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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A Quail also heard this morning calling from fields west of Bank Island @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A Glossy Ibis at Wheldrake Ings this morning, left south east just after 8am. New for #PWC2026 & my first new bird @patchbirding.bsky.social this month Also 4 Corn Bunting, 3 Cuckoo & a Great Egret @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A first summer Red-footed Falcon still hunting along the river at North Duffield Carrs/Bubwith Ings today @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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eborbirder.bsky.social @eborbirder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Heavily cropped images of the Red-footed Falcon at North Duffield Carrs today @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

You can also play a part in their survival by enjoying these wonderful breeding waders from the hides, and by keeping to the public footpaths and taking notice of our signs at this crucial time of year, when we need as many chicks to fledge as possible - thank you @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

First-summer male Red-footed Falcon still hanging out near the river at Bubwith Ings. Also, first summer Hobby. If anybody has photos of the other bird reportedly present, please share. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The #LDV monthly sightings reports are now available online on our NNR blog - ldvnnr.blogspot.com/p/apr-26.html. Many thanks to those who contributed records and counts throughout the month, in particular to members of @yorkbirding.bsky.social and regular patch birder @duncbye.bsky.social

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The first summer Red-footed Falcon still along the river at North Duffield Carrs/Bubwith Ings Also a Garganey at Wheldrake Ings @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The first Emperor Moth of the year was recorded last week on the lowland heath of #SkipwithCommon NNR. It's always nice to record them each spring, such attractive moths – largely confined to the heathland in the Vale of York. Thanks to @darrenstarkey.bsky.social for the record and image 📸

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New @btobirds.bsky.social ringing recovery just in – a first-winter male Wigeon ringed at Bank Island in November 2020 was recovered at Komi, Russia last week – heading onto its breeding grounds 3,442 km east of the #LDV, and is our 85th Wigeon to Russia @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The first summer Red-footed Falcon still present & hunting along the river at North Duffield Carrs/Bubwith Ings. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Brilliant to also see the work being done at the @tophilllow.bsky.social plant nursey by John and his team - a host of wetland plants are currently being grown, with the aim of helping to recover rare, scarce & declining species across Yorkshire 🌿 Many thanks to Richard and his team for hosting.

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thanks to #LDV birder Neil Cooper for running a very successful guided walk along the canal at the weekend, on behalf of NE and PCAS (free for the local community to enjoy and learn from Neil's expertise) - highlights inc. Cuckoo, Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, Red Kite & many Sedge/Reed Warblers.

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Red-footed Falcon did the decent thing at North Duffield Carrs & stayed around for me coming back from Extremadura. An @ldvnnr.bsky.social tick Also 2 Hobby hunting along the river this afternoon @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

First Swift just got home! So stoked to see this. 🥰🥰🥰 In Bishopthorpe, near York. A day earlier than last year.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Birded hard for hours locally today for scant reward, but a fab Hobby and several Swifts at Castle Howard kept a smile on my face. Also, my first Lesser Whitethroats of the year in various hedges. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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jeanthorpewildliferehab @jeanwildlife.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Orphaned leveret, tricky to rear but gained weight so fingers crossed.

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Can visitors to the #LDV please be aware that there will be further disruption to our car park at Bank Island this week as resurfacing work continues, with no access & single file traffic management on the road. Completion of the new build is still expected by mid-June @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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eborbirder.bsky.social @eborbirder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A chilly early morning at Wheldrake Ings with a crossover in seasons, lots of singing Sedge Warblers & 5 Pinkfeet @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Last week our team made a brief visit to the local heronry where we have been monitoring nests since 1977. Only four young were ringed (brood sizes small this year) and several nests were found with very small young, although others will be fledging in the coming days @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Next week on Monday 20th April Senior Reserve Manager Craig Ralston will be at Bubwith All Saints Church to give a talk on the #LDV NNR and wider #NatureRecovery in our local parishes 🐦🐝🦋🌿To book yourself a free place please contact Lucy.Murgatroyd@naturalengland.org.uk @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

2 female Common Scoter still on the refuge at Wheldrake Ings & 1500 Sand Martin @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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UK Wild Otter Trust 🦦 @ukwildottertrust.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Scratch, Mingo and Idris' journey back to the wild 🦦🏞 After a lengthy rehabilitation, these three rescued otters were successfully released back into the wild at the end of March. 🦦 They'll be monitored using camera traps and support fed for as long as they need. 🐟

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

A female Ring Ouzel briefly at the top of Langwith Stray at the junction where it meets Long Lane No Wheatear at Heslington Tillmire this morning although a pair of Mandarin was a surprise @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Dundee Birding (stonefaction) @dundeebirding.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My first Osprey of 2026, today at Riverside Nature Park. Lucky catch with the photo. Also a Wheatear at the airport (numbers 113 and 114 for 2026 Dundee150 list). No Willow Warbler unfortunately. #BirdingScotland

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Common loons call out in the morning quiet: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

5 Wheatear & 2 Yellow Wagtail in fields at Hagg Lane, East Cottingwith @ldvnnr.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

An Osprey on the fence from the bridge at Wheldrake Ings & then left NW at 0850. Great find by @fewst.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

2 Common Crane North over Wheldrake Ings. They looked to come down somewhere around Elvington/Sutton upon Derwent Thanks to @timsbirding.bsky.social for the heads up. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A great Easter Monday at Wheldrake Ings 2 Common Crane, a Little Ringed Plover, a Wheatear & a Mistle Thrush, new for #PWC2026 Great views of Osprey & another NW from Bank Island. A Great Egret, female Scaup, 23 Whooper Swan & 86 Black-tailed Godwit @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

An Osprey north over Gate Hemsley this morning @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Duncan Bye @duncbye.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Wheldrake Ings this evening 484 Black-tailed Godwit inc a @ldvnnr.bsky.social colour ringed bird 1 Peregrine 5 Red Kite 6 Marsh Harrier 4 Sand Martin 60 Pintail 5 Little Egret 11 Curlew @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Earlier this week our team of #LDV volunteers made the journey over to Humberhead Peatlands NNR, to help plant over 7,000 cotton grass plugs as part of restoring the bare peat areas (as part of the sites restoration project to increase biodiversity & locking up water & carbon) 🌱

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Good to get out surveying Jack Snipe this week as numbers start to increase (now water levels have fallen & with the onset of spring passage) - 17 were seen across two sites, with four ringed & fitted with Motus Tags, as part of our joint project on the species with @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

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jeanthorpewildliferehab @jeanwildlife.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Treasure has a new brother from a different mother ! They bond instantly and both are thriving. Love a baxger x

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

A Shelduck colour-ringed by our team (from a cannon-net catch at Bank Island on the 26th January this year) was photographed at Braunschweig, Germany last week – an interesting rapid easterly movement in contrast to most of our other resightings @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A large departure of Whooper Swans then took place in the evening on Tuesday and after dark, which resulted in over 270 birds heading north-west out of or over the #LDV @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This week new signs have been installed around the #LDV by our Responsible Recreation Officer, & with large numbers of wintering birds present & many breeding birds returning, keeping to the Public Rights of Way, controlling dogs & respecting sensitive areas is very important 🦆

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This week our volunteer team have also been busy removing some of the boardwalk around the NNR Base Garden as we upgrade the access to a new surfaced path (ahead of the new access path opening from the car park to the new NNR Base) - apologies for any short-term disruption 🪚🔨🪛

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jeanthorpewildliferehab @jeanwildlife.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Treasure, 501 g this morning, doing well, lots of night feeds !! She will go back ,once reared. Xx

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thanks to @debalmer.bsky.social for the sighting of a c/r Shelduck at @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Martin Mere earlier this week - yet another movement between the #LDV & this site/the NW region - we're really starting to build-up a picture of movements now thanks to all the c/r-readers out there.

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A Turnstone at North Duffield Ings A drake Scaup at Aughton Ings A Crane south at East Cottingwith 2 Tundra Bean & 50 White-fronted Geese at the pond along Langrickgate Lane near East Cottingwith 100 White-fronted Geese at North Duffield Carrs @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

We’ve also just received news that an adult male Wigeon ringed in the #LDV at North Duffield Carrs in December 2019 has been recovered at Findhorn Bay, Moray, Scotland earlier this week – 2,262 days since ringing and 456 km to the north of the reserve @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It also turned out that this individual was ringed by our team as a nestling (from a brood of four) in a box near Melbourne in 2014 - making it 11/half years old. This is the oldest bird we’ve recorded from our study around the #LDV (from the 1,349 ringed here since 1989)🦉 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last night our ringing team were successful with two Ruff caught and colour-ringed in the flock by Bubwith Bridge (as part of our long-term study of the species) and one where climate change impacts are sadly driving a real change in status with numbers falling @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

100% of the proceeds from this book will go to the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley charitable trust, to help with conservation projects across the reserve - if you're yet to order a copy please drop in at our office or contact Lucy.Murgatroyd@naturalengland.org.uk 📖🪶 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Last night we also had a surprise when this juvenile Knot found its way into our nets. This species is only just annual in the #LDV and is only the second ever to have been ringed on the reserve – one to look out for if you're visiting at the weekend @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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LDV_NNR @ldvnnr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🎉🤩 Whilst it feels like a long time coming, we're pleased to say that the rest of the copies of the 'Birds of the LDV' have finally arrived at our NNR Base and are now available for collection if you’re passing (anyone who has placed a pre-order will be contacted shortly) 📖🪶 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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York Birding @yorkbirding.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

86 White-fronted Geese NE over Derwent Cottage Farm between North Duffield & Bubwith Still at least 18 Tundra Bean Geese at North Duffield Carrs @nybirdnews.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social

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