Friday 3rd July

Dalby Forest: 2 Stonechats, 4 Tree Pipits, 7 Crossbills Newclose Rigg. Red Kite, 2 Willow Tits, Marsh Tit family, 6 Crossbills Crosscliffe/Jerry Noddle

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank, 8 Little Egrets, 2 Marsh Harriers

Harwood Dale Lake: 5 Mandarins

Thornton le Dale: Dipper

Castle Cliffs: Pair of Kestrels + 3 juveniles together

Harwood Dale Forest: 2 singing Quail just east of the forest

Long Nab: 2 singing Quails, Mediterranean Gull Burniston Bay. Little Egret, Red-throated Diver flew south. 9 Manx Shearwaters flew north

Irton: 2 singing Quails to north

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: singing Quail

Cloughton: Little Owl, Barn Owl, 2 juvenile Tawny Owls

Golden Plover Lilla Cross - Steve Hey

Thursday 2nd July

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

Juvenile Grey Herons Johnson's Marsh - Nick Addey

Wednesday 1st July

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

Common Sandpiper Throxenby Mere - Martin Moseley

Tuesday 30th June

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

Scalby Lodge: Quail, Hobby

Whitethroat Cayton Bay - Paul Tozer

 

Monday 29th June

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

Meadow Pipit Cayton Bay - Paul Tozer

STONECHAT SURVEY RESULTS 2025

STONECHAT SURVEY

Sunday 28th June

 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

  

Kittiwakes Castle Cliffs - Phil Bennett

Saturday 27th June

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)

Juvenile Stonechat Harwood Dale - Paul Tozer

Friday 26th June

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

Little Owl Wykeham Lakes - Peter Middleton

Thursday 25th June

 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

Juvenile Little Egret Sea Cut - Martin Moseley

Wednesday 24th June

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.

Grey Herons Johnson's Marsh - Chris Bell

Tuesday 23rd June

 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

Great White Egrets Wykeham Lakes - Steve Hey

Monday 22nd June

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

Curlews passing Long Nab - Nick Addey

Sunday 21st June

 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

Kittiwake Marine Drive - Terry Crook

Saturday 20th June

 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

Swallow Scalby Mills - Mike Michael

Friday 19th June

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

Grey Heron Scalby Mills - Mike Michael

Thursday 18th June

 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

Tree Pipit Harwood Dale Forest - Paul Tozer

Wednesday 17th June

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

Blue Tits Cayton - Paul Tozer

Tuesday 16th June

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

Osprey Ellerburn - Chris Bell

Monday 15th June

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

A Scarborough Dunnock - Paul Tozer

Sunday 14th June

 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

Common Whitethroat Crook Ness - Chris Bell

Saturday 13th June

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

Little Egret Johnson's Marsh - Martin Moseley

Friday 12th June

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

Iberian Chiffchaff Broxa Forest - Nick Addey

Thursday 11th June

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

Rook Edgehill Road - Paul Malton

Wednesday 10th June

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

Goshawk in the forests - Roy Barker

Tuesday 9th June

 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)

Good numbers of breeding Redstarts have been reported this year - Roy Barker

Monday 8th June

 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

Cygnets at Seamer Road Mere - Paul Malton

Sunday 7th June

 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

Montagu's Harrier Long Nab - Nick Addey

Red-backed Shrike Long Nab - Nick Addey

Saturday 6th June

 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

Whitethroat - Stephen Raine

Friday 5th June

 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)

Red Kite Potter Brompton Carr - Nick Addey

Thursday 4th June

 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

Cattle Egrets Potter Brompton Carr - Nick Addey