Nice views of Roundhay Red-necked Grebe this morning and caught up with some good scope views of the Pec Sand @ nosterfield- made for a nice morning

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White front still from viewing platform @ north Duffield NorthYorksBirdNews

2 Smew still from pool hide Wheldrake York Birding NorthYorksBirdNews

Good day on Teesside bit damp and grey but all the usual estuary birds - barwits, grey plovers, knot etc Redbreasted Mergansers and a small flock of Twite on Seaton snook

Goshawk over road from Cockmoor Hall car park Wykeham this morning followed by reasonable scope views as it perched up in woodlands, also 2 Chiff Chaffs & Marsh Tit. Wykeham Forest itself plenty of Crossbills + Siskins NorthYorksBirdNews

Nice morning at Swilly Bitterns booming, least 30 Sand Martins, 22 Whoopers, 9 Blacknecked Grebes, Slav Grebe, 1 Ringed Plover, couple Blackwits, Great Egret over Astley, Little Owl, couple Chiff Chaffs singing #swillyings

Nice walk round north cave this morning- my first Avocets of the year, Scaup, 2 Blackwits, 2 LRP, Dunlins, 5 Snipe + usual

Blacktoft sands this morning; pair Garganey still, 20 Avocets, Blackwits, plenty Harrier activity, Bittern boom, Sand Martins and 1 Swallow

4 Red Kites over our Beckfield Lane Garden this afternoon- one very low York Birding

Nice morning down at Swilly, cracking views of Slavonian Grebe, 6 Blacknecked Grebes, Med Gull showed well, Willow Warbler + Swallow back of Astley stables #swillyings

Nice walk round Swilly this morning- little owl, Grasshopper warbler briefly bottom of hillside, my first Reed Warblers of year, BNG, 1 Swallow, 2 Common Terns + 1 LRP Astley and caught up with cracking Whinchat #swillyings

Swallow back in Knapton York Birding

2 Yellow Wagtails and Corn Bunting near the Towton Memorial Cross this evening NorthYorksBirdNews

Nice morning @ Wheldrake, 2 Groppers - 1 bank island & 1 Wheldrake, 2 Garden Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat @ bank island, 2/3 Cuckoos, Whitethroats and Sedge Warbles in numbers, 4 Hobby, Reed Warbler, Marsh Harrier, Greenshank (thanks to Duncan Bye)

Barden/Strid 2 Redstarts, Pied Flies, Dipper, Cuckoo, Common Sands, G Wags, Mandarin, Gooseander, House Martins over bridge. Scarhouse Reservoir 2 Cuckoo - 1 showing, Wheatear, Common Sands, Grouse on the moors NorthYorksBirdNews

Yellowlegs still @ nosterfield NorthYorksBirdNews

Early doors skipwith common Tree Pipit + constant calling cuckoo then onto Nosterfield to catch up with Lesser Yellowlegs + LRP, Ringed Plovers, Avocet, Garganey, showy Lesser Whitethroat + Garden Warbler & Little Owl and showy Garden Warbler @ Quarry NorthYorksBirdNews

Nice morning Mike Andrews Sands - most activity Marshlands - 2 ‘Black’ Spotted Redshanks, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4 Snipe, Lots of Reedling activity, Barn Owl, Bittern dropped in infront of hide - then went from view. Sedge, Reed & Cetti’s warblers across reserve, Marsh Harriers

Caught up with Rosette Terns amongst the terns @ south Gare today + both dark & light phase Arctic Skuas