Long Nab: Moving south past 1,331 Swifts, 35 Sand Martins, 2 Hobby, Cuckoo. Quail still singing
Broxa Forest: Report of IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Wykeham Forest: Quail singing near Granary Farm
Thornton Carrs: Quail singing
Wykeham Lakes: 3 Teal
Throxenby Mere: Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher
Long Nab: Quail, Corn Bunting. 147 Common Scoters, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Curlew flew north
Wykeham Lakes: Wigeon, Little Egret
Harwood Dale Lake: Quail, 7 Mandarin, Little Grebe, 2 Green Sandpipers, 22 Lapwing
Stoupe Beck: Lesser Whitethroat
Cloughton Wyke: 2 Quail, 7 Mistle Thrush, Little Owl
Crossgates: 2 Quails sound recorded moving over at night
Scalby Lodge Pond: Quail
Wrench Green: Green Sandpiper, Little Egret at Northstile Pool
Throxenby Mere: Kingfisher
Thornton Carrs: Quail, 3 Oystercatchers, 5 singing Yellowhammers
Wykeham Lakes: Little Owl
Long Nab: 2 Quails and a singing Grasshopper Warbler. 401 Common Scoters, 9 Mediterranean Gulls flew north, 2 Common Terns, Redshank and Greenshank flew south
West Ayton: Red Kite flew north
Folkton Carr: Red Kite
Low Dalby: Nightjar, Woodcock
Burniston village: 60 Starlings, 129 Swifts south in 2 hours
Wrench Green/Northstile: Green Sandpiper, 4 Jays, Tree Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Willow Tit
Long Nab: Quail, 2 Mediterranean Gulls flew north
Ellerburn: Red Kite
Wykeham Lakes: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher
Cloughton Newlands: Cuckoo at Hulleys Campsite
Allerston: Quail
Cayton Bay: Adult Mediterranean Gull flew north
Wykeham Lakes: Teal, Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, Red Kite
Wykeham Forest: Firecrest in a large mixed feeding flock
South Bay: Mediterranean Gull off The Spa
Long Nab: Quail
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: Hobby, 3 Goshawks, 6 Nightjars at dusk near car park
Potter Brompton Carr: 4 Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpiper, 10 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets, Cetti's Warbler
Forge Valley: Spotted Flycatcher
South Bay: 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls
Wykeham Lakes: Teal, Wigeon, 3 Oystercatchers, 6 Lbb Gulls, Common Gull, 6 Herons
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: 2 Red Kites, Hobby
Snainton area: 2 Turtle Doves, 5 Yellow Wagtails
Newby, Scarborough: 2 Red Kites flew west mid-afternoon
Scalby & Scarborough: Red Kite flew south early afternoon
Long Nab: 3 singing Quails. 36 Common Scoters flew north
Cloughton: Little Owl
Gristhorpe: Red Kite mid-morning
Fylingdales Moor: 3 singing Quail, 2 Golden Plover, 3 Red Grouse, Wheatear (juvenile)
Langdale Forest: 5 Nightjars, 2 Woodcock, Tawny Owl Maw Rigg End (Birch Hall)
Potter Brompton Carr: Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers
Long Nab: Quail. Moving south were 16 Manx Shearwaters, Mediterranean Gull (3cy), 183 Swifts
Wykeham East Lake: 4 Teal, Gadwall, Wigeon, 5 Pochard, Little Owl
Harwood Dale: Red Kite south over the Mill Inn. 2 Mandarins at the lake.
Broxa Forest: Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Willow Tits
Cloughton: Curlew flew west
Wykeham Forest; 2 Willow Tits near the Viewpoint car park
Ruston Carr bridge: Hobby, Cuckoo
Crossgates: Quail sound recorded over Crossgates last night
Snainton: 2 Quail
Willerby: Quail
Marine Drive: Adult Mediterranean Gull flew south
Sea Cut: Little Egret
Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Teal, Wigeon, 5 Pochard, 40 Swifts
Brompton Ponds: Little Egret, Lapwing + chick
Johnson's Marsh: 2 Little Egrets, Heron + 4 chicks, Sedge Warbler
Flixton Carr: Quail
Willerby Carr: 2 Quail
Potter Brompton Carr: Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egrets, Gadwall + young, 3 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warbler
Wykeham Lakes: 9 Barnacle Geese, 3 Pochard, 2 Teal, Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 12 Oystercatchers, Lapwing, Little Owl, Cetti's Warbler
Hilla Green: Pair of Willow Tits, Kingfisher
Johnson's Marsh: 4 Little Egrets
Cloughton Wyke: Hobby
Good numbers of Swifts reported from several breeding areas.
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: a report of one Honey Buzzard
Wykeham Lakes: 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Oystercatchers
Long Nab: Quail. Adult Mediterranean Gull flew north, Greenshank flew south
Johnson's Marsh: 3 Little Egrets
Newclose Rigg, Dalby Forest: Nightjar, Hobby, Woodcock
Potter Brompton Carr: 3 Egyptian Geese, Garganey, 10 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 8 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warbler
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: reports of 2 Honey Buzzards
Long Nab: Quail. Marsh Tit. Moving past were 158 Common Scoters, 221 Swifts, 5 Curlews, 58 Sandwich Terns, 6 Puffins, 9 Manx Shearwaters
Johnson's Marsh: 4 Little Egrets, Barn Owl
Peasholm: Peregrine flew NW
Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, Teal, 3 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Hobby, Little Owl, 53+ active Sand Martin nest holes
Fylingdales Moor: Hobby
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Wykeham Lakes: Greenshank (over), 2 Green Sandpipers, Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Pochard, Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret, Barn Owl, Little Owl, juv Tawny Owl, Nightjar, Cetti's Warbler
Allerston: Hobby
Long Nab: moving past were 3 Teal, 58 Common Scoter, 4 Curlew, Whimbrel, Snipe, Little Tern, Manx Shearwater
Johnson's Marsh: 3 Little Egrets
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: Honey Buzzard, Nightjar churring in middle of day
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: 5 Ravens, Goshawk, Spotted Flycatcher
Hutton Buscel: Hobby
Potter Brompton Carr: 7 Little Egrets, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Curlew, 6 Sand Martins
Wykeham Lakes: Wigeon, 2 Teal, 2 male Pochards, 2 Little Ringed Plovers
Snainton: Quail just off Snainton Lane
Scalby Mills: Hobby
Hilla Green: 6 Mandarin, Kingfisher, 2 Willow Tits, 2 Garden Warblers
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret
Wykeham village: Quail just north of Downe Arms
Broxa Forest: singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Long Nab: Quail, 903 Swifts and 24 Sand Martins flew south
Cayton Carr: Quail
Potter Brompton Carr: Cattle Egret (seen leaving NE @ 20.40), 8 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, 9 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, Spotted Redshank, 4 Marsh Harriers
Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: A PROBABLE distant Honey Buzzard reported
Dalby Forest: Red Kite
Crossgates: Red Kite
Wykeham Village: Quail north of Downe Arms, Lesser Whitethroat
Johnson's Marsh: 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Little Egret
Long Nab: Yellow-legged Gull (fourth-summer), Quail
Wykeham Lakes: 2 Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, 4 Oystercatchers, Gbb Gull, 3 Lbb Gulls, Great Crested Grebe pair + 3 young
Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Little Egrets, Shelduck, 2 Teal
Wykeham: Willow Tit family near Ings Bridge
Willerby & Binnigton Carrs: 5 Quail, 3 Corn Buntings, 2 Stonechats (pair), 6 Sedge Warblers
Broxa Forest: IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Long Nab: Quail still present. Moving south were 638 Swifts, Hobby, 3 Curlews (+ 6 NW)
Harwood Dale Lake: Little Grebe, 2 male Mandarin, Little Egret
Broxa Forest: singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Scalby Beck: 6 Little Egrets
Yedingham: 2 Corn Buntings
Cloughton: Little Owl
Harwood Dale: Turtle Dove at the Mill Inn
Fylingdales Moor: Quail, Golden Plover, Snipe, male Whinchat, 8 Mistle Thrush, several Redpolls in Eller Beck area
Low Dalby: Nightjar, 3 Woodcocks
Seamer Road Mere: Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Wykeham Lakes: Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier
Long Nab: Quail, Red-throated Diver. Moving past were 78 Common Scoters, 3 Eiders, 5 curlews, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 5 Puffins
Broxa Forest: singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Ruston Carr bridge: Little Egret
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret
Newby: Little Egret at Sea Cut
Ellerburn valley: 2 Ospreys
Scarborough town: 2+ Curlews over
Cloughton Wyke: Stonechat family party
Wykeham Lakes: Wigeon, Tufted Duck fem + 8 young (East Lakes), Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret, Yellow Wagtail
Broxa Forest: the singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, Turtle Dove
Johnson's Marsh: 3 Little Egrets
Hutton Buscel: 3 singing Quails, 2 Red Kites
Long Nab: Moving past (mostly northbound): 159 Common Scoters, 2 Teal, Eider, 2 Red-throated Divers, 569 Manx Shearwaters, 229 Fulmars, 6 Curlew, 228 Puffins
Low Dalby: Nightjar, 2 Woodcocks
Wykeham Forest: 3 Nightjars east end
Broxa Forest: the singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
Cayton/Staxton/Wllerby Carrs: 6 singing Quails
Malton Cote: 3 pairs of Yellow Wagtails (2 feeding young)
Troutsdale: Pair of Little Grebes + young at ponds, Raven
Ellerburn valley: Osprey
Wykeham Forest: Osprey
Long Nab: North past were 3 Teal, Blue Fulmar, 73 Manx Shearwaters, Red-throated Diver, 4 Puffins. Quail still
Crossgates: Quail sound recorded overnight
Johnson's Marsh: 2 Little Egrets
Scalby Mills: male Eider
Ruston Carr bridge: male Marsh Harrier, Red Kite
Jackson's Bay: Great Northern Diver flew north
Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint: Hobby, 2 Red Kites, female Honey Buzzard, 2 Crossbills
Wykeham Forest (east side): Spotted Flycatcher
Broxa Forest: singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret
Ellerburn valley: Osprey, Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzards, 2 Garden Warblers, 2 Jays
Long Nab: Little Egret
Dalby Forest: Barn Owl, 2 Woodcocks Sievedale
Scalby village: Barn Owl at cemetery
Broxa Forest: the singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF had returned to it's original location
Harwood Dale: Great Spotted Woodpeckers feeding 2 fledged young at the Mill Inn feeders
Long Nab: a Redshank flew north
Sherburn: Red Kite
Potter Brompton Carr: Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, 4 Little Egrets, 3 Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, 2 Barn Owls
Willerby Carr: Quail
Johnson's Marsh: 3 Little Egrets
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Thornton Carrs: Little Egret
Scalby Beck: 2 Little Egrets
Long Nab: Quail, north past were 112 Common Scoters, Red-throated Diver, Manx Shearwater, Common Tern, 17 Sandwich Terns, 2 Puffins
Scalby Mills: Razorbill
Brompton Ponds: Little Egret
Ruston Carr bridge: Hobby, Little Egret
Wilton Heights: male Redstart, Garden Warbler, 5 Blackcaps
Burton Riggs: 10 Tufted Ducks, 3 Garden Warblers, 2 Whitethroat
Thornton Carrs: Red Kite, Barn Owl
Crossgates: Quail sound recorded flying over at night
Long Nab: Quail, Mediterranean Gull (2cy), 4 Shags, Red-throated Diver
Scarborough town: Occupied nest count of 1,323 urban Kittiwake nests (19.5% increase on 2025)
Wykeham East Lake: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Wigeon, 3 Little Ringed Plovers
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret, Barn Owl
Long Nab: Quail, 5 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Red-throated Divers, Hobby, Whimbrel
Wrench Green: Female Mandarin + 3 ducklings
Fylingdales Moor (A169 to Lilla Cross): Hobby, 5 Snipe, 4+ Cuckoo (1 juv), Dipper, 4 Mistle Thrush, 7 Whinchat (4 males), 19 Stonechats, 7 Redpolls
Long Nab: MONTAGU'S HARRIER (first-summer male) flew south, Quail, female Red-backed Shrike
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret, Common Gull
Wykeham Forest: 7+ Crossbills, 4 Garden Warblers, Tree Pipit
Wrench Green: Tree Pipit
RAF Fylingdales: 4 Cuckoos, 3 pairs of Whinchats
Cloughton: Little Owl
Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Shoveler, 2 Great White Egrets, 4 Little Egrets, Red Kite, 3 Marsh Harriers
Long Nab: moving past 49 Common Scoter, 3 Puffins, 14 Manx Shearwaters
Johnson's Marsh: Barn Owl
Long Nab: Quail, Eider
Potter Brompton Carr: 4 CATTLE EGRETS, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, 2 Shelducks, 2 Marsh Harriers, 3 Barn Owls
Yedingham: 2 Corn Buntings
Johnson's Marsh: 7 Herons (2 nests + chicks), Little Egret, 2 Shelduck
Wykeham Lakes: 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Coot + 2 chicks on Water Sports Lake
Harwood Dale Forest: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Redstart, 2 Garden Warblers, 2 Crossbills, Siskin feeding young
Low Marishes: 2 Grey Partridge
Cayton Bay: 100+ Starlings (many juvs)
Today's birds:
Potter Brompton Carr: 4 CATTLE EGRETS, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egrets, Red Kite, 3 Marsh Harriers, 4 Egyptian Geese,
Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Wigeon, Little Ringed Plover
Long Nab: 143 Swifts flew south
Wykeham Forest: 9 Nightjars, 5+ Woodcock
Todays sightings:
Hutton Buscel: A first-summer female RED-FOOTED FALCON
Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 2 Shelduck, Lesser Whitethroat
Wykeham Lakes: Mute Swans + 6 cygnets, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Yellow Wagtail
Hilla Green: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Dipper
Jugger Howe Moor: four Cuckoos,2 Red Grouse, 3 Redpoll
