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Red-flanked bluetail, Flamborough, November 2021
Last week I had to be over in Flamborough for a meeting. I’d seen that there was a rare migrant bird in the area though, and decided to combine work and pleasure…
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Tagged birds, bluetail, flamborough, red flanked bluetail, south landing
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Wheldrake Ings, August 2021
Wheldrake Ings is one of my favourite nature reserves, but it feels like ages since I’ve just been and walked it for pleasure. At the back end of August I had a reason to be out for a quiet walk, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, conservation, dragonflies, fish, Invertebrates, Mammals, Plants, Yorkshire
Tagged egret, godwit, jack pike, kingfisher, lapwing, pike, rudd, sandpiper, snipe, teal, wheldrake, Wheldrake Ings
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Albatross! Albatross! Albatross!
The past couple of years, there has been a black-browed albatross that has shown up at Flamborough Head, specifically at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. So far, I’ve failed to see it. But fate works in funny ways…
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Tagged albatross, bempton, black browed albatross, flamborough, gannet, rspb, yorkshire
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Welwick, July 2021
I had a meeting near Welwick along the Humber estuary in mid-July. The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve there, and the realignment to the west, provide an excellent patch of saltmarsh, a vitally important habitat that potentially has a real part … Continue reading
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Home and garden, July 2021
As always, while it’s great to get out and about, there is just as much merit in spotting wildlife at home. With hedgehogs, the pond, breeding birds, there’s lots to look at and enjoy.
Posted in Amphibians, Birds, Botany, butterflies, dragonflies, Gardening, Invertebrates, Mammals, moths, New Earswick, Plants, Wildlife Pond, Yorkshire
Tagged birds, blackbirds, chaser, gatekeeper, hedgehog, nymph, rush, sunflower
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Wharfe Ings, July 2021
Early in July I had to go visit a site along the River Wharfe. One thing that caught my eye was a field full of meadowsweet, all in bloom, and with warblers calling from within.
Posted in Birds, Botany, Plants
Tagged Burnet, floodplain, ings, meadow, meadowsweet, wharfe
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Puffins: Cute to Catalyst – A BirdNote podcast
I don’t often recommend other content, but in this case there is a crossover, so I’ve no real choice. A few months back, I was asked to contribute to an American podcast series by BirdNote Radio, called ‘Threatened’, for an … Continue reading
30 Days Wild – Day 20 – Great Yorkshire Creature Count II
So, I last posted about a quarter of the way into the 24 hour count. It had been a relatively positive start, and with an ambitious 100 species target, I needed the moth trap to deliver…
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Biology, Birds, Botany, butterflies, dragonflies, Ethology, Gardening, great yorkshire creature count, Invertebrates, moths, Phenology, Plants, Tech stuff, Wildlife Pond, Yorkshire
Tagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, backswimmer, common darter, dragonfly nymph, great yorkshire creature count, heart and dart, heath, pond, sawfly, swallow, water beetles, water slater, wildlife, willow beauty, yorkshire
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