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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nice selection of migrants / colonists over night at Swinefleet VC63 1 Pearly underwing ( new for garden), 1 Delicate, 3 small mottled willow, 3 Clancy’s rustic, 2 Silver Y, 1 rush veneer, 1 diamond back and 1 Nephopterix angustella @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A minimum of 8800 back-tailed godwits roosting on Novatis lngs on the Humber estuary over this mornings high tide @lincsbirding.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scarce bordered straw and Saltmarsh knot-thorn were new for our Swinefleet VC63 garden last night. Also a couple of wanderers from nearby peatlands birch mocha and heath rustic

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Few migrants moths from Spurn last night 6 white point, pearly underwing, delicate, dark swordgrass, 8 small mottled willows at least 12 beet moths. Also good number of coastal species such as archer’s dart.

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A cracking little leaf hopper in moth trap last night in Swinefleet, VC63 - Paralimnus phragmitis from the NBN atlas looks like it could be most northern UK record and only other Yorkshire records are from Potteric Carr @jimhorsfall.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

3 quail heard singing from cereal crops around Swinefleet today - suspect there are a lot more out there as bursts of song very intermittent

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last night’s highlights from trapping at RSPB Blacktoft Sands - Oblique carpet, Marsh Lance and a very worn Striped wainscot all new for the reserve

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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Exciting news from Beacon Lagoons! 🐦 The first Little Tern chicks of the 2026 season have hatched at Yorkshire’s only Little Tern colony. Supported by players of the National Lottery through The National Lottery Heritage Fund. #LittleTern #SpurnBirds 🎥 Tate Lloyd

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A few nice coastal specialists with restricted ranges in Yorkshire caught at Spurn last night - a very beige morning @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social

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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It’s not just Little Terns keeping the wardening team busy! We also now have three broods of Ringed Plover chicks around the colony. #RingedPlover 🎥 Tate Lloyd

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Delighted to join the striped hawkmoth club - it’s had a tough life caught on riverbank at Swinefleet VC63 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #yorkshiremoths

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Very in moth trap this morning so delighted to find a Ni moth on first egg box at Swinefleet VC63 #Yorkshiremoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @celastrina59.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Eastern bordered straw trapped overnight at Swinefleet VC63 other migrants 10 silver y, white point and 2 rush veneers. Also only my second purple bar @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The 2 Old Goole waxwings still present in trees along Swinefleet road this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Goose influx continues 27 tundra bean geese in fields by Westfield Lane, Goole early afternoon flew off to north, and another two with greylags in fields to north east of Hook/ Howden Dyke island @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Black-throated diver at Cove lane pits near Westwoodside this afternoon @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

2 tundra bean geese at Blacktoft sands this afternoon in field just to west of car park with greylag flock @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

2 tundra bean geese in field north of road between Whitgift and Ousefleet near Blacktoft sands with greylag this afternoon ( see pin)

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Juvenile Glaucous gull Novatis Ings this morning from hide with other big gulls a beautiful brute!@lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Lovely morning for @webs-gsmp.bsky.social at Pyewipe with over 10,000 waterbirds majority of waders roosting on Novatis Ings including at least 16 curlew sands, 6300 black-tailed godwits, 555 knot. As additional waders to returned to mudflats incl. 3000 golden plovers @lincsbirding.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Nice Evening WeBS count at Pyewipe at least 4200 black-tailed godwits, 1230 redshank and 230 avocets roosting on Novatis Ings. Shelducks down to 1200. 2 curlew sands , little stint and wood sand added a bit of spice. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @humbernature.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Adult bottle nosed dolphin just sum up River Ouse past Swinefleet

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Highlight of last nights mothing was first Bordered straw for our Swinefleet garden also Birch marble Apotomis betuletana NFG and first Small Ranunculus of year

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Wood sandpiper over Swinefleet this morning was a very welcome addition to the garden list

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Looks like Clouded yellow influx is the biggest for quite some time 30+ in a single field of clover near Crowle, Lincs this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Wildfowl on the move this evening over Swinefleet 194 shelduck heading to west coast estuaries in several flocks and a flock of 462 common scoters north west #vismig

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Locally Wall Browns are having their best second brood for a very long time 9 along a short stretch of river bank at Whitgift today @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @celastrina59.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

3 avocets west along Ouse at Swinefleet- a new species for the garden -despite them nesting a few miles away at Blacktoft sands and only my second record for this stretch of river in last 15 years

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Great WeBS count at Pyewipe on Humber this am moulting shelduck flock up to 5400. Lots of returning waders including 397 curlew roosting in estuary side fields. 683 black-tailed godwits, 329 redshank and 264 on Novatis Ings @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @humbernature.bsky.social

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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Amazingly, this remarkable individual has returned to the very colony in which it hatched 12 years ago! Tate was fortunate enough to spot it and digiscope these images. Great work, Tate! Welcome home, weary traveller! 2/2 @btobirds.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social

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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Wow! A very exciting discovery by one of our wardens, Tate, during his afternoon shift today. This Little Tern was first ringed as a chick at the Beacon Ponds colony back in 2013. It was recaptured in Senegal last April and fitted with a green colour ring - HKL. 1/2

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background.

A small, light grey and white bird with a black head, a yellow beak, and orange legs. It is sitting on a sandy beach with water in the background. The bird has turned its head to preen its back.

A close-up photo of a white bird with orange legs. Only a small part of the tail, the belly, and the legs are visible. On the right leg is a metal ring. On the left leg is a green ring with the letters HKL written on it. The bird is standing on sand.

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Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons @spurnterns.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The glorious weather has allowed us to carry out our first colony walkthrough of the season. An astonishing 91 Little Tern nests were counted, which is the highest count for the protection scheme (previous highest count of 70 in 1996). We're keeping everything crossed for a record-breaking season!

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Flock of 10 noisy Mediterranean gulls (at least 4 full adults ) just gone west along Ouse at Swinefleet. Still quite scarce in this part of Yorks and first multiple record from garden.

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Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Drake green-winged teal wet grassland at Patrington haven this pm look north from track approx 1/4 mile to east of Outstray Farm @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Only two moths in my Swinefleet, East Yorks trap this morning but found my earliest ever dark sword-grass by the side of trap this evening @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Mike Pilsworth @mikepilsworth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Great evening for Common scoter migration across northern England at least 19 flocks east over Swinefleet between 20.55 & 21.25

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gpcbirding.bsky.social @gpcbirding.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

youtu.be/NlyMc3_4M78 www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/easte... you need the volume up to hear calls at the end to the video

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Eastern Yellow Wagtail Winteringham North Lincolnshire February 2025

YouTube video by Graham Catley

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