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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 21h

Is this a dark sword caterpillar (at Flamborough today) please?

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 23h

Not quite our normal Flamborough spotting today.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A gentle stroll round Old Fall loop yesterday. High numbers of Song Thrush. 3 Wheatear. Clouded yellow. A raft of 8 red throated divers. & much more of course! @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our hour with Orca was probably the highlight of our Canada holiday for me. 🇨🇦 Finally sorted through the photos.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Always a pleasure to watch Gannets diving 😊

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🇨🇦 last 2 days. Pictured black throated grey warbler, bush tit, raccoon, red winged blackbird, common yellowthroat, orange crowned warbler & chicken of the woods.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🇨🇦 A few from 26th to 28th I know the NA river otters are a terrible photo, but great to see a large group. Cinnamon teal was a treat too.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A good variety of birds at N Cave yesterday, over 50 species on a stroll round. @northcavewet.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🇨🇦 25th We were hoping for Grizzly & we weren’t disappointed! This bear came right across the river & along it where we stood looking down on it nervous but entranced! A real wow moment 😊

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🇨🇦 24/8 We start the day at Amphitrite Point. The Pacific temperate rainforest is beautiful. Then on our way back to the east coast we stop at Cathedral Grove. @guyshrubsole 1 & 2 Amphitrite point, 3 banana slug, 4 fox sparrow, 5 Pacific wren, 6 to 9 Cathedral grove

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🇨🇦 23rd Black bear foraging on the shoreline

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🇨🇦 trip 22/8 A superb pelagic trip for 7 hours from Tofino to Clayouquot canyon & beyond. Pictured: sea otter, black footed albatross, blue shark, sunfish, heermann’s gull, humpback, surfbird, tufted puffin, cassin’s auklet & pink footed shearwater. @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When everyone wants the bathroom at the same time 😂

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🇨🇦 trip 21st August. Pallid winged grasshopper, western sandpiper, Anna’s hummer & distant white winged scoter

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🇨🇦 trip 24th August, a selection. N Flicker, 8 spot skimmer, red breasted nuthatch & coopers hawk. @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Last one from Canada 19th August on a boat trip from Victoria, but it was a special day 😊 Lighthouse above the fog, rhino auklets, pigeon guillemot, humpback & more orca @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Canada 19th August we saw our first sea lions on a boat trip from Victoria, capital of Vancouver Island. @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Canada 19th August we saw our first Orcas on a boat trip from Victoria, capital of Vancouver Island. Awesome! @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Canada holiday 18th August, Vancouver Island, a selection. Bald eagle, Steller’s jay, Roosevelt elk @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Canada holiday 17th August, Vancouver Island birding, a selection. Solitary sandpiper, northern waterthrush, cedar waxwing & downy woodpecker. @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Canada holiday 16th August, Vancouver birding, a selection. Sandhill crane, American avocet, greater yellowlegs & wood duck. @heatherleabirds.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Apologies if I’ve missed your posts, just back from 2 week trip to Canada. Couldn’t find Wryneck at Danes Dyke, but pied flycatchers at Bempton made the trip worthwhile.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We’ve had an exceptional year for hummingbird hawk-moths, but this morning is the first time I’ve spotted one at rest. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @savethebutterflies.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tophill today. Wood sandpiper, a clouded yellow & buff tip were my highlights @tophilllow.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A little wren dust bathing today at Tophill. Look at those moves! @tophilllow.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A pair of Garganey were yesterday’s highlight at Beacon Ponds, spotted by Gerry after a long search! The usual excellent assortment of Terns entertained us during the hunt. Dunlin & Common Plover galore. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Common field grasshoppers. I think one has a genetic condition called erythrism. This mutation causes an overproduction of red/pink pigments and a lack of normal dark or green pigments. @northcavebirds.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Must get my steps up. Oh blast, there’s a queue!

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our first in the UK, adding to our year & life lists. Yippee 😊

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A stroll at Barmston yesterday. Grey partridge, Corn Bunting & Dunlin (Earl’s Dike) were the farmland highlights outbound. Common & Sandwich terns & colonies of Sand Martin as we returned along the beach.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sand Martins feeding over The Earl’s Dike

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Just chilling with a family of Swallows just chilling 💚

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

YWT Kiplingcotes today. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Carline Thistle, Common Blue, Swallows, Small Copper.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

N of Scarborough yesterday. Quail have escaped us, but at least 2 calling at Long Nab car park. 😊Several feeding frenzies off shore but no fins spotted. Mill Inn Harwood Dale, no Turtle dove, Nuthatch & Willow tit over a pint of Guinness 😊 Reasty bank loop, Spotted flycatcher, Siskin, Crossbill.

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Spotted redshank was our bird of the day at Blacktoft today. @rspbengland.bsky.social

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A clearer sky tonight in E Yorkshire, if only it was the same story elsewhere 😢

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Tell the UK Government to Ban Bottom Trawling in Protected Waters Help us kick bottom trawling out of UK marine protected areas for good by sending a message directly to the people in power. Act now to save our seas! banbottomtrawling.oceanauk.justpost.cards

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Tell the UK Government to Ban Bottom Trawling in Protected Waters

Help us kick bottom trawling out of UK marine protected areas for good by sending a message directly to the people in power. Act now to save our seas!

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alangray22.bsky.social @alangray22.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I was considering getting the shears on our wild patch. Not any more! A nursery web spider guarding its amazing creation. @britishspiders.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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