Thursday 16th April

 Highlights:

Wykeham Lakes: Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Geese, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Cetti's Warbler

Wrench Green: 2 Tree Pipits, 9 Willow Warblers

Long Nab: 5 Yellow Wagtails flew south

Mowthorpe: 2 Little Egrets

Harwood Dale Lake: 7 Teal, 2 Oystercatchers, 60 Sand Martins

Cayton: 3 Wheatears

Seamer Tip pool: Cetti's Warbler

Harwood Dale Forest: 2 Tree Pipits

Low North Camp: 2 male Redstarts

Crossgates: Marsh harrier flew south-west

Scalby Beck: singing Marsh Tit, 4 Tree Sparrows, 4 Blackcaps, Willow Warbler, 10 Swallows, 24 Sand Martins

Potter Brompton Carr: 8 Teal, 2 Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier, Yellow Wagtail

Sand Martin Jackson's Bay - Steve Hey

Wednesday 15th April

 Highlights:

Long Nab: 2 male Red-breasted Mergansers flew north

Wykeham Lakes: Marsh Harrier

Jackson's Bay/Scalby Lodge: 64 Oystercatchers, 4 Purple Sandpipers, 8 Redshank, 13 Turnstone, Whitethroat

Swallow Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver

Tuesday 14th April

 Highlights:

Jackson's Bay: female Black Redstart

Crossgates: Garden Warbler Heron Lane

Cloughton Pond: 4 Shelduck

Marine Drive: 4 Eiders flew south

Gristhorpe Bay/Yons Nab: 2 male Ring Ouzels left NW, 2 Yellow Wagtails

Cromer Point: Wheatear

Long Nab: Eider, Goshawk flew north, 2 Wheatears, 6 Yellow Wagtails (moved past), 2 Whitethroats

Hackness: Common Crane flew south-east

Wykeham Lakes: Egyptian Goose, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 16 Lbb Gulls, Common Sandpiper, 2 Marsh Harriers, 30 Willow Warblers, 5 Blackcaps, 4 Reed Warblers, 60 Sand Martins

Ruston Carr bridge: 26 Mute Swans, Sedge Warbler

Wheatear Seamer tip pool - John Harwood

Monday 13th April

Highlights:

Gristhorpe Bay/Yons Nab: 11 Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 3 Whooper Swans, 2 Green Sandpipers, Dunlin, Great White Egret, 2 Common Cranes, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Red Kites, 5 Sedge Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Wheatears, Yellow Wagtail

Jackson's Bay/Scalby Lodge area: 4 Wheatears, Redstart

Scar and Castlebeck Woods: 6 singing male Redstarts

Long Nab: Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtails, Corn Bunting flew south. Grasshopper Warbler Cliff Top House. Wheatear, Whitethroat

Seamer tip pool: 7 Wheatears, Whitethroat on waste area to north-east

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 4 Shoveler, Whimbrel, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Marsh Harrier, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, 22 Willow Warblers, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 16 Blackcaps 

Burton Riggs: Little Egret, Goosander, 12 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe

Wrench Green: 2 Tree Pipits, White Wagtail, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Willow Tit, 3 Willow Warblers, 3 Blackcaps

Scalby Mills: female Eider

Harwood Dale Lake: Little Ringed Plover, Snipe, Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers, 9 Teal, Little grebe, 9 Sand Martins

Whimbrel Wykeham Lakes - Jon Hardacre

Sunday 12th April

 Highlights:

Wykeham Lakes: Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, male and female Common Scoters, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Garden Warbler, Blue-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 3 House Martins, 50 Sand Martins

Long Nab: Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Sandwich Terns flew south, Whitethroat

Potter Brompton Carr: Egyptian Goose, Wigeon, Marsh Harrier

Cayton Wood: Wheatear

Burton Riggs: Goosander

Harwood Dale Forest: Raven

Haygate, Dalby Forest: 2 Green Woodpeckers, 8 Crossbills, 17 Chiffchaffs, 9 Willow Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, Marsh Tit

Mowthorpe: Raven

Mount Pleasant Farm: 2 Whimbrel

Flower of May pond: 2 Gadwall

Middle Deepdale: 5 House Martins

Willow Warbler Ravenscar - Chris Bell

Saturday 11th April

 Highlights:

Yons Nab: Male Ring Ouzel flew north-west, 2 Wheatears, 2 Willow Warblers, Redpoll (south), 3 House Martins (south), 2 Grey Partridge

Long Nab: 3 Whimbrel, 5 Redshank past

Thornton-le-Dale: 2 Dippers

Scarborough town: Black Redstart Melrose Street area

Wykeham Lakes: Male Blue-headed Wagtail (East Lake), 4 Little Ringed Plovers, male Common Scoter, 4 Goldeneye, Water Rail, 7 Lbb Gulls, 170 Sand Martins, 32 Swallows, 3 House Martins, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcaps, 10 Willow Warblers, 21 Chiffchaff, 7 Siskin

Marine Drive: 2 Sandwich Terns

Jackson's Bay: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Wheatears

Newlands Dale, Cloughton: White Wagtail

Killerby Cliff: 5 Whimbrel

Crossbill Wykeham Forest - Dean Brookes

Friday 10th April

 Highlights:

Stoupe Brow, Ravenscar: 4 Wheatears, 2 Willow Warblers

Potter Bompton Carr: 2 Common Cranes, Great White Egret, Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harrrier, 3 Wheatears

Long Nab: Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat

Burton Riggs: Goosander

Wykeham lakes: Two Commn Scoters (M+f Water Sports Lake), 2 Goldeneye, Marsh Harrier, Little Ringed Plover, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Warbler, 5 Blackcaps, Garden Warbler, 11 Willow Warblers, 78 Sand Martins, 3 Swallows, House Martin

Jackson's Bay: Wheatear, 11 Sand Martins, 2 Stonechats

Seamer Tip Pool: Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler

Fylingdale Moor (east of A169): 5 Wheatears

Ellerburn Bank: male Redstart

Browns Caravan Site, Cayton: 2 Little Ringed Plovers on new carp pond

Cayton Bay: 450 Woodpigeons to roost

Wykeham Forest (Raptor Viewpoint car park area): 3 Crossbills, Tree Pipit

Wheatear Ravenscar - Chris Bell

Thursday 9th April

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Tree Pipit, House Martin, 4 Sandwich Terns flew north, Ring Ouzel flew north-west, 3 Yellow Wagtails flew south. Whitethroat Pipe Gully

Open Air Theatre: Blackcap

Cayton Bay: c15 Sand Martins at colony

Seamer Road Mere: 4 Gadwall, 3 Blackcaps

Potter Brompton Carr: Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harriers,  2 Willow Warblers, Cetti's Warbler, Yellow Wagtail

Seamer Tip Pool: Whitethroat

Goldfinch Harwood Dale - Mike Michael

Wednesday 8th April

 Highlights:

Long Nab: A SERIN flew south, good numbers of Sand Martins, also a Willow Warbler south along the cliffs and a Yellow Wagtail and Merlin south. Full counts: https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1074/20260408

Johnson's Marsh: Green Sandpiper

Wrench Green: 4 Willow Warblers

Seamer Tip pool: Sedge Warbler

Wykeham Lakes: Male Common Scoter, Peregrine, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Match Lake)

Potter Brompton Carr: Common Crane, Great White Egret, 2+ Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, 2 Green Sandpipers, Wheatear, White Wagtail

Broxa Forest: 3 Crossbills

Fylingdales Moor: 2 Common Cranes flew south-west over Jugger Howe Moor

Langdale Forest: 2 Willow Warblers, 5 Stonechats, singing Crossbill

Ravenscar: 17 Wheatears, White Wagtail

Common Scoter Wykeham Lakes - Mike Michael

Tuesday 7th April

 Highlights:

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton; Barnacle Goose

Jackson's Bay: 20 Sand Martins

Ravenscar: 6 Wheatear Stoupe Brow

Long Nab: Marsh Harrier, 41 Sand Martins flew south, Wheatear

South Cliff: 2 Sandwich Terns, 2 Wheatears (+ 2 present) north, Marsh Harrier, 46 Sand Martins, 7 Chiffchaffs, 3 White Wagtails(+ 1 N), and good numbers of finches all south  https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/2694/20260407

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, female Common Scoter, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Blackcaps

Broxa Forest: female Hen Harrier

Gristhorpe: escaped Harris's Hawk flew south

Rillington: 2 Red Kites

Hackness: 4 House Martins

Potter Brompton: Red Kite

Red Kite Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver 

Monday 6th April

 Highlights:

Jugger Howe Moor: Red Kite

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: 2 Hen Harriers, 2 Goshawks

Wykeham Lakes: Female Common Scoter (East Lake), 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 9 Sand Martins, 2 Blackcaps

Long Nab: 2 Eiders & a Corn Bunting flew south. 4 Sand Martins flew north

Wilton Heights/Nab Gate/Ellerburn: Green Woodpecker, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Blackcaps, 29 Chiffchaffs

Ravenscar: 80 Pink-footed Geese flew north, White Wagtail

Crossgates: Crossbill flew NW

Johnson's Marsh: 2 Shelducks, Little Egret

Seamer Tip pool: Cetti's Warbler

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: Barnacle Goose, Coot

Salt Pans Road flash: 2 Shelduck

Raincliffe Woods: Green Woodpecker

Common Sandpiper Wykeham Lakes - Chris Bell

Sunday 5th April

 Highlights:

Thornton le Dale: White Stork flew east @ 15.40 hrs

Cockmoor Hall car park: 9 Brambling

Wykeham Lakes: 2 female Common Scoter, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, Marsh Harrier (2cy), 18 Sand Martins, 2 Swallows, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap

Burton Riggs: Blackcap

Pickering: 2 Red Kites flew east

Jackson's Bay: 9 Sand Martins

Wykeham Forest: Osprey flew towards Troutsdale 14.55 hrs

Crossgates: House Martin

Troutsdale: Willow Tit

Sand Dale, Dalby Forest: Osprey at 17.40 hrs

Potter Brompton Carr: 4 Little Ringed Plovers, 6 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Great White Egrets, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler

White Stork Thornton le Dale - Joe Fryer

Saturday 4th April

 Highlights:

Marine Drive: Red-throated Diver

Scalby Beck: Willow Warbler

Johnson's Marsh: 2 Shelducks

Wykeham lakes: 3 female Common Scoters (Water Sports Lake), Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Red Kite, 10 Sand Martins, 2 Swallows, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Corn Buntings (East Lake)

Harwood Dale Lake: Little Ringed Plover, Swallow, 3 Sand Martins

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: Barnacle Goose, Shelduck

Scar Wood: Raven, 2 Marsh Tits

Sutherbuff & Housedale Riggs, Dalby Forest: Green Woodpecker, 10 Chiffchaffs, 2 Crossbills

Burniston: Little Egret Burniston Beck

South Cliff: Nuthatch south along cliffs, 612 Meadow Pipits north

Reed Bunting Seamer Tip pool - Paul Tozer

Friday 3rd April

 Highlights:

Potter Brompton Carr: 30 Whooper Swans (flew north), Russian White-fronted Goose, Green Sandpiper, Willow Warbler, 2 Crossbills

Cloughton: Little Owl

Irton: male Hen Harrier flew across Irton-Ayton road

Seamer Road Mere: Russian White-fronted Goose

Peasholm Park: male Goosander

Kittiwakes back at castle Cliffs - Phil Bennett

Thursday 2nd April

 Highlights:

Staindale/Low Dalby: Hawfinch,  2 Green Woodpeckers, 8 Nuthatch, Goshawk, 13 Chiffchaffs

Ellerburn valley: Green Woodpecker, 5 Nuthatch, 11 Chiffchaffs

Seamer tip: Blackcap

Troutsdale: 2 Goshawks, 7 Buzzards, Peregrine, 2 Ravens

Siskin Seamer Road Mere - Paul Malton

Wednesday 1st April

 Highlights:

Staindale, Dalby Forest: 4+ Hawfinches, Blackcap, Coot, 2 Mandarins

Adderstone, Dalby Forest: Brambling

Jackson's Bay: 2 Purple Sandpipers

Peasholm Glen: Blackcap

Potter Brompton Carr: 3 Egyptian Geese, 3 Mandarins, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egrets, 4 Great White Egrets, 3 Marsh Harriers, 5 Sand Martins, Cetti's Warbler

Mowthorpe: Red Kite

Long Nab: 31 Pink-footed Geese flew NW

Wykeham Lakes: Female Common Scoter (Water Sports Lake), 7 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Sand Martins

Wykeham Forest: singing Crossbill

Marine Drive: 2 Wheatears

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: Barnacle Goose

Sea Cut (Ox Pasture Hall area): Green Woodpecker

Peasholm Park: male Goosander

Goldcrest Seamer Road Mere - Paul Tozer

Tuesday 31st March

 Highlights:

Jackson's Bay: Common Sandpiper, 2 Purple Sandpipers, 5 Sand Martins

Castle Cliffs: 200+ Kittiwakes

Spa Bridge: 20 Kittiwakes

Town: Kittiwakes on most urban colonies

Wykeham Lakes: 2 male Common Scoters (Water Sports Lake), 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Cetti's Warbler (climbing tower marsh), 31 Chiffchaffs, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 20 Siskins

Cockmoor Farm: 12 Brambling, Green Woodpecker

Wykeham Forest: "ringtail" Hen Harrier (Troutsdale), Goshawk, 10 Crossbills

Jugger Howe Moor: Red Kite

Long Nab: Shoveler flew north

Mistle Thrush Raincliffe Woods - Amanda Shepherdson.

Monday 30th March

 Highlights:

Long Nab: 2 Sandwich Terns flew south

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: 2 Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose, 4 Shelduck

Potter Brompton Carr: Russian White-fronted Goose, 2 Green Sandpipers

Wykeham Lakes: Barnacle Goose, 7 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Sand Martins, Blackcap

Robin Raincliffe Woods - Stephen Beaver

Sunday 29th March

 Highlights:

Seamer Road Mere: Great White Egret

Wykeham Lakes: Shelduck, Wigeon, 9 Goldeneye, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Swallows, 3 Sand Martins

South Cliff: 1,233 Meadow Pipits flew north

Long Nab: Bar-tailed Godwit flew south

Seamer Tip Pool: Swallow, also Shelduck flew west

Scalby Mills: male Goosander

Hackness: Red Kite

Great White Egret Seamer Road Mere - Paul Malton

Saturday 28th March

 Highlights:

Wykeham Lakes: 3 Common Scoters (2m,1f East Lake), 24 Whooper Swans, 4 Swallows, 2 Sand Martins, 2 Corn Buntings

Long Nab: 7 Bar-tailed Godwits flew north, a Marsh Harrier flew south

Falling Foss: 5 Bramblings by the tea rooms

Peasholm Park: male Goosander, 2 Chiffchaffs

Wykeham Forest: Green Woodpecker, 11 chiffchaffs, Willow tit, 4 Marsh Tits, 29 Coal Tit, 5 Crossbills, 20 Siskins, Redpoll

Potter Brompton Carr: Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, 2 Shoveler, 3 Sand Martins

Chiffchaff Seamer Road Mere - Stephen Beaver

Friday 27th March

 Highlights:

Potter Brompton Carr: 60 Wigeon, Little Egret

Peasholm Park: male Goosander

Harwood Dale Lake: Mandarin

Long Nab: 35 Pink-footed Geese flew north

Wykeham Lakes: Egyptian Goose, 6 Goldeneye, 2 Common Scoter (female Water Sports Lake, plus female East Lake), 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 9 Chiffchaff, Blackcap (female)

Little beck Wood : Blackcap

Common Buzzard Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver

Thursday 26th March

 Highlights:

Peasholm Park: male Goosander

Wykeham Lakes: Barnacle Goose, Common Scoter (female), 9 Goldeneye, 5 Oystercatchers

Salt Pans Road, Cloughton: Scandinavian Rock Pipit

Cockmoor Hall car park, Troutsdale: 10 Brambling

Scandinavian Rock Pipit Cloughton - Steve Hey

Wednesday 25th March

 Highlights:

Peasholm Park: Male Goosander

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Shelduck, 67 Wigeon, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite

Scalby Beck: 2 Dippers

Crossgates: Sand Martin flew west

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: 2 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose

Burniston: 24 Yellowhammers, 7 Tree Sparrows

Seamer Tip Pool: Cetti's Warbler

Grey Wagtail Scalby Beck - Martin Moseley

Tuesday 24th March

 Highlights:

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: 2 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose, 2 Shelduck

Crossgates: 2 Goosanders flew west

Hilla Green: Willow Tit

Thornton Carrs: Whooper Swan

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Common Scoters (female Water Sports Lake, male East Lake)

Staindale Lake: Mandarin, Coot

Yellowhammer Cayton Bay - Paul Tozer

Monday 23rd March

 Highlights:

Eastfield: Red Kite south

Wykeham Lakes: Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Geese, 17 Goldeneye, 3 Water Rails, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 15 Chiffchaffs, Lesser Redpoll

Troutsdale: "Ringtail" Hen Harrier flew high east, Green Woodpecker

Long Nab: Water Rail still at Cliff Top House, Corn Bunting

Seamer Road Mere: Russian White-fronted Goose

Dalby Forest (Haygate): Green Woodpecker, 7 Crossbills, 10 Chiffchaffs, good numbers of Siskin

Cayton village: Blackcap

Blackcap Cayton - Paul Tozer

Sunday 22nd March

 Highlights:

Silpho: Wheatear

Long Nab: Red Kite south, 16 Whooper Swans flew north. A Jack Snipe present

Staindale Lake: Coot (scarce there)

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton: 2 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose, 2 Shelduck, Goldeneye

Eastfield: Red Kite

Newby: Red Kite

Seamer Tip Pool: Shelduck, 3 Shoveler, Cetti's Warbler

Burton Riggs: Goosander, 4 Common Buzzards

Wykeham Lakes: 11 Common Scoter (8 Water Sports Lake + 3 East Lake), 3 Egyptian Geese, Black Redstart still by cafe

Potter Brompton Carr: 70 Wigeon, 35 Teal, Red Kite, Great White Egret, 4 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers

South Bay: 34 Kittiwakes, 2 Mediterranean Gulls

Ruston: Male Common Scoter picked up from road (currently at Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary)

Common Scoter Ruston - Graham Bilton

Saturday 21st March

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Jack Snipe, Water Rail, Shoveler flew south

Johnson's Marsh: 2 Shoveler

Stepney: 2 Blackcaps

Salt Pans Rd flash, Cloughton: 2 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese

Ox Pasture (Sea Cut); Green Woodpecker

Scalby Mills: Lbb Gull, 6 Kittiwakes

Thornton Carrs: Little Egret

Rock Pipit harbour - Paul Malton

Friday 20th March

 Highlights:

Troutsdale: Hawfinch

Staindale Lake: 3 Mandarins

Seamer Tip area: Mandarin

Hackness Lake: 2 Mandarins

Long Nab: 17 Redwing grounded left south, Great Northern Diver, 4 Puffins & 3 Eiders south

Scalby Beck: Sand Martin

Wykeham Lakes: Black Redstart, 5 Whooper Swans, 16 Goldeneye, 4 Little Ringed Plovers, Marsh Harrier, 18 Chiffchaffs, 6 Redwing, Lesser Redpoll

Cayton village: Blackcap

Siskin Stepney garden - Phil Bennett

Thursday 19th March

 Highlights:

Falsgrave: 5 Whooper Swans flew north

Wrench Green: 2 Ravens

Ravenscar: 3 Ravens

Wykeham Lakes: Common Crane flew south @ 12:50, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 11 Goldeneye

Snainton: Common Crane flew west @ 13:14

Rillington: Red Kite

Burniston village: 17 Yellowhammers, 30 Goldfinch

Cormorant Throxenby Mere - Martin Moseley

Wednesday 18th March

 Highlights:

Cayton Bay: Black Redstart

Scalby Mills: 55 Wigeon

Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint: 8 Goshawks, Red Kite, 3 Ravens

Barrowcliffe: Red Kite drifted north

Eastfield: 2 Red Kites flew west

North Bay: Blackcap in garden

Low Dalby: 8 Tree Sparrows at feeder

Eastfield: Chiffchaff singing Westway

Great Tit Raincliffe Woods - Stephen Beaver

Tuesday 17th March

 Highlights:

Long Nab: 10 Golden Plovers flew west, Snipe, Stonechat

Seamer Tip Pool: Shoveler,  Cetti's Warbler, 5 Chiffchaffs

Wykeham Lakes (East Lake): 2 Shoveler, 8 Goldeneye, 4 Lbb Gulls, 5 Mute Swans

Cayton Bay: 4 Chiffchaffs

Ox Pasture Hall: Red Kite flew west

Dalby Forest (Ellerburn/Sand Dale): 7 Chiffchaffs, 2 Fieldfare

Shoveler Wykeham Lakes - Steve Hey