3x flocks of 60+fieldfare on the moors 1x200 fieldfare, 700 ++golden plover and 200 lapwing . It was lovely to see large numbers of fieldfare plus the occasional redwing on the moors, NorthYorksBirdNews @teesbird1 1 flock flew over Sutton bank heading towards the Dales

A search round the church yards on the South-western edge of t'North York Moors yesterday produced 3 Hawfinch , though distant and monochromatic in colour due to the low light levels it was fab to see them NorthYorksBirdNews

A trio of purple pleasure from the North York moors this week: Bell Heather, Erica cinerea then Wild Thyme, Thymus polytrichus and finally Cross-leaved Heather, Erica tetralix,. thriving in the unseasonal warmth #wildflowerhour

2 0f the Snow Buntings, Plectrophenax nivalis, picking seeds up on the Promenade at Redcar earlier today teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

Little gull showing well at Nosterfield Nature Reserve main res today

And in the red corner tonight we have; Betony, Betonia officials, Red Campion, Silene diocia; and finally Red Clover, Trifolium prantense. I was fair chuffed to see the Betony flowering resaonably high up in Snilesworth on the North York Moors #wildflowerhour

And in the yellow corner we have, Nipplewort , Lapsana communis and Perennial Sowthistle , Sonchus arvensis again growing up on the North York Moors #wildflowerhour

Nosterfield Nature Reserve is amazing, I am so proud of everyone who has worked so hard to achieve this award .Congratulations .

Red cracking Bolete, not easy to see amongst the leaves. #LoughBeg

2 red necked grebes and 1 slav grebe on Greatham creek below the bridge @teesbirdz1 revised account

Following up that last repost with some artwork of lungworts from the Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants (1966)

Cowslip ,Primula veris, flowering, this week near Thirsk, probably to the warmer erratic weather of late, about 12 plants in total on a west facing slope #wildflowerhour . thank you Iris for the tip -off

Like the three ghosts of Christmas past, present , and future represented this week in flower form for #wildflowerhour ; Upright Hedge Parsley seeds,flowering in the past; then Gorse flowering now and lastly Bee Orchids rosettes for the future Nosterfield Nature Reserve

Spurge Laurel, Daphne laureola, growing on the Magnesium Limestone belt that goes through Nosterfield Nature Reserve today #wildflowerhour #NewYearPlantHunt

Pintail,Anas acuta, dancing on ice today Nosterfield Nature Reserve NorthYorksBirdNews

One of two Red Squirrels at Hardraw this morning 😊😊

Barn owl ,Tytus alba, hunting for prey up ont'moors in fading light this afternoon NorthYorksBirdNews small numbers of Lapwing also seen , the usual groups either moved of the high grounder swallowed by the encroaching mist!

Drake Smew still present at Lingham Water Nosterfield Nature Reserve BirdGuides also Tundra Bean Goose at main reserve with mixed Pinkies and Greylags. RSPB RareBirdAlertUK

#wildflowerhour Galanthus nivalis flore-pleno several wonderful clumps of this beauty down Flaske lane this afternoon Nosterfield Nature Reserve