Pete Williams
@pgwbirding.bsky.social
All about birds. butterflies, moths, walking, North York Moors National Park and travel.
The Western Reef Heron has been a joy every day this week in Dale whilst I’m on holiday. Video of it feeding and another of it departing last night but looks like it was just taking a short break to Newport before heading back to The Gann again.
July 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Western Reef Heron has been a joy every day this week in Dale whilst I’m on holiday. Video of it feeding and another of it departing last night but looks like it was just taking a short break to Newport before heading back to The Gann again.
I need to buy a lottery ticket. Went to Idle Washlands today on way to Worksop. Not equipped for the flood water and not much time, I stopped at a gate on the Misson Road above the Washlands just as the Leach’s Petrel departed flying strongly north. If I’d walked I would have missed it. #ukbirding
March 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I need to buy a lottery ticket. Went to Idle Washlands today on way to Worksop. Not equipped for the flood water and not much time, I stopped at a gate on the Misson Road above the Washlands just as the Leach’s Petrel departed flying strongly north. If I’d walked I would have missed it. #ukbirding
Relaxing week in Cornwall near Padstow. Birding highlights include Common Crane, Chough, Firecrests, Med Gulls and Bar-Headed Goose (included based on looks!). Also first Greenshank and Common Sandpiper of the year.
March 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Relaxing week in Cornwall near Padstow. Birding highlights include Common Crane, Chough, Firecrests, Med Gulls and Bar-Headed Goose (included based on looks!). Also first Greenshank and Common Sandpiper of the year.
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Take a look at the Patchwork Challenge 2025 review which is now live on the blog! Thanks to everyone who took part and hopefully we will get more participants for #PWC2026! Good luck #UKBirding
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January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Take a look at the Patchwork Challenge 2025 review which is now live on the blog! Thanks to everyone who took part and hopefully we will get more participants for #PWC2026! Good luck #UKBirding
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Given few opportunities lately to get up to the Whitby coast it was great today to get a couple of hours there. Yellow-Browed Warbler at Kettleness the highlight plus plenty of Redwings, Blackbirds and Goldcrests. Plus 2 Blackcap and 2 Chiffs still around.
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Given few opportunities lately to get up to the Whitby coast it was great today to get a couple of hours there. Yellow-Browed Warbler at Kettleness the highlight plus plenty of Redwings, Blackbirds and Goldcrests. Plus 2 Blackcap and 2 Chiffs still around.
A walk around Trevose Head in Cornwall yesterday with stunning views all the way around. 2 each of Clouded Yellows, Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Small Tortoishell plus lots of whites and a Rush Veneer Moth. 5 Wheatear along the cliffs and 2 confiding Chough by the lighthouse. Beautiful spot.
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A walk around Trevose Head in Cornwall yesterday with stunning views all the way around. 2 each of Clouded Yellows, Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Small Tortoishell plus lots of whites and a Rush Veneer Moth. 5 Wheatear along the cliffs and 2 confiding Chough by the lighthouse. Beautiful spot.
In Padstow for the week and just arrived tonight. Didn’t bring moth trap but this one landed on me in the house. Madder Pearl (Mecyna Asinalis) I believe, a new moth for me. #teammoth
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In Padstow for the week and just arrived tonight. Didn’t bring moth trap but this one landed on me in the house. Madder Pearl (Mecyna Asinalis) I believe, a new moth for me. #teammoth
Great to see Redstarts back at the Hole of Horcum with 8 yesterday. Same number of Wheatear plus 2 Raven, Green Woodpecker and 20+ Willow Warbler. Also 6 Curlew on the moor and 30 Fieldfare still a sign of winter. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk #ukbirds #northyorkshirebirds.
April 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Great to see Redstarts back at the Hole of Horcum with 8 yesterday. Same number of Wheatear plus 2 Raven, Green Woodpecker and 20+ Willow Warbler. Also 6 Curlew on the moor and 30 Fieldfare still a sign of winter. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk #ukbirds #northyorkshirebirds.
Always nice to get Garganey in the spring with this pair at Filey Dams yesterday. Very early Hobby high over Wykeham Lakes and Merlin very low through Potter Brompton. Also good to see Wheatear finally back on Levisham Moor this evening. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #yorkshirebirding
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Always nice to get Garganey in the spring with this pair at Filey Dams yesterday. Very early Hobby high over Wykeham Lakes and Merlin very low through Potter Brompton. Also good to see Wheatear finally back on Levisham Moor this evening. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #yorkshirebirding
This Black Redstart graced the churchyard outside my kitchen window this evening in Lockton. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @patchbirding.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This Black Redstart graced the churchyard outside my kitchen window this evening in Lockton. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk @patchbirding.bsky.social
Tundra Bean Geese, Grey Partridge, singing Curlew and Chiffs, Great White Egret, Corn Bunting, Little egret, Brambling and Shelduck the highlights in the local area today. Plus brief Hawfinch yesterday at Thornton-Le-Dale. @nybirdnews.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tundra Bean Geese, Grey Partridge, singing Curlew and Chiffs, Great White Egret, Corn Bunting, Little egret, Brambling and Shelduck the highlights in the local area today. Plus brief Hawfinch yesterday at Thornton-Le-Dale. @nybirdnews.bsky.social
Local walk this morning, highlight was 9 Russian White-Fronted Geese at Low Marishes with 2 Pinkfeet, 75 Greylag and a few Canada. Plenty of Buzzards around including a strikingly pale individual. Crossbills singing in Dalby Forest on the way back. @nybirdnews.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Local walk this morning, highlight was 9 Russian White-Fronted Geese at Low Marishes with 2 Pinkfeet, 75 Greylag and a few Canada. Plenty of Buzzards around including a strikingly pale individual. Crossbills singing in Dalby Forest on the way back. @nybirdnews.bsky.social
Lovely walk around Holy Island this afternoon. Long-Tailed Duck, Goldeneye, Common Scoter, RB Merganser and Little Egret plus good numbers of Grey Plover, Sandwrling and Barwit in the bays plus one Knot. @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds
February 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lovely walk around Holy Island this afternoon. Long-Tailed Duck, Goldeneye, Common Scoter, RB Merganser and Little Egret plus good numbers of Grey Plover, Sandwrling and Barwit in the bays plus one Knot. @ntbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds
Long staying Red-Necked Grebe still at Wykeham Lakes today. Plenty of Crossbills in the woodlands and Dipper in Dalby. Male Pintail was an unusual visitor to Staindale Lake, Dalby. #northyorksbirds #ukbirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Long staying Red-Necked Grebe still at Wykeham Lakes today. Plenty of Crossbills in the woodlands and Dipper in Dalby. Male Pintail was an unusual visitor to Staindale Lake, Dalby. #northyorksbirds #ukbirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social
Snowy walk this morning in Lockton, up to 70 birds at the garden feeder this morning with 20+ Chaffinch. Common Buzzard, GS Woodpecker and Snipe on David’s Lane.
January 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Snowy walk this morning in Lockton, up to 70 birds at the garden feeder this morning with 20+ Chaffinch. Common Buzzard, GS Woodpecker and Snipe on David’s Lane.
Superb birding yesterday at Tophill Low for the Michael Clegg bird race. 92 species total for the day. C and GW Egrets, SEO, Jack Snipe, Bearded Tit the highlights. So much invested in locating Feral Pigeon at the end! 😂 Thanks to @ornid.bsky.social, @paulnewton61.bsky.social @leelj337.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Superb birding yesterday at Tophill Low for the Michael Clegg bird race. 92 species total for the day. C and GW Egrets, SEO, Jack Snipe, Bearded Tit the highlights. So much invested in locating Feral Pigeon at the end! 😂 Thanks to @ornid.bsky.social, @paulnewton61.bsky.social @leelj337.bsky.social
No sign of the Arctic Warbler at Saltwick, Whitby this afternoon but this low flying Great White Egret following the coast south was some compensation. #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
October 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
No sign of the Arctic Warbler at Saltwick, Whitby this afternoon but this low flying Great White Egret following the coast south was some compensation. #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
A morning at Kettleness started with Ring Ouzel amongst decent numbers of Blackbird, Song Thrush and Redwing. Then whilst scoping a small group of Terns from the cliff top, a Red-Rumped Swallow flew past in the scope foreground! Birding always needs a nice dose of luck! #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
October 18, 2024 at 11:40 AM
A morning at Kettleness started with Ring Ouzel amongst decent numbers of Blackbird, Song Thrush and Redwing. Then whilst scoping a small group of Terns from the cliff top, a Red-Rumped Swallow flew past in the scope foreground! Birding always needs a nice dose of luck! #yorkshirebirding #ukbirding
Plenty of pictures of Yellow-Browed Warblers out there but here are a couple more. Cracking day at Kettleness at the weekend with at least 8 plus a Pied Flycatcher in a small area of sycamores. @patchbirding.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 25, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Plenty of pictures of Yellow-Browed Warblers out there but here are a couple more. Cracking day at Kettleness at the weekend with at least 8 plus a Pied Flycatcher in a small area of sycamores. @patchbirding.bsky.social #ukbirding
A misty morning at Kettleness with easterlies always feels rare. 3 Yellow-Browed Warblers the best of it, 25+ Chiffchaffs with all kinds of calls and a Willow Warbler best of the rest. 8 Pinkfeet flew out to sea and plenty of Goldcrests. Definitely more to find out there. #ukbirding
September 20, 2024 at 3:40 PM
A misty morning at Kettleness with easterlies always feels rare. 3 Yellow-Browed Warblers the best of it, 25+ Chiffchaffs with all kinds of calls and a Willow Warbler best of the rest. 8 Pinkfeet flew out to sea and plenty of Goldcrests. Definitely more to find out there. #ukbirding
This Neglected Rustic was a garden first for me, given where I live in Lockton (VC62) not a complete surprise.
August 30, 2024 at 9:04 AM
This Neglected Rustic was a garden first for me, given where I live in Lockton (VC62) not a complete surprise.
@mothiduk.bsky.social is this Neglected Rustic?
August 29, 2024 at 10:33 AM
@mothiduk.bsky.social is this Neglected Rustic?
Morning at Kettleness stopping at Fen Bog on route. Gropper and 2 Lesser Whitethroat at the former and Redstart, 2 Wheatear and 4 Lesser Redpoll at the latter. Plenty of Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Chiffs all singing away and Swallows moving through. #ukbirding
April 21, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Morning at Kettleness stopping at Fen Bog on route. Gropper and 2 Lesser Whitethroat at the former and Redstart, 2 Wheatear and 4 Lesser Redpoll at the latter. Plenty of Willow Warbler, Blackcap and Chiffs all singing away and Swallows moving through. #ukbirding
Over 150 Fieldfares feeding together on the outskirts of the village today, including this distinctive leuistic individual. Plus around 50 Redwing and 30 Yellowhammer. Tawny Owl very vocal this evening. #ukbirding #birds
February 11, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Over 150 Fieldfares feeding together on the outskirts of the village today, including this distinctive leuistic individual. Plus around 50 Redwing and 30 Yellowhammer. Tawny Owl very vocal this evening. #ukbirding #birds
7 Tundra Bean Geese at Low Marishes was a highlight at the weekend. Plus Great White Egrets getting ever more regular. The RT Diver was the long staying inland bird at Wykeham. There also seems to be a few large Brambling gatherings this winter.
February 7, 2024 at 7:04 AM
7 Tundra Bean Geese at Low Marishes was a highlight at the weekend. Plus Great White Egrets getting ever more regular. The RT Diver was the long staying inland bird at Wykeham. There also seems to be a few large Brambling gatherings this winter.