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

Wednesday 3rd June

 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

Red-footed Falcon Hutton Buscel - Lucy Hobkinson

Tuesday 2nd June

 Todays sightings:

Long Nab: Quail, 22 Swifts flew south

Cloughton: Oystercatcher Town Farm Pond

Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret

Sea Cut: Barn Owl

Seamer Tip pool: 10 Swifts, Cetti's Warbler

Hutton Buscel: Barn Owl

Silpho: Barn Owl

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 5 CATTLE EGRETS, 7 Little Egrets, Great White Egret

Harwood Dale: 2 Turtle Doves at the Mill Inn

Jackson's Bay: Hobby flew south

Cuckoo Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver

Monday 1st June

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Hobby, 22 Common Scoter north. 2 Teal flew south

Meadow Pipit Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver

Sunday 31st May

 Highlights:

Allerston: Quail

Long Nab: Corn Bunting

Staintondale: Cuckoo at the Hulleys

Jackson's Bay: male Eider, Curlew

Johnson's Marsh: 2 Little Egrets

Crossgates: Red Kite flew west

Peasholm Glen: Family party of 4 Nuthatch

Harwood Dale Forest: 2 churring Nightjars, Redpoll

Juvenile Skylark at Long Nab - Nick Addey

Saturday 30th May

 Highlights: 

Long Nab: Quail

Wykeham Forest: daytime churring bird by the Raptor Viewpoint, 3 Ravens

Cloughton: Sheluck + 7 ducklings on Town Farm pond

Hayburn Wyke: 2 Common Scoter flew south

Hilla Green: Green Woodpecker, 5 Marsh Tits (one family party), 4 Spotted Flycatchers

Broxa Forest: No sign of the Iberian Chiffchaff, Turtle Dove, 2 Redstarts

Crossgates: Red Kite flew NW

Wykeham Forest: Turtle Dove

Harwood Dale Forest: 3 Nightjars, Woodcock

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, 10 Little Egrets, 5 Marsh Harriers

Juvenile Stonechat Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver

Friday 29th May

 Highlights:

Broxa Forest: the singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF remained elusive but very vocal, also a Turtle Dove 

Long Nab: South past were a Red-throated Diver, Eider, Red Kite, Hobby, 32 House Martins. 25 Common Scoter flew north

Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret

Wykeham Lakes: Pochard, Wigeon, Cuckoo

High Marishes:Red Kite

Low dalby: 16 House Martins newly arrived

Dalby Forest: 2 Nightjars, 2 Woodcock, 3 Tree Pipits Housedale Rigg

Dipper Sea Cut - Stephen Beaver

Thursday 28th May

 Highlights:

Broxa Forest: the IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF still present but often elusive in the thick forest

Marine Drive: a male Red-breasted Merganser flew south

Long Nab: Female Red-breasted Merganser, Ringed Plover north past. Curlew flew south. Corn Bunting present

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Little Ringed Plovers

Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret, 4 Shelduck

Harland Mount: 2 Garden Warblers

Peregrine busy hunting Woodpigeons today (Scarborough area)

Wednesday 27th May

 Highlights:

Broxa Forest: the IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF continued to sing throughout the day, also Redstart, Garden Warbler, 3 Crossbills in the same area

Harwood Dale: a Turtle Dove at The Mill Inn

Potter Brompton Carr: Whooper Swan, Garganey, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Cetti's Warbler

Iberian Chiffchaff Broxa Forest - Nick Addey

Tuesday 26th May

 Highlights:

Broxa Forest: a singing male IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF was found in the afternoon

Cloughton: Shelduck + chicks on Town Farm pond

Long Nab: 3 Teal, 1 Shelduck flew north

Castle Beck Wood: 3 Dippers, 3 Cuckoos, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (feeding young)

Seamer Tip pool: Mute Swan pair + 9 cygnets, Swift, Cetti's Warbler, 6 Reed Warblers, Sedge Warbler

Taylor Way pool: Mute Swan pair + 6 cygnets

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: Honey Buzzard (just one sighting all day @ 08.55)

Iberian Chiffchaff Broxa Forest - Nick Addey

Monday 25th May

 Highlights:

Scarborough: 15 Swifts over Gorden Street area

Burniston village: Hobby (left east)

Broxa Forest: Spotted Flycatcher Turkey Carpet

Low Marishes: Grey Partridge, Yellow Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Corn Bunting (singing)

Low Dalby: Nightjar, 2 Woodcocks

South Cliff: Ringed Plover and Tree Pipit (flew north)

Crossgates: Hobby (over east)

Wykeham Lakes: Pink-footed Goose (East Lake), 2 Wigeon, Curlew, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Cetti's Warblers (all singing birds), 6 Garden Warblers

Long Nab:  Ringed Plover flew north. Corn Bunting present

Potter Brompton Carr: Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, 12 Little Egrets, 4 Marsh harriers, 3 Hobby

Swift over Scarborough - Mark Hepples

Sunday 24th May

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Corn Bunting

Cloughton Wyke: Breeding Seabird Survey: 24 Herring Gull nests, 31 occupied Fulmar sites

Scalby Mills: Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Terns, 2 Lbb Gulls

Wykeham Forest: Redstart, 3 Tree Pipits, 2 Garden Warblers, 3 Blackcaps, Jay Raptor Viewpoint area

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, Red Kite, 3 Marsh Harriers, Cetti's Warbler

Harwood Dale: Turtle Dove at the Mill Inn

Turtle Dove at The Mill Inn - Mark Coates

Saturday 23rd May

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Moving through were 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Wheatear, Whinchat, 4 Corn Buntings, 2 Whimbrel

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: a female Honey Buzzard around 08.30am only, 2 Goshawks, Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Crossbills

Wykeham Forest: Redstart, 2 Tree Pipits, 2 Garden Warblers, Sedge Warbler, 31 Willow Warblers, Marsh Tit, 14 Siskins, 2 Redpoll, 3 Crossbills

Cromer Point: 2 Grey Partridge. Spotted Flycatcher at the Water Treatment Plant

Spotted Flycatcher Long Nab - Nick Addey

Friday 22nd May

 Highlights:

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: female Honey Buzzard, 2 Crossbills

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 5 Egyptian Geese (+ goslings), male Garganey, 2 Marsh Harriers, 5 Little Egrets, Great White Egret

Marine Drive: 6 Barnacle Geese (flew south), Turnstone, Wheatear

Cayton village: 5 House Martins

Long Nab: 4 Sedge Warblers. 2 Ringed Plovers, Whimbrel, Corn Bunting moving past

Burton Riggs: Lesser Whitethroat

Wykeham Lakes: 5 Little Ringed Plovers, 14 Lbb Gulls, Yellow Wagtail

Silpho: female Merlin

Troutsdale: Reed Warbler (Guthrie ponds)

Scalby Mills: 3 Sandwich Terns

Dalby Forest: Nightjars ar Givendale and Housedale, several Woodcocks roding at dusk

South Cliff: 3 Spotted Flycatchers (flew south), Tree Pipit (in off sea). 2 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Reed Warbler

Turnstone Marine Drive - Stuart Baines

Thursday 21st May

 Highlights:

Burton Riggs: 2 Garden Warblers, Sedge Warbler, 4 Lbb Gulls

Wykeham Lakes: 5 Little Ringed Plovers, Yellow Wagtail

Ruston Carr bridge: 2 Little Egrets

Sneaton Forest: Nightjar churring in daytime

Harwood Dale Lake: male Mandarin, 2 Oystercatchers

Mill Inn, Harwood Dale: 2 Turtle Doves

Juvenile Starling at Peasholm - Nick Addey

Wednesday 20th May

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Red-throated Diver, Turtle Dove Station Road/Cinder Track

Johnson's Marsh: Little Egret, 6 Herons, 2 Shelducks

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese + goslings, 1 Garganey, Teal, 4 Shelduck, 7 Little Egrets, 2 Grey Partridge, 27 Swifts

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 6 Lbb Gulls, Redpoll

Scalby Beck: 2 Swifts 

Low Dalby: 3 Swifts

Snainton: Little Owl

Harwood Dale Forest: 2 Nightjars

Female Blackcap Long Nab - Nick Addey

Tuesday 19th May

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Red-throated Diver, 2 Sedge Warblers, Lesser Whitethroat.

Cloughton: 2 Shelducks Salt Pans Road flash

Potter Brompton Carr:  2 Egyptian Geese, Garganey,  4 Little Egrets,  12 Swifts, Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler

Wykeham Lakes: Sanderling (East Lake), 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Curlew, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 2 Egyptian Geese, 8 Swifts, Cetti's Warbler (March Lake), 4 Reed Warble, Sedge Warbler, 5 Garden Warblers

Burniston: Turtle Dove in a garden

Hutton Buscel: Quail

Scalby Beck: Hobby

Jackson's Bay: 3 Sandwich Terns, Whimbrel, 36 Oystercatchers, Curlew, 4 Swifts, 50 Sand Martins

Malton Cote Farm: Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow Wagtail

Kittiwake castle Cliffs - Phil Bennett

Monday 18th May

 Highlights:

Dalby Forest: Coot + chicks at Staindale Lake

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Wigeon, 2 Common Sandpipers, Curlew, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Oystercatchers, Lapwing

Burniston: A Turtle Dove in song Burniston Gardens

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Garganey, 2 Egyptian Geese + 8 goslings, 2 Shelduck, Ruff (male in full breeding plumage), 3 Marsh Harriers, 3 Little Egrets

Long Nab: Moving north were a Common Tern, Ringed Plover, Whimbrel. Corn Bunting flew south

Cloughton Woods: 3 Nightjars, 2 Woodcocks

Harwood Dale Forest: Nightjar

Meadow Pipit Helwath Beck - Chris Bell

Sunday 17th May

 Highlights:

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 CATTLE EGRETS, 2 Egyptian Geese + 8 goslings, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Garganey, 5 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, Red Kite, 4 Marsh Harriers, 25 Swifts

Scalby village: Hobby flew east

Long Nab: Great White Egret and Red Kite flew south

Harwood Dale: Hobby, 2 Turtle Doves at The Mill Inn.  

Harwood Dale Forest: 2 Turtle Doves, 2 Nightjars

South Bay: Mediterranean Gull (2cy)

Scarborough: 5 Swifts Falsgrave

Red Kite Long Nab - Chris Bell

Saturday 16th May

 Highlights:

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Wigeon, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Greenshank, 4 Oystercatchers, 2 Lapwing, Curlew, Yellow Wagtail

Troutsdale: Osprey

Fylingdales Moor: 4 Stonechats, 2 Wheatears, Dipper Eller Beck. Hobby Jugger Howe Moor

Dalby Forest: Cuckoo Crosscliff. 2 Cuckoos, 4 Garden Warbler, 6 Crossbills, 7 Tree Pipits, 2 Stonechats Newclose Rigg/House Dale Rigg. Willow Tit also reported in Dalby Forest

Langdale Forest: Raven, Redstart, Jay Warsman Head

Long Nab: Turtle Dove singing Station Rd/Westfield Farm area

Seamer Station: Lesser Whitethroat

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, 4 Egyptian Geese (+ 8 goslings), 2 Garganey, Little Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler, 2 Stonechats

Garganey Potter Brompton Carr - Chris Bell

Friday 15th May

 Highlights:

Wykeham lakes: 2 Wigeon, Ringed Plover, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Curlew, Marsh Harrier

South Bay: Eider, Arctic Tern flew north

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, Wood Sandpiper

Scalby Nabs: Garden Warbler

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: Raven, Hobby, 3 Crossbills

Harwood Dale Lake: Teal, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher

Long Nab: Moving north were Red-breasted Merganser, 30 Turnstone, 4 Whimbrel, 48 Sandwich Terns, Great Northern Diver, 2 Manx Shearwaters. A dark morph Arctic Skua flew south

Grey Wagtail Dalby Forest - David Hutchinson

Thursday 14th May

 Highlights:

Peasholm Park: Coot, 4 Sand Martins

Long Nab: north past were 2 Wigeon, 3 Whimbrel, Curlew, 2200 Razorbills, 550 Guillemots, 4 Red-throated Divers (+ 1 present), 3 Manx Shearwaters

Scalby Mills: Male Eider flew north

Harwood Dale: 2 Turtle Doves at The Mill Inn

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Wigeon, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Lapwing

Harwood Dale Forest: Turtle Dove, 6 Crossbills

Cayton Carrs: 5 Whimbrel, 20 House Martins

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, 2 Garganey, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 3 Marsh Harriers

Jackson's Bay: Wheatear

Common Sandpiper Sea Cut - Martin Moseley

Wednesday 13th May

 Highlights:

Gristhorpe: A female/2cy male  GOLDEN ORIOLE along Station Lane in the afternoon

Crossgates: 2 Black-headed Gulls flew east

Potter Brompton Carr: Ruddy Shelduck,  2 Egyptian Geese, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, Red Kite, 

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Wigeon, Goldeneye, 5 Little Ringed Plovers, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Cetti's Warbler

Seamer Tip pool: Cetti's Warbler, 4 Sedge Warblers, 2 Reed Warblers, Garden Warbler

Dalby Forest: Cuckoo at Bridestones

Long Nab: Quail singing near the Observatory

Jackson's Bay: Whimbrel, 9 Turnstone, Purple Sandpiper

A local Chaffinch - Paul Tozer

Tuesday 12th May

 Highlights:

Potter Brompton Carr: CATTLE EGRET, Great White Egret, 3 Little Egrets, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Garganey, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Redshank, 5 Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, Cetti's Warbler

Sea Cut: Common Sandpiper

Ellerburn: Green Woodpecker, Dipper, Tree Pipit, Garden Warbler

Peasholm Park: Coot

Long Nab: 2 Spoonbills, Golden Plover, Whimbrel flew north

Gadwall Seamer Road Mere - Terry Hobson

Monday 11th May

 Highlights:

Johnson's Marsh: 2 Shelduck, 5 Herons

Wykeham East Lake: 21 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Curlew, 2 Lapwings

Harwood Dale: 2 Turtle Doves at The Mill Inn. Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Lapwing at the lake.

Peasholm Park lake: Coot

Wheatear Ravenscar - Phil Bennett

Sunday 10th May

 Highlights:

Long Nab: Marsh Harrier (flew north), Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat

Harwood Dale Lake: Common Sandpiper

Fylingdales Moor: 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, Redstart, 3 Whinchats (walk from Maybeck over tops of moor)

Peasholm Park Lake: 3 Coot

Wykeham Lakes: 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtails

Seamer Tip pool: Mute Swans + 9 cygnets, Grasshopper Warbler

Hopper Hill Rd: 2 Oystercatchers on Boyes warehouse!

Wrench Green: Dipper pair with 2 fledglings

Harwood Dale: Turtle dove at The Mill Inn

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Egyptian Geese, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Redshank,  Hobby,  3 Marsh Harriers, Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzards, Great White Egret, 3 Little Egrets, Lesser Whitethroat

Seamer Road Mere: 16 Tufted Ducks, Kingfisher

Snainton to Maton Cote: Red Kite, 3 Yellow Wagtails

Ravenscar: 6 Curlews, pair of Stonechats at Stoupe Brow. 2 Wheatears on cricket pitch.

Grasshopper Warbler Seamer tip pool - Paul Tozer