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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Monday at Rhos point Leach's storm-petrel 8 seen, 6 West in the morning and then two at mid distance for several minutes at 5pm. Eider, 💯 plus common scoter most west, sandwich terns, black tailed godwit at Conwy @rarebirder.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Two pristine little stint @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social Marshlands. Little & common ringed plovers ruff, snipe, redshank, blackwits, cettis warb & hundreds of dunlin. Marsh harriers, sparrowhawk, pinkfeet over and spotted redshank from Reedling hide. @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

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

@rspbengland.bsky.social St Aidans today. Osprey was the undoubted star. Great, cattle & little egrets. Bittern, green sandpiper, ringed plover, snipe. Lingering swift & all other hirundines, marsh harrier, red kite, distant hobby, cettis 2 grebes and the little owl. @rarebirder.bsky.social 🪶

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

A windy walk @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social bar-tailed godwit, grey, ringed plover, knot, sanderling dunlin, turnstone, wheatear & pipits, short-eared owl chalk bank. Beacon: greenshank c sandpiper & great views of pectoral sandpiper, thanks to the finder. @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@flamboroughbird.bsky.social and #Bempton today morning rain clearing for a warm afternoon Pied flycatchers common & lesser whitethroat redstart siskins whinchat blackcaps willow/ garden warbler and best of all barred warbler in the Dell. #Yorkshire @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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

2 Black storks @lincswildlife.bsky.social @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social the Wash viewpoint seen well in flight. Short eared owl & marsh harrier. 30 spoonbills, common sandpipers, little ringed plovers Avocet & 150 + black-tailed godwit including 2 colouringed submitted. @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Super day @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social stars the 2 black-winged stilts, look at those pink legs. Spoonbill 32 spotted redshank 4, green sandpiper, water rail juv, ruff, l r plovers, blackwits, peregrine, marsh harrier & finally heard a quail @rarebirder.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Not a bad night's work around Wykeham RVP. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social Near 11pm before nightjar seen and heard briefly. Plus 2 woodcock & tawny owl. Only Common buzzard, siskin & willow warbler from the Viewpoint. @mjthom.bsky.social

Merlin sound recording nightjar, woodcock and tawny owl

Pale lilac sky over woodland well after dusk

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mjthom.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The weather may have taken a 'tern' for the worse but this ranks as one of the best days. A thread, starting at Long nanny. Lifer Rose-coloured Starling, thanx finder, fab Arctic, little terns & after 2 hour wait, 2nd attempt American black tern @nattrustarch.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social 🪶

Pink & black rose-coloured Starling with common starlings at long nanny

American black tern feme returns, after 2 hour fishing trip and unceremoniously pushes off her Arctic tern mate

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@yorkswildlife.bsky.social Grass wood in the rain yesterday blackcap, willow w chiffchaffs. Then up the Dale to Malham Tarn @yorkshiredales.org.uk with nice views of 5+ Raven, wheatear feeding well developed young and then 2 male redstart between showers taking food from a meadow back to nests.

Ravens over the high tops, probable family of 5

Young fledgling wheatear up on the high tops

Beautiful male redstart perched on old thistle

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John Hewitt @wathingsmecca.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Little Gull on Kilnsea Wetlands this morning

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Northumberland to @yorkshiredales.org.uk today via Teesdale @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social Quote 'I can't remember seeing a snipe on a post' then like buses 2 come along. Black grouse, 12; spotted flycatcher. Mistle thrush, grey wag @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

Snipe, a long billed wadng bird on a fence post Upper Teesdale

Spotted flycatcher on a bare branch over the river looking for its next 🪰

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Coquet Island on #Puffincruises the rain held off. Great views roseate terns, sandwich and common tern puffins, eider, guillemots seals and dolphins right in the harbour mouth. @rspbengland.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@ntbirdclub.bsky.social Yesterday dotterel at Lynemouth; garganey at Druridge; Goosander,not bad for a travelling day to Embleton. @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hull valley today Tickton to Leven canal. Common whitethroat, willow warblers (pictured) Lesser whitethroat, reed warblers, cetti's, blackcap, stonechats, swift, sandmartins & swallows, herons & great crested grebes. Little water at Swinemoor. @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hot in the City & @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @spurnterns.bsky.social today, heat haze didn't help. But happy with little terns Beacon ponds plus grey plover and whimbrel on the Humber. Dunlin, oycs, curlew, redshank, c ringed plover whitethroat, sedge & reed warb & wigeon @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Grey wagtail feeding chicks, whinchat pair played hard to get, tree pipit kept quiet & whitethroat up on @northyorkmoors.org.uk Plus garden/ willow warblers, chiffchaff, blackcap & found purring turtle doves on a new territory (heard only). @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Hoopoe heard only at Bempton this morning, so no year ✅️ Corn buntings, Siskin, Song (& Mistle) thrush, linnets plus garden warblers, blackcap, willow chiffchaff & marsh tit around Wykeham forest. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

A brown streaky, stocky corn bunting in hawthorn

Linnets feeding time high in a beech tree 🌳

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Pied flycatcher from Padley in the sun yesterday. Lets see how the video comes out. Nikon P1100. Sound up for spring. 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Great to spend time with singing pied flycatchers at least 10 males and females nest building, plus one Redstart seen in Padley gorge. Raven and this distant hobby hunting over the Burbage Moors. Whinchat &stonechat. @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @nattrustarch.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

7 nfy along the River Hull Swinemoor & Leven canal, to add to 4 @northcavewet.bsky.social Saturday. Greenshank, surprise spoonbill, willow warbler & whitethroat pictured . Plus cuckoos, lesser whitethroat & yellow wagtail. @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Also a merlin that nearly flew into us in a failed chase of a lark or pipit as we were watching this roe buck walk towards us. @mjthom.bsky.social Sedge warbler another of spoonbill & willow warbler 🪶

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Darren (George) Best @wildlifegeekpix.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#Swinemoor - a good morning albeit cold and a bit windy at times with 2 Wood Sand, 1 Barwit, Avocet pair, Oystercatcher, 2 LRP, Wheatear, Whitethroat, 1 WWag #patchbirding #PWC2026 #eastyorksbirding

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Great to see wheatear, golden plover, lapwing, curlew etc on territory @northyorkmoors.org.uk around Danby & Sleddale today. Plus several red kite, buzzards & kestrel. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Some from #Spurnbirds today. The 2 drake garganey, whimbrel, wheatear & 💯 s of Brent geese. Also common ringed plovers, dunlin, avocets, curlew, oystercatcher, swallows, sand martin and a barn owl. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Some more from yesterday at Covenham & Rimac. Black-necked grebe, great northern diver, whoopers & one of at least 6 cattle egret. Also slavonian, great & little grebes, house martin & swallows. @rarebirder.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Covenham res today. Black-necked and Slavonian grebes, together at times, great northern diver in the opposite calmercorner was obliging. Whoopers touched down briefly. Redshank, g c grebe, swallow & 1st house martin of year. @rarebirder.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Plan B in the wind was a trip to @rspbblacktoftsands.bsky.social Enjoying the strong wind were multiple marsh harriers. Sheltering were 10 black tailed godwit, avocets, snipe, Goldeneye and my first swallow and sand martin. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

Black tailed godwit in shallow water, maybe with a slight lump above left knee

Avocet behind winter plumage black tailed godwit

A pair of Goldeneye swimming close at Blacktoft

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

From a foggy start at @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social Puffins, razorbills, shag, gannets. Plus Fulmar, guillemots kittiwakes, Herring & great black-backed gulls, corn & reed bunts, linnets, meadow pipits & short eared owl. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In the gloom and cold wind today Lapland bunting from Crook bank & 2 shore larks at Brickyard Ln Theddlethorpe. Sanderling, curlew, collared dove & Cormorants. Gulls had been feasting on dead seals. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Lapland bunting feeding happily on the beach from Crook bank

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

4 short eared owls, yes 4 at least! @ The Outstrays on the Humber. Plus Black tailed godwits, Avocets, reed bunting & skylarks singing new for the year list. Pics of shorty at range, through fence and very windy 😕 @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

2 bean geese south of Crook bank @lincsbirding.bsky.social yesterday still, Thanks @owenbeaumont.bsky.social for the tip, also barnacles, Canada, Greylag and then egyptian with whoopers and Mute swans at Fiskerton fen @lincswildlife.bsky.social Goosander fishing on the Witham. @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Russian white-fronted & pinkfeet Yedingham, to make it a 7 Goose weekend to add to the bean, barnacle, egyptian grey & Canada. Brambling year tick at Troutsdale in a flock with Chaffinch, marsh blue & great tit @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

White-fronted and pink feet geese part of a flock of several hundred

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

3 cattle egret, kingfisher and tawny owl new for the year at a wet and breezy @tophilllow.bsky.social . Redshank, fieldfares, little egret, marsh harrier buzzard add to the mass of waterfowl . 🪶 @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The Fillingham @lincsbirding.bsky.social Great grey shrike was matched by the weather and kept distant. The grey partridge pair by a busy roadside where a little closer and a nice year tick ✅️ Also Yellowhammer, whoopers goosander and red kites. @btobirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Great grey shrike perched in a trimmed hedge

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

An hour after work rewarded, time spent with the Best bird currently in East Yorkshire. Male Hen Harrier huntingSaltmarsh... you won't persuade me otherwise. 🤩 Also barn owl for the year list. @humbernature.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social #bbcwinterwatch

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Wet, windy & on higher ground foggy around Wykeham & Scarborough. 6 species nfy. Marsh tit, treecreeper, nuthatch, turnstone and in the harbour Red-throated and a great northern diver @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @longnabbirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

One of two bittern seen at @northcavewet.bsky.social by @mjthom.bsky.social Also great spotted woodpecker amongst many others @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Highlights from @tophilllow.bsky.social 3 russian white-fronted geese first picked up on size as they flew by with greylags, then they slid in on the ice at Watton. Quick snap of redpoll before they flew off, whoopers near Wilfholme. @mjthom.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

White-fronted goose standing on ice at Watton, next to much larger Greylag

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A very icey @ldvnnr.bsky.social on Tuesday. Didn't catch up with the white tailed eagle this visit. Nice to see great egret & little at East Cottingwith. Most other birds seen were flying along the river from Aughton, marsh harrier buzzard & wildfowl incl pintails wigeon & teal. @mjthom.bsky.social

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Fantastic birds around Welwick & Kilnsea E. Yorkshire Topped off by this short eared owl late on. 2 hen harriers & marsh, merlin, kestrels, buzzard, pinkfeet, brent & greylag geese. 3 great & little egrets, bl t godwit, redshank, lapwings & golden plover #spurnbirds @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

Short eared owl quartering the Outstrays with mature hedge behind

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

7 geese of 4 species, Tundra Bean, 3 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 pinks & barnacle in a wet field Cloughton. GGShrike a no show. Bar tailed godwit, turnstone redshank & purple sandpiper Scalby Mills #Yorkshirebirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

Tundra bean goose showing well it's orange legs & patch on bill

Tundra, 3 Russian White-fronted, 2 pinkfeet & barnacle geese

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Whooper swan family of six near Wroot. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social 🪶 No sign of the black throated diver at Westwoodside. Redpoll, Goldcrest & chiffchaff best of the rest.

2 adult & 4 juv. Whopper swans feeding in a crop field

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Dry land at a premium @ldvnnr.bsky.social North Duffield Carrs. Pair of disrant peregrine taking time out from terrorising the flocks of lapwing & golden plover. Marsh harriers, buzzard stonechat. Dunlin, heron, pintails, pochard, wigeon, teal, Fieldfares & Redwing. @nybirdnews.bsky.social 🪶

Peregrine pair distantly keeping watch over the wildfowl flocks

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

In between the rain @tophilllow.bsky.social nice to see this Otter hunting at Watton. No smew to be found, But great numbers of duck incl Goldeneye, pintail, wigeon, teal, pochard etc. Lots of Redwing & fieldfares in the bushes plus marsh harrier. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social

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Mark James Pearson @markthebirder.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A jolly to Scarbados with the Mrs, hanging around in a graveyard in hailstorms & eating jacket potatoes while watching frolicking dolphins. By coincidence, there may also have been an Eastern Black Redstart involved. More: tinyurl.com/2utdr7wt @nybirdnews.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social

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Eastern Black Redstart, Castle Hill, Scarborough - 28th Nov '25

Another fabulous and accommodating rarity on Castle Hill after last month's Needletail (thanks again, Ben!), this beautiful male Eastern B...

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Stunning Eastern black redstart in Scarborough this morning. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social Almost 9 years since the Skinningrove bird @teesbirds.bsky.social 🪶

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