Nice morning cycle to Naburn and Askham Bog. 1 x Corn Bunting from the cycle track at Naburn York Birding and Bee Orchids the highlights.

Walk from Fen Bog to Goathland. Bit windy so not much about. Curlew and Golden Plovers the best of 20 Species seen.

I WANT people to know it was me that liked their tweets. Now my only option is to reply & write the word "like". This will seriously cut into my time wishing folks a🎂! How can we get the powers-that-be to STOP "improving" this site? Grrrrrr! 🤬 #BringBackLIKES

Up early to do the WBBS survey BTO York BTO cold and drizzly with 31 Species.. highlight of Curlew on the Ings but no sign of Kingfishers from my early visit. York Birding

Nice morning at RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #Fairburnings 4 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier & Barn Owl the highlights of 53 species.

Took the train up to Seaton to see the Little Terns, seemed to be doing really well! Then bus onto RSPB Saltholme 47 species with Little Gull, Grasshopper Warbler and Avocets the highlights. cleveland birds teesbirds

Nice mornings walk around North Cave Yorkshire Wildlife Trust , 58 Species with good views of Bittern, Little Owl & LRP the best. NorthCaveBirders North Cave Wetlands

Cycled out to Bolton Percy Churchyard this morning , 2 Spotted Flycatchers feeding fledglings. Also kindly shown around the church by the lady who looks after it. Stopped off for the incredible Orchid display near Askham Bog on the way home. Top morning! York Birding

2 Green Sandpiper at Bank Island. Juv Whinchat and Grasshopper Warbler from Tower hide and Garganey at Pool hide..plus Red Kite and Marsh Harrier. Best of an otherwise quiet and drizzly morning York Birding

Great weekend out and about on the bike from the NY moors to the coast. Best were Nightjars and my first Slow worm for years! The moonrise on Friday night was incredible.

Barely 4 weeks later the rye grass has been cropped again, eliminating replacement nests of Skylark and Corn Bunting. Rye grass is very attractive to ground nesters but, unlike cereal crops, it’s a fatal trap, cropped multiple times so there’s no way birds can nest successfully.

Nice morning at Nosterfield Nature Reserve 44 species 2 x Greenshank and 1 x Black T Godwit the best.

48 Species on a morning walk around North Cave Wetlands NorthCaveBirders. Bittern. Green Sandpipers, Greenshank and Little Owl the best Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - North Yorkshire

Birthday present to myself.

A Weeks hiking/birding in Madeira 7 lifers in total. Thanks to Wind Birds Hugo Romano for the trip highlight watching and hearing Zino's Petrel in the moonlight at Pico do Arieiro, that was spectacular 😁. Hopefully they won't affected by the current fires ebird.org/tripreport/267…

Nice trip out to RSPB Blacktoft Sands and the Humber and #alkboroughflats. 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Spotted Redshank at Blacktoft + 24 Spoonbills, GWE, 29 Avocet, Spotted Redshank and a pair of Peregrines causing chaos at Alkborough. Good numbers of Greenshank at both sites.

Kingfisher in Friends of Rowntree Park York Birding at the moment been around a couple of days.

Nice mornings walk around North Cave Wetlands 48 Species in total with 1 x Whinchat, Greenshank, Green Woodpecker the highlights.NorthCaveBirders

Incredible trip out of Staithes with YorkshireCoastNature Awesome views of 2 Humpbacks, c100 Minke Whales. 30+Sooty Shearwater. 3 Black Terns, 1 x Manx, 5 Arctic and 3 Bonxies. Massive thanks to Mark James Pearson and Sean for the sheer joy, passion and love of it all! what a trip!

Not the best weather to cycle to Flamborough Bird Observatory but a good if soggy day. 1 Pied Fly, 2 Spot fly, 1 x Redstart, 6 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat 1x Whimbrel, 3 Manx & 5 RT diver.