Mike H.

Song Sparrow at Thornwick Bay yesterday afternoon. ✅

7 males Black Grouse on Sunday in the Durham Dales.

Quail across the A1 at Bedale, absolute scenes. The Western Sandpiper showed well ✅✅

Grasshopper Warbler in the evening sun. Spurn on the walk back from the Melodious Warbler

Kentish Plover !!!!! At last, most dipped bird ✅ and UK 400th. Mad dash on news and got there to enjoy for only 10 mins. Holding right wing down but flew off strong. Kilnsea Wetlands.

Tree Pipit takes the Yorkshire Gliding Club list up to 53. Sutton Bank.

Raven on moors above Halifax, but not Ring Ouzel alas.

Grebe fest at Swillington Ings today. Great Crested, Slavonian & Black-necked

Brilliant, right place right time. Difficult bird to catch up with.

Blue-winged Teal pair at Brough but distant.

Failed miserably with the Kentish Plover (again) but Burnham-on-sea is growing on me. #missedfreehotelbreakfasts

Thanks Andy, plan to be there at first light for 2 days if needed.

Thanks Dawn. Well done on the Serins 👍, still need them too. Next up and biggest bogey bird Kentish Plover, 3 chances for the Burnham-On-Sea bird this week after double figure dips. Will take me to 400 also

Glaucous Gull at Hunstanton a life ✅ for me. #Bogeybird

Ring-necked Parakeet makes it on to the Manchester Airport perimeter list

Greater Scaup at Cromwell Bottom ski lake on Sunday

Willow Tit and Peregrine around the gliding club while the boy glides.

Short walk around Lindow Common in the drizzle.

Least Sandpiper ✅ at the weekend but Kentish Plover still leading the dip list

Water Rail through the cold haze at Druridge Bay CP.

White-billed Driver ✅ and Buff-bellied Pipit ✅ lifers and Iceland Gull, Ring-necked Duck, Water Rail, Scaup, Hen Harrier, Common Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Green-winged Teal, Long-tailed Duct (pristine males) and Short-eared owls in fading light. Top day out yesterday (11th) in Northumberland

Willow and Marsh Tit around Yorkshire Gliding Club whilst the boy empties my wallet, but happy with that

American Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler on a long trip to Kent. Showed well for 15 mins.

Great Northern Diver. Distant at Calder Wetlands during lunch hour walk. #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding

Purple Sandpiper in Bridlington Harbour

Grey Phalarope fishing in the detritus at Bridlington harbour.
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Siberian Stonechat on Saturday during a good day at Flamborough. Pale-legged Leaf Warbler showed well but didn’t enjoy the scrum. Red-flanked Bluetail, Icterine Warbler and multiple YBW and RB Fly.
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Red-breasted Flycatcher, had 3 in the end at Spurn.
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One of the Spurn Red-breasted Flycatchers. Worth the walk to the point #yorkshirebirding

Stilt Sandpiper on Kilnsea Wetlands.