Mark
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I will never tire of the unbridled excitement of seeing an apex predator on York Minster !!
(Phone shots only this morning!)
(Phone shots only this morning!)
September 28, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I will never tire of the unbridled excitement of seeing an apex predator on York Minster !!
(Phone shots only this morning!)
(Phone shots only this morning!)
When leafing through bird books as a boy, some species had an air of exotic mystique, the ones you dreamt of seeing! Dartford Warbler was always the one for me and the dream was finally achieved this morning on my local Strensall common - happy days 😄🙏🏻
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July 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
When leafing through bird books as a boy, some species had an air of exotic mystique, the ones you dreamt of seeing! Dartford Warbler was always the one for me and the dream was finally achieved this morning on my local Strensall common - happy days 😄🙏🏻
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Great Black-Backed Gull - look at that bill!!
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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July 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Great Black-Backed Gull - look at that bill!!
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
July 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
What a bonus bird - a several second flight view of a Quail just a few steps down the path from Bempton RSPB Centre. Flew up from about 3 feet away 😁
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June 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM
What a bonus bird - a several second flight view of a Quail just a few steps down the path from Bempton RSPB Centre. Flew up from about 3 feet away 😁
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First visit to the stunning Little Tern colony at Seaton Carew today. Look what I (inadvertently 🫢) captured…..
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June 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
First visit to the stunning Little Tern colony at Seaton Carew today. Look what I (inadvertently 🫢) captured…..
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On a non-birding trip to the Himalayan Garden and sculpture park near Ripon (fabulous BTW!) had the bonus of my first Spot-fly of the year and a displaying Tree Pipit
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June 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
On a non-birding trip to the Himalayan Garden and sculpture park near Ripon (fabulous BTW!) had the bonus of my first Spot-fly of the year and a displaying Tree Pipit
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I had a splendid evening yesterday with a musical quartet of Grey Partridge, roding Woodcocks,a barking Roebuck and churring Nightjars, all performing in harmony! Warm up act - fabulous views of a hunting Hobby. A once in a lifetime moment!
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June 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I had a splendid evening yesterday with a musical quartet of Grey Partridge, roding Woodcocks,a barking Roebuck and churring Nightjars, all performing in harmony! Warm up act - fabulous views of a hunting Hobby. A once in a lifetime moment!
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My project for the last few days. A semi-detached swift box
#hopefulandexpectantlandlord!
#hopefulandexpectantlandlord!
May 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
My project for the last few days. A semi-detached swift box
#hopefulandexpectantlandlord!
#hopefulandexpectantlandlord!
Yay - a Hobby just flew over my Easingwold garden, a first here for me!
May 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Yay - a Hobby just flew over my Easingwold garden, a first here for me!
Whilst I was listening to Garden Warblers and admiring a summer plumaged godwit at Nosterfield today, the blue tits have been busy!
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April 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Whilst I was listening to Garden Warblers and admiring a summer plumaged godwit at Nosterfield today, the blue tits have been busy!
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Absolutely chuffed to find a patch-first Lesser Whitethroat in the Easingwold fields this afternoon, along with Common Whitethroats, a single swallow, topped off with a Holly Blue, dozens of Orange-tips and beautiful Star of Bethlehems
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April 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Absolutely chuffed to find a patch-first Lesser Whitethroat in the Easingwold fields this afternoon, along with Common Whitethroats, a single swallow, topped off with a Holly Blue, dozens of Orange-tips and beautiful Star of Bethlehems
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A lovely start to my day in - always a privilege to find one of these skulking beauties. A shout out to Mr Blackbird for the alert!
April 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
A lovely start to my day in - always a privilege to find one of these skulking beauties. A shout out to Mr Blackbird for the alert!
April 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A paucity of wildfowl (explained by fresh shotgun cartridges?) at Oulston reservoir this morning, but compensation in the form of 2 singing Blackcaps, my first of the year!
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April 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
A paucity of wildfowl (explained by fresh shotgun cartridges?) at Oulston reservoir this morning, but compensation in the form of 2 singing Blackcaps, my first of the year!
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A productive walk at Pond Head Woods/Oulston reservoir this morning with highlights being my first ever raven there, 2 red kite, marsh tit, treecreeper and 3 goosander- 35 species in total. Approx 20 Shelduck and 3 LBBG at Newburgh Priory
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March 19, 2026 at 12:11 PM
A productive walk at Pond Head Woods/Oulston reservoir this morning with highlights being my first ever raven there, 2 red kite, marsh tit, treecreeper and 3 goosander- 35 species in total. Approx 20 Shelduck and 3 LBBG at Newburgh Priory
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Stunning in-close views of Bittern and Little Grebe from Turret Hide at North Cave on Thursday, Bearded Reedling heard too. 52 bird species along with a stoat and a Roe Deer.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Stunning in-close views of Bittern and Little Grebe from Turret Hide at North Cave on Thursday, Bearded Reedling heard too. 52 bird species along with a stoat and a Roe Deer.
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Found a deep diving Dipper on a Scottish Loch, diving off a post! Not behaviour I had seen before!
It sang from there too 😀
It sang from there too 😀
February 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Found a deep diving Dipper on a Scottish Loch, diving off a post! Not behaviour I had seen before!
It sang from there too 😀
It sang from there too 😀
My first ever white-tailed eagle was an adult scoped from the Scottish mainland looking over to the Skye coastline, a distance of roughly 30 miles….. my views today from North Duffield were far better at 2 miles!! 😂🥴
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January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
My first ever white-tailed eagle was an adult scoped from the Scottish mainland looking over to the Skye coastline, a distance of roughly 30 miles….. my views today from North Duffield were far better at 2 miles!! 😂🥴
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Over the moon to finish my birding year with a 3 way standoff between a carrion crow,a red kite and a hen harrier to the north of Helmsley. Made for some highly entertaining aeronautics!! Prayers for the latter given its proximity to the moors…
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December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Over the moon to finish my birding year with a 3 way standoff between a carrion crow,a red kite and a hen harrier to the north of Helmsley. Made for some highly entertaining aeronautics!! Prayers for the latter given its proximity to the moors…
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It’s sometimes easy to overlook how beautiful “LBJs” can be!
Reed Bunting at Saltholme yesterday.
Reed Bunting at Saltholme yesterday.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It’s sometimes easy to overlook how beautiful “LBJs” can be!
Reed Bunting at Saltholme yesterday.
Reed Bunting at Saltholme yesterday.
Lucky enough to be in France at the moment - the local “robins” are a little different!
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lucky enough to be in France at the moment - the local “robins” are a little different!
The bird box has some new rowdy tenants this year…
May 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The bird box has some new rowdy tenants this year…
I have been birding for many years but today I witnessed something never seen before - a male blackbird essentially “lekking” to a rival. In a passable impression of a black grouse, his tail fanned up and out like a drawbridge and he mantled his wings, gaped and hissed - interesting stuff!!
May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I have been birding for many years but today I witnessed something never seen before - a male blackbird essentially “lekking” to a rival. In a passable impression of a black grouse, his tail fanned up and out like a drawbridge and he mantled his wings, gaped and hissed - interesting stuff!!