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Neil Birdy
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Cuckoo today above Bolton Abbey, Osprey getting some grief off the Peregrines at Malham early this morning.
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Chris-Leeds
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Cycle ride this evening with at least 6 corn buntings Showing well and singing by the roadside.
BirdFlower
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Some slightly better record shots of one of the Spurn Golden Oriole's on the blog: www.eybirdwatching.blogspot.com Photo (c) 2012 Tony Robinson
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northernloon
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Hi just wanted to ask some of you more experianced birdwatches on a good beginer place in yorkshire to watch the wildlife As ive been to fairburn inns and wanted to get to know more hides to use my new canon 100 to 400mm lens thanks ricky
Hi Ricky and welcome. Fairburn Ings is a great place to start. The staff are very helpful and will point you in the right direction. The Kingfisher screen is always worth a look. You never know. The hide nearest to the visitor centre (Pickup?) often provides very close views.
Potteric Carr near Doncaster is nearly always worth a visit.
Trystan
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Showing well at Thornwick fishing pond this evening, 2nd record for Flamborough
Just back from Samos. Seems all the birds came here while I was gone!
My only lifer of the trip was citrine wagtail!
Report will follow.
sid ashton
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northernloon
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Nice one Hissing Sid. It made me chuckle.
Hi just wanted to ask some of you more experianced birdwatches on a good beginer place in yorkshire to watch the wildlife As ive been to fairburn inns and wanted to get to know more hides to use my new canon 100 to 400mm lens thanks ricky
We go to Old Moor, between Barnsley and Doncaster quite a lot and also really like Adel Dam too. Another shout for Potteric Carr
Spoonbills
Are there Spoonbills at Blacktoft? Am intending going on Sunday.
Did an hour at Bank Island today for some birdtrack counts. Reasonably quiet but a high count of 106 Lapwing. Also of note was a female Teal which was a surprise due to lack of water. A single Redshank and also my first Bullfinch since the spring. For a couple of years i have been gripped off by my where to watch birds in Yorkshire book. It mentions categorically that Kingfisher are present on the Derwent between Bank Island and Wheldrake Ings so EVERY time i get to a likely spot out the back of the Cheesecake hide i always take a few minutes to watch for one zooming by. I had never seen anything remotely Kingfisher shaped zoom by and after 2 years i had pretty much given up. Today was watching a tit flock on the far bank and through my bins a blue whoosh. Not a great view but an overwhelming sense of relief. I did have the right spot afterall!
Are there Spoonbills at Blacktoft? Am intending going on Sunday.
BirdFlower
Always more to learn
Nothing on the latest Blacktoft Blogpost: http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/pl...3/sizzling-summer-beckons-breeding-birds.aspx
They usually turn up at Blacktoft mainly in July & August, as per my Yorkshire Wildlife Calendar
BirdFlower
Always more to learn
Hi just wanted to ask some of you more experianced birdwatches on a good beginer place in yorkshire to watch the wildlife As ive been to fairburn inns and wanted to get to know more hides to use my new canon 100 to 400mm lens thanks ricky
Of course, you could also join either my Tuesday or Friday afternoon sessions & try out your lens over a wide variety of local East Yorkshire hotspots throughout the year
pyenester
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Hi just wanted to ask some of you more experianced birdwatches on a good beginer place in yorkshire to watch the wildlife As ive been to fairburn inns and wanted to get to know more hides to use my new canon 100 to 400mm lens thanks ricky
Take a look at Rodley Nature Reserve
Regards
John
northernloon
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pete seaman
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We had a club walk in the Ings on Monday evening,heard a few Tawny's in the wood and had at least 15 Woodcock roding along the main ride just as the light went.
Has there been any reports of Nightjar in the Washburn area this year yet ? last year was good for us in that area.
northernloon
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Pete and others. Migrants seem to have been held up by the rubbish weather in April. Just a theory. I'm hoping this remarkable warm spell heralds a change. Decidedly cold in East Anglia on Sunday.
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pete seaman
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Certainly agree with that,our local Sand Martin colony is only just catching up,this time last year they were just about hatching the first brood.
The Nightjar sites in the Washburn Valley have been a bit hit and miss in recent years.
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