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  1. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Filey's probably a good bet in November, always chance auks, divers, grebes, seaducks, etc. Parking is at the Country Park, but be aware the walk down to the Brigg from there is really not too advisable... ;) The sea's scope-able from the cliff tops.
  2. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    As other have said, it's probably not the best time of year to make a big journey there (although it's always worth a look). If you did go, then if you fancied a quick detour I always find the fields near the Boston Lake car park at Hatfield Moors quite reliable for Grey Partridge (but not...
  3. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    I don't know your neck of the woods, but they're not particularly uncommon breeders in the Sheffield area, occupying 26% of Tetrads with confirmed breeding in 40 in the 2003-08 Breeding Atlas. This is a significant rise on the previous Atlas from '85.
  4. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Depending which way you come up and if you get chance of a detour, Padley Gorge in Derbyshire will get you redstart, pied fly and dipper. Not sure of anywhere reliable for all three near Bemoton.
  5. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Yeah, there'd be no point the RSPB trying to keep these secret as they're visible from a public hide of a busy nature reserve. They have 24 hour protection in place.
  6. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    If you're coming up the way I think you're going to, you'll be virtually passing Thorne and Hatfield Moors, Potteric Carr and Tophill Low - all are worth a quick look depending how much time you have and if you want to do any birding inland (but don't aim to do more than one as they're big...
  7. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Leeds I think, but don't quote me on that...
  8. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    You could give them Paul Hobson's details to see if he knows - he's a photographer who won awards for his shots of that very thing... http://www.paulhobson.co.uk/
  9. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    I was on site about an hour after it was on BG and no joy. Seems like it did a couple of laps of the lake and went on its way.
  10. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Went on both trips yesterday and today. Yesterday we got great views of two Sooty Shearwater, a couple of Arctic Skua, a Manxie, and a Bonxie, as well as usual stuff (Fulmar, Puffin, Guillemot, Razorbill, Shag, Arctic Tern, etc.). A Black Tern and YL Gull were called but I didn't get onto them...
  11. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    First Peregrine chick hatched at the University of Sheffield this morning - see http://sheffieldperegrines.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/and-we-have-a-chick/
  12. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Launch event for Sheffield Bird Study Group's new Breeding Atlas is on 22nd January:
  13. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Had a fantastic day at Kilnsea today! Started at the Canal Hide, Redwings and Fieldfares were everywhere (which continued steaming in throughout the day), a Great Spotted Woodpecker (not a common Spurn bird!) flew over, a Great Grey Shrike quickly made an appearance and showed brilliantly, and...
  14. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    According to BG - "one flew west this afternoon", timed at 13:26. No more details beyond that.
  15. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Apparently the 2011 Bolton Abbey Rock Bunting's been accepted... wonder what people will think about that ;) :D
  16. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    A Buzzard would pretty much dwarf a Kestrel if seen together. Can't really say based on your description, but could it have been a juv Peregrine, or even a female Kestrel tussling with a male?
  17. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Well, a disappointingly quiet couple of days in Flam, the easterlies didn't produce what I was hoping, probably due to the fine clear weather that accompanied them. Can't sniff at finally getting Red-breasted Flycatcher off the bogey list, which showed excellently in Old Fall, plus a couple of...
  18. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Do a Google Search for Flamborough Bird Observatory and there's a Yahoo Group you can sign up to. It's not as well updated as Spurn. Whatever you do don't try to do Flam and Spurn on the same day, unless you're desperate to twitch one particular bird, as you'll nearly spend as much time driving...
  19. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    You won't be disappointed. This weekend looks pretty epic. Just a note that if you want to see large numbers of passerines on the move you don't need to go that far - just find an elevated vantage spot over the next few weeks, get there just after dawn, and look up and keep your ears open...
  20. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Glad to hear it. Just stop over-thinking things and get out there! Otherwise it'll be Christmas before you've made a decision ;) :t: Looking at the BirdGuides map I'm getting very twitchy feet and starting to wish the weekend would hurry up... it's looking tasty out there!
  21. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    You are joking now, right? Just get on with it and go! All due respect and all that, but there's only so much discussion of every minor wobble in the weather forecast we can take...
  22. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    In your original post it was just after easterlies swung west and I said in my opinion I'd probably wait a bit if I only had one day to go if looking for scarcer birds. But don't waste the autumn waiting for a "perfect" day. I apologise if I've given the impression that you should only go on...
  23. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    I'm really not sure what more advice we can give you about weather. It's all in the last 10 or so pages or so, several times. East is better for landfall (with a bit of drizzle or mist handy), north is good for seabirds, west and south less good, but during migration time (late August-early...
  24. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Ring-necked Parakeet. Common as muck in the London area as a feral population, increasingly seen elsewhere.
  25. Pete Mella

    Yorkshire Birding

    Spurn Obs website archives its sightings. Go back through the previous years' and it'll give you an idea. While you will see British breeding species in good numbers on migration if conditions are right, finding them during the breeding season's always worth a go next year...
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