York Birding 26/08/24 Copmanthorpe 17:30, 3 Swifts flying around a bit higher than the House Martins. Also, 7 swallows seen at Moor Lane Stables.

A Merlin tonight in Barton le willows. Also a pair of Hobby’s at the weekend … very exciting for a farmer trying to increase the wildlife yields 😃. York Birding

York Birding Single swift over our house in Bishopthorpe just now.

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

Our Senior Reserve Manager will be talking all things #LDV at the next York Birding meeting (03/09) - sharing details of the upcoming ‘Birds of the LDV' book & everything we now know inc. counts, movements & ringing results - should be something for everyone 🐦

Pleasing to see a small flock of 55 farmland birds already using the wild bird mix at New Meadow at North Duffield - inc. 30 Goldfinch and 25 Linnets which is an encouraging start for late August, with plenty more seed ready for many other finches and buntings over the winter 🐦

Kingfishers are being reported regularly around the reserve at present - particularly at Pool Hide on Wheldrake Ings, where birds have been showing well infront of the hide on the rails provided by our team of volunteers York Birding

The pair of hobby’s back again … currently circling over Barton le willows. So low you can see their colours. Thanks Sloemotion Distillery for spotting them. York Birding

A Spotted Flycatcher near the wind pump at Wheldrake Ings this morning. On a fast drying out pool, still 11 Green Sandpiper & and a Whinchat from Tower Hide LDV NNR York Birding

Naburn/ings It's been fairly quiet for the past few weeks But movement with swallows & martins passing through and a hobby, taging on one group. Jay's are becoming more vocal on patch Hornets have been busy Pic4 you can see chambers in the nest York Birding

LDV NNR NE Skipwith Common NNR on 31/08/2024, 10:38 - 14:14. Highlights of Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Tit, 2 Stonechat. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pubc…

LDV NNR NE North Duffield Carrs - Lower Derwent Valley NNR on 31/08/2024, 14:20 - 16:44. BoP Fest - Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, also 2 Willow Tit, 3 Snipe. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pubc…

Juvenile Marsh Harrier through Castle Howard late afternoon just my 3rd site record, also Red-crested Pochard York Birding

1 Swift over Beckfield lane York Birding

Bank Island 1 Great Egret north 1 Hobby 1 Red Kite 7 Grey Partridge 2 Yellow Wagtail 1 Lesser Whitethroat 3 Yellowhammer Wheldrake Ings 3 Whinchat 1 Mandarin 8 Green Sandpiper 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Red Kite 2 Snipe 1 Cetti's Warbler York Birding LDV NNR

Interesting recovery of a Sedge Warbler caught in the #LDV at Wheldrake Ings on 13/08 - originally ringed two days earlier in East Sussex, travelling 350 km north in this short space of time (& the second that we have caught doing this apparent 'reverse migration' in autumn) 🐦

Plenty of chiffchaff in Knapton. At least 10 in this one tree. Willow warb and swallow still around, with a single whitethroat. The hunt for a patch flycatcher continues. York Birding

Female-type pied flycatcher in my Acomb garden this morning. Four years since the last one. York Birding

At Wheldrake Ings this evening, 1 Hobby, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Red Kite, 7 Buzzard, 8 Green Sandpiper, 3 Curlew, 5 Snipe, 4 Little Egret & 34 Teal LDV NNR York Birding