Great to see and hear a family of 4 Whooper at Castle Howard today prior to their departure before dusk York Birding

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Sita joins the cohort of 'disappeared' Hen Harriers

Peregrine perched on ledge on east end of York Minster at 17.25.

Male Peregrine perched on finial on NE corner of NW tower, York Minster at 17:35.

Its been a hard year for Barn Owls. This youngster was found floored last week,one of 2 females here . Both were emaciated, weak and near the end. Persistance with critical care fluids, emeraid and a warm box seems at last to be working.I do hope so, fingers crossed. Xx

👀📺This Sunday on BBC 1 Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles is starting, looking at some of the more hidden, elusive & hard to see wildlife - it was a pleasure working with Hamza & the crew earlier in the year to capture footage of some of the more elusive species present in the #LDV.

Whilst it was a long weekend (day and night) in torrential rain back in February, it was perfect conditions for what the team wanted to pull off – make sure to tune in for this new series and see if you can spot our local NNRs like you won't have seen them before 👀📺

Sunday 5th October at 17:50. Female Peregrine perched on gargoyle, top centre on north face of NW tower, York Minster.

Following a large movement of Whooper Swans yesterday morning (92 recorded over the #LDV) it was nice to see six had arrived overnight on the limited flooding at Bank Island this morning - few Redwings starting to move too York Birding

Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry. Climate emergency, anyone? New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/sco…

📢BREAKING NEWS... 'Out-of control' muirburn on a grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park. On the day the Scottish Govt announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing. Details ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/bre…

We’ve had a run of BTO ringing recoveries lately including a young Shelduck ringed at Bank Island in December 2021 - found dead at Blackness, Falkirk on 20th September this year, 285 km to the NW York Birding

We're pleased to say it's been a bumper year for Chiffchaffs with good breeding productivity - one ringed in the #LDV on 11th August was recaught by ringers on its way south on 21st September, at Hornchurch, Greater London – 270 km to the SE York Birding

We’ve also just received news (albeit rather unfortunate) that one of our Corncrakes (released at Bank Island on 27th June as a young male) was 'accidentially' shot in northern Spain on 23rd August – 1,271 km south of the #LDV on its way to the wintering grounds York Birding

Whilst it is unfortunate news, it does help us understand the migration routes taken by these birds – it's also only the 15th recovery from BTO ringing outside of the UK and only the second to Spain 🇪🇸 York Birding

A week on from #StormAmy 🌬️ data from our tagged Whoopers show both storm assistance & displacement. Some birds made rapid migrations, others battled the elements – some out at sea for 55 hrs! As North Atlantic storms grow more frequent, understanding their impact is vital. 🦢

Shooting Times uses selective quote to shamelessly misrepresent my view on predator culls. New blog ⬇️⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/12/sho…

'The problem, which the Scottish Government is willfully ignoring, is that muirburn is responsible for a large number of wildfires'. Insightful analysis from Nick Kempe on his parkswatchscotland blog. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/13/the…

Grouse moors: Scotland's land crisis in plain sight (by Max Wiszniewski Campaign Manager for REVIVE published by The Herald ) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/13/gro…