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Yorkshire Birding
Bird is a juvenile, so won't match illustrations in books which usually just show adults. -
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Yorkshire Birding
Hi guys, Yes Barry who runs the website has been away with work and due to a computer issue other regulars were unable to update the site while he was away. As it happens i saw him down at the reserve today and he was collecting reports from the hide logbooks so should be getting updated... -
Tern East Yorkshire UK 13.10.13
The two photos in original post were the only ones taken.- garydayes
- Post #14
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Yorkshire Birding
This link might help, you can download leaflet showing access. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/30030?category=59026 -
Yorkshire Birding
More photos on Spurn website. http://www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/sightings/ -
Yorkshire Birding
Glossy Ibis Whilst checking through the gulls at North Cave Wetlands this pm all of a sudden a lot of the flock suddenly took to the air, suspecting a raptor may be passing over i checked with my naked eye and saw a dark shape above them thinking the bird was going to be either a Marsh Harrier... -
Yorkshire Birding
Not seen the bird myself 'in the flesh' so to speak but a reliable source told me that an experianced local had reservations over it, most notable the bird appears to have a short thick neck (not the long thin neck which Taiga would be expected to show) which appears to me to be case in the... -
Yorkshire Birding
Yorkshire List The Yorkshire List increased by one today (now 447) with Siberian Stonechat officially added to the British List with immediate effect. A couple of links below with more details. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01184.x/abstract... -
County listing
Yorkshire List currently stands at 446 with 1 pending (Sandhill Crane)- garydayes
- Post #38
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Bean Goose: Tundra or Taiga? East Yorkshire. UK. Nov 2011
Cheers Geoff, knew we'd get you there in the end.;)- garydayes
- Post #20
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Bean Goose: Tundra or Taiga? East Yorkshire. UK. Nov 2011
Here's another photo of the bird giving a size comparrison with nearby Greylag. Personally from watching the bird in the field and then looking at the photos and reading the Birding World artical in Volume 23 Number 3. Plate 1 on page 110 shows a bird that looks almost identical to the North...- garydayes
- Post #15
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Bean Goose: Tundra or Taiga? East Yorkshire. UK. Nov 2011
Cheers guys, that's the verdict i was hoping for.- garydayes
- Post #6
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Bean Goose: Tundra or Taiga? East Yorkshire. UK. Nov 2011
This bird has been present on and around North Cave Wetlands for the past couple of days, any views on racial ID?- garydayes
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Yorkshire Birding
Yorkshire List 447 i think with upgrade of Siberian Stonechat to full species. -
NORTH CAVE WETLANDS-The First Ten Years
The local management group at North Cave Wetlands have just published a report covering the first ten years as an official YWT reserve. The 96 page book includes History of the reserve, Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Bees, Flies, Mammals, Plants and Vegetation as well as many colour and b&w... -
Yorkshire Birding
The 1st summer Caspian Gull showed well on and off again this evening mainly on Island Lake from Turret Hide at North Cave Wetlands, the bird was already present at 4.30pm when i arrived and showed until c6.30pm when bird flew off south towards the River Humber. Also seen today Little... -
Yorkshire Birding
The 1st summer Caspian Gull showed well at times again this evening at North Cave Wetlands though still mobile around the site still being harassed by the Black-headed Gulls. Bird watched on and off from 5.30pm til c7pm when bird appeared to head off south towards the Humber presumably to roost... -
Yorkshire Birding
Just had word back from Stuart that one of the 1st summer Caspian Gull's is back at North Cave Wetlands this morning (7.25am) on Reedbed Lake but still getting stick from the Black Head's. -
Yorkshire Birding
Last saw the remaining Caspian Gull at c7pm over Village Lake viewed from Reedbed Lake at back of reserve but couldn't relocate bird when got back round to Village Lake. Bird may have flown off to roost on the Humber as there is no Gull roost at NCW. The Gull was never allowed to settle for... -
Yorkshire Birding
Woodchat Shrike still present at the old Tip Filey at 6.30am (per RBA) -
Yorkshire Birding
Reported on RBA pager as still present today (28th Feb) at 10:45am. In 2010 was last reported on 20th March so could be around for another week or three yet. -
Yorkshire Birding
Hi James I don't have anything to do with the website myself, but see the guy who runs it most weekends so will mention the latest problem next time i see him. As you say it's a bit tricky to access the years further down the list if you linger too long over the other years, it is possible to... -
Yorkshire Birding
Hopefully the North Cave Website should be working OK now for everyone, the problem was that some web browsers would not recognize certain parts of the site, so some people could get it to work and some couldn't. -
Yorkshire Birding
Hi Wolfbirder Link below for map of area http://www.thmcf.org/maphat.htm No 12= Prison Lake South (Coues's Arctic Redpoll) No 22= Dragon Pit Area (Coues's Arctic Redpoll) No 23= Boston Park Lake + Car Park (Lesser Scaup) So from map it looks as though the birds are all fairly close...