pete seaman
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a small group from Nidderdale Birders were there in the rain on Friday night and heard the churring about 10'clock but no sightings.
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The Rovin' Outlaw
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BirdFlower
Always more to learn
For anyone interested in taking a few last snaps. More than 50 Puffins easy to see at Flamboro North Landing yesterday with some allowing close views & even 5+ flying at eye level on top of the cliffs - but in 2 weeks most will be gone!
Best pic on the blog
Best pic on the blog
joespy
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Tic list
A warning to all who venture to Wykeham in shorts..... :t:
Unwanted addition to tic list found last night, been carrying the begger since Sunday. :eek!:.....
Good job I'm a tough old flatcapper...... :-O
What made it worse........no signs of target birds HB, G/H, TD :-C
Cheers Joe
A warning to all who venture to Wykeham in shorts..... :t:
Unwanted addition to tic list found last night, been carrying the begger since Sunday. :eek!:.....
Good job I'm a tough old flatcapper...... :-O
What made it worse........no signs of target birds HB, G/H, TD :-C
Cheers Joe
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Archie Archer
Association of Satirical Birders & Ornithologi
Just Honey Monsters when I went......
www.archiesbirding.blogspot.com/2011/06/honey-buzzards-in-north-yorkshire.html
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Eek - how did you remove it?
discors
Old Timer
Just pinch them out as close to the skin as possible and check the heads intact. I thought you were a tough Scot Marcus. When we were in Scotland earlier in the year my son and I got a couple each Woodcock watching in Anagh Woods. We thought that we were early enough to avoid the midges and ended up with ticks. I think they are everywhere you get Deer
BirdFlower
Always more to learn
2 Spoonbill, 4+ Spotted Redshank, 6+ Green Sandpiper & 10+ Black-tailed Godwit showing at Blacktoft Sands - if a little distantly. Pair of Garganey (drake in eclipse) still present today
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Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Yes, I've had a few. I hate ticks.
Seems a bad year for midges
I was more interested how this one had been removed...
naturenorth
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Anyone have the VC recorder details for Fairburn Ings please?
Cheers
Cheers
joespy
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Marcus,
It was in an awkward position, at the back of the leg, the wife wouldn't touch it. I had a few botched attempts at removal (2nd pic), always aware of the advice not to separate body from head and to not squash body. I failed, the wife didn't want me laid in bed with it still on, in case it jumped off on to her, so I went to local Emergency clinic at 11pm. The Doc was more interested in my camera gear, I'd taken it to show the close ups of what it was. Anyway they removed it intact using a loop of stitch thread looped under it and prescribed antibiotics for poss. Lymes disease.
Joe
PS Of the 6 in the group 2 of us had shorts on and we both came back with a joyrider......
liverpool_bob
scarce migrant to yorkshire
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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Marcus,
It was in an awkward position, at the back of the leg, the wife wouldn't touch it. I had a few botched attempts at removal (2nd pic), always aware of the advice not to separate body from head and to not squash body. I failed, the wife didn't want me laid in bed with it still on, in case it jumped off on to her, so I went to local Emergency clinic at 11pm. The Doc was more interested in my camera gear, I'd taken it to show the close ups of what it was. Anyway they removed it intact using a loop of stitch thread looped under it and prescribed antibiotics for poss. Lymes disease.
Joe
PS Of the 6 in the group 2 of us had shorts on and we both came back with a joyrider......
Little blighters. Good to know they took it seriously too.
naturenorth
Well-known member
Many thanks. Just trying to get a few records sorted out.
northernloon
swimming in a virtual sea
Brough Birder
Brough Part-Timer
Which side of Cranswick were they on? Which road? I drive through on my way to work in Driffield most days and wouldn't mind trying for them. Any directions much appreciated, PM if you prefer
Hotspur
James Spencer
There is a crossroads on meggison's turnpike (the road to skerne). Last year they were mostly just past this although yesterday they were at the crossroads.
liverpool_bob
scarce migrant to yorkshire
This caught my eye on the Spurn log from Monday...
"The highlight was 3 ALPINE SWIFT sightings during the day, and it asks the question is it just the same bird going round? Well we can’t prove anything but we think there probably were three different birds today as there was a very heavy passage of Common Swifts moving south during the day. 8,000 flew south, flying low, direct and straight towards Lincolnshire, with no birds appearing to be u-turning. The times of today’s sightings were at 12.12, 14.09 and 18.10 and all flew south past the Warren.
Swift passage at Spurn peaks between 22nd June and 20th July, all the high counts (10,000+) have occurred in this period. The funneling effect of Spurn concentrates passing birds through a very small area making it much easier to pick out rare swifts, hence having the best ‘Swift list’ of anywhere in the UK –2 Chimney, 2 Pallid, 2 Pacific, 1 Little, and 20 Alpine! We know that swifts can go (in large flocks) on large feeding forays in front of stormy weather and probably go on large circular routes (i.e the Little Swift in 2008 was seen at Old Moor in Barnsley, which is c.60 miles WSW of Spurn) a few days after flying south at Spurn. However we don’t think that these birds are flying round in just a few hours, but there is every possibility that Saturday’s bird was one of the birds seen today!"
Get checking those swift flocks for Alpine!!!
"The highlight was 3 ALPINE SWIFT sightings during the day, and it asks the question is it just the same bird going round? Well we can’t prove anything but we think there probably were three different birds today as there was a very heavy passage of Common Swifts moving south during the day. 8,000 flew south, flying low, direct and straight towards Lincolnshire, with no birds appearing to be u-turning. The times of today’s sightings were at 12.12, 14.09 and 18.10 and all flew south past the Warren.
Swift passage at Spurn peaks between 22nd June and 20th July, all the high counts (10,000+) have occurred in this period. The funneling effect of Spurn concentrates passing birds through a very small area making it much easier to pick out rare swifts, hence having the best ‘Swift list’ of anywhere in the UK –2 Chimney, 2 Pallid, 2 Pacific, 1 Little, and 20 Alpine! We know that swifts can go (in large flocks) on large feeding forays in front of stormy weather and probably go on large circular routes (i.e the Little Swift in 2008 was seen at Old Moor in Barnsley, which is c.60 miles WSW of Spurn) a few days after flying south at Spurn. However we don’t think that these birds are flying round in just a few hours, but there is every possibility that Saturday’s bird was one of the birds seen today!"
Get checking those swift flocks for Alpine!!!
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