One of the better collective nouns 😊

Spurn area yesterday.
FOTY Avocets at Kilnsea.
So many Brent geese!
Whooper (presumably a pit stop on their journey back to Iceland?)
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A charm of goldfinches on my sunflower feeders, they make me 😊

Three black-necked grebes on the water

Three black-necked grebe at Potteric Carr NR yesterday @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026

Also 3 black necked grebes, no photo.

Early dog violets at Potteric Carr today.
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A little blue tit arrived on the feeder I put out before I got indoors 😊

Barmston East Yorkshire.
It’s amazing how well some of the pillboxes have survived considering they are more than 80 years old now.
Let’s hope they remain redundant 🤞
However the rapidly eroding coastline has claimed some victims.

Bar tailed godwits on Barmston beach today

Isn’t it a fantastic country!
Trying not to be jealous 😂
We went East to West.
Enjoy 😊

Male Ruddy Shelduck at Tophill today.
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RSPB St Aidans

RSPB St Aidans Friday

The Chiffchaffs were back at Tophill & the Tawny showed a bit better.
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In case you haven’t seen it, this may interest you Owen 😊

Someone flicked the Chiffchaff switch at Tophill today 😊

Sledmere deer walk, Sewerby Hall & Kilnwick Percy are the best places for nuthatches I know locally.

Or google plankton pundit

Thank you. Yes I know about it.
If you’re still on X too I’d recommend looking at @planktonpundit for some wonderful but scary videos of the marine environment. 😊

I’m trying to bring home & recycle at least one bit of litter every day out. A can, a bottle, a plastic wrapper. Rinse & recycle. Anyone else up for joining in please? ♻️🚯

I enjoy watching snow buntings, this one from Buckton cliffs yesterday
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It’s always good to see the Puffins return. Especially when they put on a show 😂
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Nature never ceases to amaze me

Well it’s all go in Amphibian circles

It’s a magical country!

Tundra bean goose in field

Spoonbill

Grass snake in a stream

RSPB Blacktoft sands visit today. Tundra bean goose and spoonbill first of the year but biggest thrill was a grass snake, not a bird but still great to see! @rspb.bsky.social @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026

I’ve ordered a copy Owen 😊