Monday, 23 March 2026

Sunday 22nd March

 Highlights:

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