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2024 off to a great start with Waxwings at Crossgates & a Glossy Ibis at St Aidan's on 1 January

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Plus nice views of Buzzard, Greenfinch & Stonechat

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Kestrel, Brambling & a Tree Sparrow at North Cave Wetlands on 3 Jan

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A Drake Smew at Thorganby nr York on 4 Jan

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Sleeping Owl in N Yorks, Golden Plovers put to flight by a Sparrowhawk at Nosterfield & Goldeneyes at Staveley on 6 Jan

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Cattle Egrets at Fairburn, Water Pipit at Lemonroyd STW, Long-tailed Duck at Pugney's CP and Water Rail at Staveley on 8 & 9 Jan

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Mandarin Ducks at Golden Acre Park, Leeds & Short-eared Owls at York on 11 Jan

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Red-throated Diver & a Snow Bunting at South Gare on 12 Jan

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Bewick's & Whooper Swans (for comparison at Brunton nr Doncaster on 15 Jan

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Four different types of Thrush in the same field at YWT Staveley on 17 Jan:-

Song, Mistle, Redwing & Fieldfare

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Goldcrest & Stonechat at YWT Staveley on 18 Jan

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Lovely views of a couple of Barn Owls at YWT Staveley on 26 Jan

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Male & female Bullfinches at Rodney Nature Reserve on 27 Jan

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Crossbills at Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint on 30 Jan

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Grey Partridge & a Little Owl at Rodley Nature Reserve on 31 Jan

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Waxwing, Great White Egret, Willow Tit & Grey Heron at Leeds/RSPB Fairburn on 2 Feb

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Jack Snipe (with a Common Snipe just visible behind it!) at Rodley Nature Reserve on 10 Feb

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Black Grouse at Arkengarthdale nr Reeth on 18 Feb - one of three males seen together.

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Great White Egret "nearly" managing to dine on a Pike at RSPB Fairburn on 20 Feb !

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Little Owl & a Cormorant (in breeding plumage) at Rodley Nature Reserve on 3 March

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Whooper Swans at RSPB Fairburn Ings on 7 March

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First ever visit to High Batts Nature Reserve nr Ripon on 8 March & some colourful bird sightings!

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Red-necked Grebe & White-fronted Geese at Burton Riggs nr Scarborough on 14 March

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Green-winged Teal (took 3 visits to see it!), Siskin, Chifchaff & Buzzard at Nosterfield on 18 March

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Black-necked Grebe & Little Owl at RSPB St Aidan's on 19 March

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Egyptian Goose, Spoonbill & Snipe at RSPB Fairburn on 19 March

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Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Treecreeper & Red Kite near home at Kirk Deighton on 21 March

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Another trip to High Batts NR on 22 March - Goosander, Brambling, Marsh Tit & Yellowhammer

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A selection of the birds at Collingham & RSPB St Aidan's from 23-26 March

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Yellowhammers at Kirk Deighton on 2 April & a male Blackcap singing away at RSPB Fairburn on 3 April

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Distant views of Ring Ouzels at a wet & windy Scar House Reservoir on 5 April

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Red-legged Partridges & a Bittern at RSPB St Aidan's + a Green Sandpiper at Woodlesford on 6 April

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Mediterranean Gull, distant Garganey and a Willow Warbler at RSPB St Aidan's on 8 April

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Corn Bunting on the Ridgeway, Oxfordshire on 11 April & a Firecrest in the garden at Poole on 12 April

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A rare Forster's Tern at Brownsea Island, Poole on 14 April - with the Sandwich Terns for company

Forster's Tern on left, Sandwich Tern on right

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Linnet, Blackcap, Bittern in flight and my first Swallow of the year at St Aidan's on 20 April

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Arctic Terns at North Cave Wetlands on 22 Apr & a distant Slavonian Grebe at Wheldrake Ings on 23 April

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Song Thrush & Curlew at Nosterfield on 25 Apr and Whinchat & Sedge Warbler at St Aidan's on 26 April

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Black Terns and a Black-tailed Godwit at RSPB St Aidan's at the end of April

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Osprey pair & Willow Warbler in N Yorks and Barnacle Geese & Garden Warbler at Nosterfield on 1 May

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Sand Martin & Hobby at Nosterfield and close up Yellow Wagtails at Shadwell at the start of May

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Siskin, Gt Spotted Woodpecker & Tree Pipit at Stainburn Forest + a Grey Wagtail at Roundhay Park on 7 May

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Garganey, Lesser Scaup, Whimbrel & Whinchat at St Aidan's on 9 May

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Fulmar, Guillemot, Puffin & Gannet at RSPB Bempton Cliffs on 10 May

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Lovely views of one of my favourite birds the Wood Warbler in N Yorks on 12 May

(see "VIDEOS PAGE" to see/hear it singing & calling)

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Wheatear, Spotted & Pied Flycatchers + Common Sandpiper at Barden & Strid Wood on 17 May

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A "Springwatch" Peregrine by its nest at Corfe Castle, Dorset today + two of the many Lulworth Skipper butterflies in the car park at the start of June

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Shag, Raven, Little Gull & the star of the show - a WHITE-TAILED EAGLE at Poole Harbour on 4 June

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Lovely views of a Yellow Wagtail at Kirk Deighton on 16 June

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A Skylark at Nosterfield + Little Ringed Plover, Redshank & Avocet at Fairburn during June

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Osprey fishing at Nosterfield on 24 June

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Turtle Dove at the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre on 26 June

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Kingfisher at Roundhay Park, Leeds on 27 June

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A rare Black-winged Pratincole at Finningley, South Yorks on 13 July

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Osprey & Red Kite at Eccup Reservoir on 16 July plus Grey & Pied Wagtails

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Red Knot, Common Tern & Ruddy Shelduck at RSPB St Aidan's on 17 July

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Great Black-backed Gull & a Raven at Poole, Dorset on 23 July 2024

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Lovely to see 4 Ospreys flying around the Flask Lake at Nosterfield on 28 July

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Little Owl at Nosterfield & a Stone Curlew (late on!) at Fairburn on 28 July

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Marsh Harrier & Hobby at Nosterfield on 2 August

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Yellowhammer taken with a Sony RX10 Mk4 bridge camera at Kirk Deighton on 8 August

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Osprey, Snow Goose & Garganey at Nosterfield on 10 August

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Dunlin & Osprey at Eccup Reservoir on 13 August

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Lovely views of a Caspian Tern at Eccup Reservoir on 13 August

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Osprey at Nosterfield on 16 August

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Sandwich & Roseate Terns + a Sanderling at South Gare on 19 August

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Record shots of a distant juvenile Dotterel at South Anston nr Rotherham on 25 August

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My Yorkshire Bird total for the year reaches "200" with Curlew Sandpipers & Spotted Redshank at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on 26 August! A few shandies later to celebrate

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Collage of a few of those 200 birds

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Bittern "nearly" coming out of the reeds at Nosterfield on 28 August

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Common Buzzards at Eccup Reservoir on 15 Sept

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I "finally" manage to photograph a Green Woodpecker at Nosterfield on 11 Sept !

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Red Knot & Common Snipe at RSPB St Aidan's on 12 Sept

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Pectoral Sandpiper & Marsh Harrier at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on 17 Sept

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Little Stint, Stonechats & Whinchat at RSPB St Aidan's on weekend of 21/22 Sept

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Nice views of a Hoopoe on the front lawn of a house in Stamford Bridge on 23 Sept

(see "VIDEOS PAGE" for short film footage)

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Close views of a male Kestrel at RSPB St Aidan's on 29 Sept

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Olive-backed Pipit, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler & Isabelline Shrike

at Flamborough + RSPB Bempton Cliffs on 3-4 Oct

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Red-necked Grebe & Grey Heron at Roundhay Park, Leeds on 5 Oct

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Pectoral Sandpiper & Peregrine Falcon at Nosterfield Nature Reserve on 6 Oct

Grey Phalarope, Purple Sandpiper & Turnstone at Bridlington Harbour on 7 Oct

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A Jay flypast on the afternoon dog walk at Kirk Deighton on 13 Oct

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Black Redstart at Flamborough on 17 Oct

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Golden Plovers at Nosterfield on 18 Oct

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Short-eared Owl in North Yorks on 1 Nov

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Trying (unsuccessfully!) to spot the Scarlet Tanager nr Halifax on 12 Nov. Pics from BBC & ITV News

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Taiga Bean Goose at Knaresborough on 13 Nov

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The regular Kingfisher showing well & attracting quite a crowd at St Aidan's on 21 Nov

Little Grebe, Stonechat, Redwing (thanks to the lady + 2 girls for spotting it) & Kestrel at St Aidan's on 22 Nov

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Hawfinch in the morning at Fountain's Abbey & Slavonian Grebe in the afternoon at RSPB St Aidan's on 27 Nov

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Hawfinches still showing well at Fountains Abbey on 30 Nov

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Red Kite watching me at Harewood House Churchyard as I looked for Hawfinch on 5 Dec

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Kingfisher and Sparrowhawk at Cowthorpe on 6 Dec

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