh dear, I've told 100 people that LSW is guaranteed at Adel Dams!
  21. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    Perhaps the person who does it is away birding at the moment? It's migration hotspot time! I've made a few visits to N Cave recently, and seen over 40 species each time, but nothing out of the ordinary. There were 2 Green Sandpipers the other week, which I photographed & added to the blog...
  22. BirdFlower

    Yorkshire Birding

    Water Rail in Canal Zone. 2 Redstarts either side of Masked Shrike, and a Pied Flycatcher in the Crown and Anchor after lunch time, but definitely a clear out since Friday.
  23. BirdFlower

    New to Birding

    Skipwith is a great place early in spring for birds, and snakes, but soon the biting insects become quite bad, so it may still be worth taking insect repellant even now. I've heard it's great for dragonflies at this time of year
  24. BirdFlower

    Tyke Spurn Meet?

    Thanks, John's saved me looking it up. You'd need the unimog to get you up to chalk bank, unless you bring bikes with you ;-)
  25. BirdFlower

    Tyke Spurn Meet?

    I wouldn't think there would be much around on the 26th. Usually past it's best by mid-Oct, unless you like winter visitors
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