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March to May shots from RSPB St Aidan's - always something of interest there!
Dorset for a week in May with rare sightings of Woodchat Shrike, Dartford Warbler & Bonaparte's Gull
2021 News
A few early pics in 2021 - Finches at the side of the Wetherby to Spofforth Cycle Way
Wheatear at Scar House in April, young Song Thrush at the How Stean Gorge cafe + Blackcap & Whitethroat nearer home!
A couple of local rare jobs in April/May - Grey Plover at North Cave Wetlands & Ring Ouzel at Shadwell!
I always enjoy a yearly trip to RSPB Bempton Cliffs to see the Puffins and other sea birds but this year was a bit special as there was also a Black-Browed Albatross present + good views of a Barn Owl.
In July I enjoyed watching an Osprey for a couple of hours at Nosterfield, nr Ripon. I arrived too late to see it catch a sizeable fish but it was still a pleasure to see it flying with the fish in its talons and then settle in a nearby tree to enjoy the meal. Probably a 2019 hatch female on her first return to the UK + hope she makes a home at Nosterfield in future!
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Nice to see a Cattle Egret again at Fairburn in July plus a juvenile Arctic Tern at St Aidan's in mid August.
Some of the family of six Kingfishers giving lovely close views on the Roundhay Park Upper Lake in August.
News of a rare White-tailed Lapwing at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on 26 August was too good an opportunity to miss.
Many spotters were there as it was the first ever recorded in Yorkshire and I think only the 7th or 8th record for the UK!
To view my short YouTube video of the Lapwing - click on following link