Saturday, 28 March 2026

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)


Common Buzzard Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver




Friday, 27 March 2026

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


Thursday, 26 March 2026

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


Wednesday, 25 March 2026

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


Tuesday, 24 March 2026

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




Monday, 23 March 2026

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



Sunday, 22 March 2026

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



Saturday, 21 March 2026

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


Friday, 20 March 2026

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


Thursday, 19 March 2026

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


Wednesday, 18 March 2026

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



Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Monday 16th March

 Highlights:

Long Nab: A Red Kite and Sand Martin flew north

Burton Riggs: Sand Martin

Boggle Hole: Eider

Potter Brompton Carr: 12 Russian White-fronted Geese, Merlin, Jack Snipe, 19 Snipe, Dunlin, 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Little Egrets, 5 Chiffchaffs

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

Newlands Dale: Little Grebe, Chiffchaff

Wykeham Lakes: 27 Goldeneye, 7 Snipe, 3 Lbb Gulls, 5 Chiffchaffs

Seamer Rd Mere: 5 Chiffchaffs


Chiffchaff Seamer Road Mere - Paul Tozer


Monday, 16 March 2026

Sunday 15th March

 Highlights:

Thornton le Dale: A Northern Treecreeper along Priestman's Lane

Scarborough South Cliff: Tundra Bean Goose, Red-breasted Merganser, Brambling, Corn Bunting south. 5 Whooper Swans, 256 Meadow Pipits north. 4 Mediterranean Gulls present

Long Nab: Corn Bunting flew south

Burniston: 13 Yellowhammers in a garden

Salt Pans Road flash, Cloughton: 2 Russian White-fronted Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Barnacle Goose

Newby: Blackcap in garden

Thornton Carrs: 2 Snipe, 2 Chiffchaffs, Tree Sparrow

Wykeham Forest: singing Crossbill, Woodcock

Scalby Mills: Lbb Gull

Wykeham East Lake: 5 Whooper Swans (fields), 14 Goldeneye

Cayton Bay: Great Crested Grebe, Red-throated Diver

Troutsdale: 3 Mandarin, Dipper, Marsh Tit

Allerston: Red Kite



Northern Treecreeper Thornton le Dale - Will Scott


Sunday, 15 March 2026

Saturday 14th March

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Red Kite flew south

Flixton/Folkton Carrs: Little Egret, 2 Curlew, 9 Chiffchaffs, 2 Redpoll, 10 Tree Sparrow

Marine Drive: 30 Kittiwakes offshore

Ellerburn Bank: Green Woodpecker, Crossbill, 22 Tree Sparrows

Raincliffe Woods: 2+ Crossbills, large flock of Siskin

Potter Brompton Carr: 27 Russian White-fronted Geese

Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint: 3 Goshawks, Crossbill

Hilla Green, Troutsdale: Mandarin, Dipper

Town Farm Pond, Cloughton:  Shelduck

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


Red Kite Long Nab - Chris Bell


Saturday, 14 March 2026

Friday 13th March

 Today's highlights:

Salt Pans Rd flash, Cloughton: 3 Russian White-fronted Geese, Barnacle Goose, 2 Pink-footed Geese

Long Nab; 2 Lbb Gulls moved past

Dalby Forest (Haygate): 3 Crossbills, 11 Fieldfare, 14 Siskin

Peasholm Park: 2 Goosanders



Gadwall Seamer Road Mere - Gary & Jan Powell


Friday, 13 March 2026

Thursday 12th March

 Today's highlights:

Peasholm Park : 2 Goosanders

Seamer Tip Pool: Barnacle Goose, 4 Shoveler, 3 Oystercatchers

Salt Pans Road flash, Cloughton: 3 Russian White-fronted Geese, Barnacle goose, 22 Greylag Geese

Harwood Dale Lake: 52 Wigeon, 18 Teal, 2 Oystercatchers

Wykeham Lakes/Long Causeway Rd: 26 Mute Swans, Whooper Swan, Egyptian Goose, Red Kite, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Redwing


Whooper Swans Wykeham Lakes - Chris Bell


Thursday, 12 March 2026

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Highlights

Peasholm Park - 2 Goosander (male and female)

Wykeham Nursery - Cockmoor Hall -  1 Immature Peregrine, 1 Willow Tit, 2 Marsh Tit

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 8 Goshawk, Red Kite, 2 Raven, 8 Golden Plover (flew west)

Wykeham Lakes (East Lake): 5 Whooper Swans, 9 Mute Swans, Goldeneye

Dalby Forest (Adderstones) : 26 Song Thrush feeding in field with 2 Mistle Thrush, 9 Siskin, Marsh Tit

Scar Wood: Chiffchaff, Nuthatch

Potter Brompton Carr: 27 Russian White-fronted Geese, Little Egret, Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harriers, 500 Starling



Wigeon, Scalby Mills, Mark Hepples (09/03/2026)

Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Tuesday 10th March 2026

Highlights

Burniston Garden - 10 Yellowhammers

Burniston - Red Kite (south)

Scalby Mills - 56 Wigeon

Open Air Theatre - 1 Chiffchaff

Peasholm Glen- Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tits (Facebook)

Woodlands - 2 Common Cranes (drifting north)

Raincliffe Woods - 30 Redwing

Seamer Tip Ponds / Taylor Way - 3 Tree Sparrows, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Shoveler Duck

Flixton - Red Kite

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 5 Whooper Swan (fields to east), 12 Wigeon, 23 Cormorants, 5 Goldeneye, 6 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Chiffchaff

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 4 Egyptian Geese, 1 Immature Greater Scaup, 13 Goldeneye, 3 Gadwall

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 3 Goshawk

Wykeham Nursery - 2 Red Kites (south), 150 Golden Plover (north)

Ellerburn - 1 Red Kite, 25 Tree Sparrow, 4 Lapwings (2 pairs on territory)


Barn Owl, Star Carr Farm, Paul Malton





Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Monday 9th March 2026

Highlights

Long Nab, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Woodcock, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 (female) Merlin

Marine Drive - Eider Duck

Crossgates - 5 Whooper Swan (south)

Burton Riggs, 2 Gadwall, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 (1st Winter) Mute Swans, 6 Tufted Duck

Brompton Ponds - 1 Little Egret, 4 Coot

Low North Camp - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Woodcock

Garth End Road, West Ayton - 5 Whooper Swan

Pexton Pond, Dalby - 1 Woodcock, 1 Crossbill

Haygate, Dalby (grey walk circuit) - 1 Goshawk, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Marsh Tit, 2 Treecreepers, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Mistle Thrush, 3 Song Thrush 

Dalby - Willow Tit (Facebook)

Jackson's Bay - Grey Plover


Willow Tit, Dalby, David Hutchinson


Whooper Swans, Garth End Road, West Ayton, Chris Bell (08/03/2026

Monday, 9 March 2026

Sunday 8th March 2026

Highlights

Stepney Gardens - 6 Siskin, 5 Greenfinch

Cayton Garden - 1 Blackcap (Facebook)

Garth End Road, Ayton - 5 Whooper and 7 Mute Swans

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake, 10 Wigeon, 38 Mallard, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Goldeneye, 2 Tufted Duck,1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Chiffchaffs, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 Goldeneye, 11 Coot

Potter Brompton Carr -Haybridge Only - 22 Greylags, 1 Egyptian Goose, 53 Snipe, 140 Common Gull, 10 Golden Plover, 48 Teal, 10 Gadwall, 42 Stock Dove, 3 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 850 Starlings, 1 Brambling, 40 Linnet, 30 Yellowhammer, 60 Lapwing, 22 Skylark (ebird report)


Male Blackcap, Cayton Garden, Paul Tozer

Sunday, 8 March 2026

Saturday 7th March 2026

 Highlights

South Cliff - 734 Chaffinches flew south. Marsh Harrier flew north. One Mediterranean Gull present.

Harbour - Great Northern Diver

Wykeham, Long Causeway - 1 Great White Egret

Ruston Carr Bridge - 1 Great White Egret

Sherburn Ings - 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Cayton Carrs - 1 Red Kite

Troutsadale (near new ponds) - 2 Crossbills

Nabgate, Dalby - 2 Goshawk, 9 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Tit, 4 Marsh Tit, 20 Siskin, 1 Crossbill


Great Northern Diver, Harbour, Andy Messenger


Saturday, 7 March 2026

Friday 6th March 2026

Highlights

Stepney - Tawny Owl

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 1 Immature Greater Scaup, 8 Goldeneye

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 8 Teal, 5 Whooper Swans in fields (HGarth End Road)

Nabgate, Dalby- 2 Ravens


Grey Heron, Johnsons Marsh, Martin Moseley

Friday, 6 March 2026

Thursday 5th March 2026

 Highlights

Barmer, Burniston - 1 Common Buzzard

Burniston Garden - 6 Yellowhammer 

Johnsons Marsh - 2 Shelduck, 2 Grey Heron (pair), 12 Teal

South Bay - Great Northern Diver (1st winter), 2 Shag

Stepney Garden - 3 Siskins

Seamer Road Mere - 2 Little Grebe, 1 Water Rail, 1 Sparrowhawk, Male Bullfinch

Burton Riggs - Redhead Goosander, 1 Chiffchaff

Heron Lane, Crossgates - 2 Siskins

Broxa / Barnscliff - 1 Goshawk, 3 Crossbills

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 5 Whooper Swans (in fields), 17 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 3 Goldeneye

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 1 Immature Greater Scaup, 23 Goldeneye, 1 Common Pochard 

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 6 Goshawks (3 pairs, well defined territorial Boundaries)

Potter Brompton Carr (from Haybridge only) - 19 Greater White-fronted Geese, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 80 Linnets, 1 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 298 Common Gull, 145 Lapwing - (ebird report)

Dalby / Haygate - 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaffs

Jackson's Bay area - 52 Curlews, Purple Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaffs


Common Buzzard, Brompton Ponds, Christopher Bell (03/03/2026)



Thursday, 5 March 2026

Wednesday 4th March 2026

 Highlights

Cromer Point - 16 Curlew, 22 Oystercatchers

North Cliff Golf Course - 20 Oystercatchers

Ox Pasture Hall - 1 Green Woodpecker

Langdale (landing strip area) - 2 Stones chats (pair), 2 Crossbills (pair) plus 5 Crossbills

Seamer Carr - 1 Sand Martin (bird-guides)

Cayton Carrs - 1 Red Kite, 25 Curlew

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park -  East Lake - 70 Redwing, 3 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Black-blacked Gull, 7 Oystercatchers

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park -  Sports Lake - 1 Immature Greater Scaup, 13 Goldeneye, 1 Wigeon, 1 Oystercatcher

Wykeham Lane - 1 Red Kite (east)

Ruston Carr - 1 March Harrier, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Great White Egret, 4 Mute Swans, 2 Little Egret

Potter Brompton Carr - (from Haybridge only) - 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret 100 Lapwing, 50 Linnet, 1 Jay, 8 Buzzard, 1 possible Spoonbill (unconfirmed as distant and seen only briefly)

Ellerburn / Haygate - 1 Chiffchaff


Red Kite, Wykeham, Andrew Messenger


Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Tuesday 3rd March 2026



Highlights 

Johnsons Marsh - 2 Shelduck

Seamer Road Mere - 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrests, 1 Song Thrush

Hackness to Mowthorpe - 2 Reed Buntings, 3 Grey Partridge, 8 Chiffchaffs, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Crane (north) 

Wrench Green - 1 Chiffchaff

Brompton Ponds - 4 Gadwall, 1 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatchers

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - 5 Whooper Swans, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gulls, 5 Wigeon, 24 Goldeneye, 5 Common Buzzard, 14 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 Shoveler, 1 Common Pochard

Ruston Carr Bridge - 1 Great White Egret, 6 Mute Swans

Cockmoor Hall - 2 Brambling, 2 Marsh Tit, Nuthatch

Potter Brompton - (From Heybridge Only) - 1 Goshawk, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, 3 Marsh Harriers, 4 Greater White-fronted Geese, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Barn Owl, 2 Grey Partridge

                                             

Ruddy Shelduck, Potter Brompton Carr, Andy Malley


Yellowhammer, Cayton Bay, Paul Tozer (02/03/2026)

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Monday 2nd March 2026

Highlights

Burniston Garden - 1 Siskin

Newlands Garden - 1 Siskin

Mowthorpe Bridge - 2 Commo  Buzzard, 1 Yellowhammer, 25 Teal, 2 Mandarin 4 Grey Heron

Harland Wood - 1 Chiffchaff

Marine Drive - 150 Pink-footed Geese (north)

Burton Riggs - 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Redhead Goosander

Troutsdale - 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Goshawk, 1 Barn Owl

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 6 Goshawks

Low Marishes / Seeley Bridge - 300 Pink-footed Geese, 300 Greater White-fronted Geese, (few) Tundra Bean Geese, 1 Great White Egret, (few) Curlew

Yedingham - 2 Corn Buntings, 40 Fieldfare, 3 Yellowhammers


Marsh Tit, Raincliffe Gate, Martin Moseley




Monday, 2 March 2026

Sunday 1st March 2026

Highlights

Long Nab - Chiffchaff, Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 2 Little Owl

Cloughton - 1 Red Kite

Ox Pasture Hall - 40 Pink-footed Geese

Open Air Theatre - Chiffchaff

Yon's Nab - 2 Grey Partridge, 20 Curlew, 30 Oystercatcher

Morrisons, Eastfield - 40 Greater White-fronted Geese (east)

Seamer Tip Area / Pools - 2 Teal, 1 Shelduck, 7 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall

Wykeham Lake / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Pochard, 5 Shoveler, 25 Goldeneye, 26 Teal, 6 Oystercatcher, 4 Gadwall, 17 Tufted Duck, 10 Wigeon, 9 Cormorants, 1 Coot, 32 Greylag Geese, 41 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 145 Herring Gull, 64 Black-Headed Gull, 2 Great Black-Backed Gull, 2 Common Buzzard 

Wykeham Lakes Entrance - 3 Skylark, 2 Reed Buntings, 1 Yellow Hammer

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 5 Goshawks 

Troutsdale - 1 Raven - 2 Goshawk (assume same as WRVP birds)

Dalby, Adderstone and Lake - Brambling, 6 Mandarin, 8 Tufted Duck



Tundra Bean Geese and Barnacle Goose, Harwood Lake, Stephen Hey 25/02/2026



Sunday, 1 March 2026

Saturday 28th February 2026

Highlights

Cayton Carr - 3 Tundra Bean Geese flew north, 65 Pink -footed Geese, 1 Great White Egret

Ayton, Garth End Road - 5 Whooper Swan (from Wykeham East Lake)

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - All Lake - 2 Immature Greater Scaup, 31 Cormorant, 26 Goldeneye, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Coot, 3 Common Pochard - Note only 2 Teal left on East Lake and No Wigeon

Wykeham Forest - 1 Raven,  1 Green Woodpecker, 5 Crossbill, 7 Marsh Tit (3 pairs on territory)

Troutsdale - 2 Hawfinch 

Ruston Carr Bridge - 28 Mute Swan, 1 Great White Egret

Potter Brompton Carr - From Haybridge Only - 250 Greater White-fronted Geese, 1 Tundra Bean Geese, 15 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harriers (ebird)

Thornton Carrs - 11 Whooper Swans

Jackson's Bay area - Chiffchaff

Potter Brompton Carr: 292 Greater White-fronted Geese, 18 Tundra Bean Geese (14 flew west), 5 Bearnacle Geese, 320 Stock Doves, 10 Great White Egrets. 


Dipper, River Derwent, Paul Stephenson

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Friday 27th February 2026

Highlights

Crook Ness - Chiffchaff, 1 Black Throated Diver (flew north 13.45)

Maribe Drive 1 Red Throated Diver, 4 Guillemot

Woodlands - Woodcock (fly by)

Cayton Carr - Mediterranean Gull

Ayton, Garth End Road - 5 Whooper Swan

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - Slovenian Grebe, Chiffchaff

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 2 Immature Greater Scaup, 3 Egyptian Geese (in field below lake), 2 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 14 Goldeneye, 12 Tufted Duck, 12 Coot, 14 Cormorant

Wykeham, Long Causeway - Great White Egret

Ruston Carr Bridge - 28 Mute Swan, 1 Great White Egret

Brompton - Sherburn Road - 1 Great White Egret

Thornton Carrs - 11 Whooper Swans


Great White Egret, Wykeham, Long Causeway, Mark Hepples


Friday, 27 February 2026

Thursday 26th February 2026

Highlights

Newby Farm - 160 Pink-footed Geese (north)

Open Air Theatre - Great Spotted Woodpecker

Seamer Road Mere - 1 Redhead Goosander

Harwood Plantation - 50 Pink-footed Geese (north)

Potter Brompton Carr - From Haybridge only - 265 Greater White-fronted Geese, 128 Golden Plover, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Dunlin, 7 Little Egret, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Egyptian Geese (ebird)

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - Redhead Smew (possibly 2), 2 Immature Greater Scaup, 5 Common Pochard, 16 Goldeneye, 18 Tufted Duck

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 3 Common Crane (north to south), 2 Egyptian Geese, Marsh Tit, Siskin, 5 Whooper Swan (fields) 

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 8 Goshawk(6 in air at one time and displaying), 1 Willow Tit (car park), 1 Raven, 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 260 + 120 Geese SP (north)

Low Marishes / Selley Bridge - 600 Pink-footed Geese, 450 Greater White-fronted Geese, 5 Canada Geese, 28 Wigeon, 2 Common Gulls, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Curlew


Common Cranes, Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake, Andy Malley

Thursday, 26 February 2026

Wednesday 25th February 2026

Highlights

Marine Drive - Razorbill, Black Throated Diver (as Facebook), 100 and then 60 Pink-footed Geese (north), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Red Throated Diver

Harbour - East Pier - 4 Shags

South Bay - Great Northern Diver, 6 Shags

Oliver Mount - 2 Common Buzzard

Harwood Dale Lake - 7 Tundra Bean Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 12 Greylag Geese, 12 Canada Geese, 1 Tufted Duck, 44 Wigeon, 15 Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 21 Lapwing, 610 Common Gull, 16 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull

Low North Camp - 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Bullfinch, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Lapwing

Potter Brompton Carr - From Haybridge only - 247 Greater White-fronted Geese, 51 Golden Plover, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Egyptian Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose (ebird)

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - 2 Immature Greater Scaup, 18 Goldeneye, 5  Common Pochard, 1 Egyptian Goose

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - Sports Lake - Possibility of Bearded Tits heard calling (as Facebook)

Wykeham Lakes / North Yorkshire Water Park - East Lake - 2 Shoveler, 39 Teal, 13 Gadwall, 7 Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Buzzard

Wykeham Raptor View Point - 7 Goshawk

Low Marishes / Shelley Bridge - 430 Greater White-fronted Geese (Russian), 600 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 Grey Partridge, 38 Canada Geese, 50 Greylag Geese, 59 Wigeon, 16 Gadwall, 27 Teal




Goshawk, Wykeham Raptor View Point, Stephen Hey