Monday, 25 August 2025

Sunday 24th August

 Two Ospreys still in the Ellerburn valley. Four Willow tits in Sand Dale. Two Dippers at Thornton-le-Dale beck. At Potter Brompton Carr: 18 Golden Plovers (over), 15 Snipe, 8 Ruff, Dunlin, Great White Egret, Red Kite, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Marsh Tits. Highlights past Long Nab in 12 hours (6 observers): Little Tern, 300 Common Terns, Caspian Gull, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, 2 Marsh Harriers, 2 Great & 12 Arctic Skuas, Cuckoo (flew south). A Wheatear in the fields there. Little Owls recorded at Cloughton Wyke and Long Nab. 


Black-headed Gull Throxenby Mere - Martin Moseley