Migfest ‘24 was incredible, made better with Oscar Puls Georgie W-S Cornelius Jones Sam Glennie. Only lifer was greenish warbler but picking up pallid harrier with Barry Byatt Friday morning was definitely a highlight along with the honey buzzard this afternoon.

mega afternoon Flamborough Bird Observatory after college today. Glad the pllw did the decent thing and stuck around for me ✅. Then saw icterine warbler ✅and red breasted flycatcher. The olive backed pipit showed ridiculously well too. Also great to finally meet Robs Birding. 365 for life

Took a little while but the black redstart eventually gave decent views on the Minster this afternoon. York Birding ✅

Little gull from bank island on Friday. An overdue York Birding ✅ for me

Life ✅ 366 and Yorkshire ✅ 303, snow geese at swine moor this afternoon

Perhaps the best photos you’ll ever see of yellow warbler and firecrest, taken at New Hythe GPs this morning. Phone binned since I foolishly left my camera at home. Warbler is life ✅ 367! Great to see Wayne Glossop and so many other familiar faces.

Having done the long trek to Kent yesterday very grateful I saw the Ryhope scops owl back in 2017! Photo of my photo shown here.

Amazing day in Northumberland despite dipping the ross’ gull. 2 life ✅ included the white billed diver and the buff bellied pipit, both showed very well! Other highlights were ring-necked and 40+ long tailed ducks. Great to see Juvenile Birder and Simon Pearce

James Juvenile Birder Simon Pearce A great day. Thankyou to all who said I was brave attempting the pipit on crutches. In hindsight I might not have set off knowing it would take me 4.5 hours but a lovely bird. great to experience NE friendliness when the kind cleaner at the cottages drove me the last bit :)

Mega weekend down south with 2 lifers. First was booted eagle at Marazion yesterday morning ✅. Nice to find a yellow browed warbler whilst dipping pacific diver afterwards. Today least sandpiper at Steart was life ✅ 371. Then incredible views of Kentish plover to finish!

Life ✅ 372 Eastern yellow wagtail in Lincs this morning. Quite flighty whilst I was there but the distinctive call made it relatively easy to pick up in flight. Great to catch up with Chris Edley Generic Northerner too.

Black scoter and lesser white fronted goose from a trip west yesterday, black scoter showed well not that it looks like it from my photo

Just back from a trip to the Netherlands with Barry Byatt Obvious highlight was the Texel Spectacled eider which stayed annoyingly distant. Other highlights were the bluethroats and Lelystads Pygmy cormorant + storks. Big thanks to David Walsh and Noah Bailey for the info!

Very happy that the song sparrow reappeared today, was very tricky whilst I was there most of the time but eventually showed well so can’t complain. Life ✅ 375 and Yorkshire ✅ 304 nice to see Georgie W-S too

Took all afternoon but eventually got a good view of the wykeham ortolan bunting. Life ✅ 376 and Yorkshire ✅ 305. Wasn’t fast enough to get my camera on it but the man next to me kindly let me take a boc of his photo.

Young Dipper on the foss by new earswick nature reserve with Jono Leadley just now. York Birding

Shocking photo of the stone-curlew near spurn yesterday. Yorkshire ✅ 306

Incredible three lifer day down south yesterday. Bonapartes gull life ✅ 377 at oare, then life ✅ 378 black stork at boyton then life ✅ 379 the very vocal zitting cisticola to finish. Great to see Juvenile Birder and Brook perrins

Pectoral sandpiper from LDV NNR this afternoon, an amazing find by Duncan Bye . Yorkshire ✅ 307 and York Birding ✅ 193. great to see the clouded yellow butterfly at bank island too.