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    Yorkshire Birding

    Paul, several birds were in Gashouse Wood in the early part of the winter - they are elusive and presumably roam the mature patches of woodland either side of Queen Margaret's School/Escrick area - as much of this is out of bounds they are hard to pin down. This is the general location...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    More info: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/nnr/1460432.aspx
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    Yorkshire Birding

    The LDV & Skipwith NNR is 3 miles away, which is a pretty good place:t: Within 15 mins of there are Heslington East, Fulford Ings, Wharfe Ings, Bishop Wood plus any number of random sites that are never watched so plenty of potential to distract you on those visits to your relatives. With a...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Spotted Crakes LDV NNR Hi Last night 3 singing Spotted Crakes were at Bank Island, audible from the viewing platform by the Natural England reserve base. The site location is here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=469040&Y=444730&A=Y&Z=120 This news is released with the agreement of...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    No sign today, hopefully it will have moved into the LDV....
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    Yorkshire Birding

    The first Temms was found by a Sir and a Prof, so, for once, the students and ex-students were lagging on this one:eek!:.
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Nightjars haven't been present on Skipwith for many years now - I'd suggest going to some of the more reliable, well publicised, sites even though they're a bit further away.
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Lower Derwent Valley Whimbrel project Some interesting summaries of the ongoing Lower Derwent Valley Whimbrel project (which started in 2004) can be found at: http://ldvnnr.blogspot.co.uk/ Over the years 100 birds at the Wheldrake Ings roost have been fitted with colour-rings, whilst several...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Colour-ringed birds in the LDV For those interested, some interesting ringing info on the LDV NNR blog involving Woodlark, two Black-tailed Godwits, Moorhen and a Shelduck: http://ldvnnr.blogspot.co.uk/ Anyone coming over to the LDV please try and check for colour-rings/darvics - if you see...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    No probs, the record count in the LDV is a flock of 872 birds on 16th December 1996:eek!:
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Hi Zing, I'm guessing you saw the birds in the LDV? In that case then the answer is yes. At this time of year large numbers of Curlew pass through the LDV with numbers building up through February, usually peaking in March - several hundred in most years though sometimes higher (eg over 600 on...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Given that it was in the car park at Runswick Bay then this solution seems unlikely? There are 2 car parks, neither of which abound with Shorelark habbo. Having said that, from a Yorks perspective, Shorelark seems far more likely than Cirl Bunting ;)
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Nice find with the owls bushycliff, but I'd urge anyone who stumbles across a winter LEO roost to think twice before broadcasting their whereabouts with such precise detail. Maybe check with the local bird recorder beforehand to see if the roost is already known? LEO roosts are very susceptible...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    A couple of small flashes on Wheldrake Ings (plus the pool of course), also some water on Bank Island, otherwise dry. Need a few days of prolonged rain to bring the Derwent up and over! 32 Whitefronts kicking around Wheldrake, but mobile, also Tundra Bean Goose on Thursday, plus over 20...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    It's the same juv as last Sunday, so 'only' the 2nd of the month at Flamboro:eek!: The location is nearly 1 km from Thornwick (so not on the pool there) - it frequents a grassy field but seems to be absent early mornings. Presumably it feeds elsewhere early on and moves to this area when it has...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    That would be random enough Andy - here's some recently re-ID vid of one on the rocks at South Landing::-O http://ibc.lynxeds.com/video/sulphur-bellied-warbler-phylloscopus-griseolus/one-bird-feeding-rock-face-times-side-down
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    Yorkshire Birding

    There's only the Flams Blackpoll Warbler on the Yorks list I think and east coast records of American wood warblers are like rocking horse ****, though if Black & White can end up in Norfolk who knows. Maybe one of the obscure Yank sparrows will jump ship at Spurn - Song, White-crowned &...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Amongst them. There was an article in Yorkshire Birding the other year where several birders were asked about likely predictions but I can't remember what was in it – maybe someone could scan it. Other 'missing' stuff includes, amongst many others: Sooty Tern just got to wait for one to get...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    If you've been out birding recently you'll know that birds view the seasons a bit differently:-O Here goes, some targets for the next few months - Sociable Lapwing (being sociable with Northern Lapwings in the LDV would be nice! Wilson's Storm-petrel (off Flams maybe or perhaps someone will...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Yeah, with autumn here let's talk about rarities - what's the next 1st for Yorkshire going to be?
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Personally I'd go to somewhere with suitable habitat and look for my own, but that's just me. I have lots of constraints on the amount of time that I can spend in the field but I just love finding my own birds and trying out new areas of habbo. That sense of exploration is, for me, really...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    This might seem a bit old fashioned, but perhaps more rewarding to go out and find your own, rather than drive all the way up there to listen to Quail? I did a breeding bird survey on the Wolds the other week and found 4 with very little effort and subsequent visits have located at least 6...
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Around a dozen heard in the LDV so far - below average compared with recent years...still time for plenty more though.
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    Yorkshire Birding

    So that's where the Rock Bunting went to?:eek!:
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    Yorkshire Birding

    Depressing stuff Jono. Sadly, any warm sunny night that coincides with a holiday/weekend seems to be 'party time' on Wheldrake Ings nowadays. Given that Tower Hide is hidden away from the car park then the same ***** must be returning time and time again. No doubt they will have to park their...
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