Saturday, 27 June 2026

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


Little Owl Wykeham Lakes - Peter Middleton



Friday, 26 June 2026

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




Thursday, 25 June 2026

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



Wednesday, 24 June 2026

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


Tuesday, 23 June 2026

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


Monday, 22 June 2026

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


Sunday, 21 June 2026

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


Saturday, 20 June 2026

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


Friday, 19 June 2026

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





Thursday, 18 June 2026

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





Wednesday, 17 June 2026

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


Tuesday, 16 June 2026

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



Monday, 15 June 2026

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



Sunday, 14 June 2026

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



Saturday, 13 June 2026

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


Friday, 12 June 2026

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



Thursday, 11 June 2026

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




Tuesday, 9 June 2026

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





Monday, 8 June 2026

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




Sunday, 7 June 2026

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


Saturday, 6 June 2026

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



Friday, 5 June 2026

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



Thursday, 4 June 2026

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




Wednesday, 3 June 2026

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



Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Monday 1st June

 Highlights:

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


Meadow Pipit Jugger Howe Moor - Stephen Beaver


Monday, 1 June 2026

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


Sunday, 31 May 2026

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


Saturday, 30 May 2026

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


Friday, 29 May 2026

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)


Thursday, 28 May 2026

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



Wednesday, 27 May 2026

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




Monday, 25 May 2026

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


Sunday, 24 May 2026

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



Saturday, 23 May 2026

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




Friday, 22 May 2026

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


Thursday, 21 May 2026

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



Wednesday, 20 May 2026

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


Tuesday, 19 May 2026

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


Monday, 18 May 2026

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


Sunday, 17 May 2026

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






Saturday, 16 May 2026

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


Friday, 15 May 2026

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



Thursday, 14 May 2026

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



Wednesday, 13 May 2026

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


Tuesday, 12 May 2026

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



Monday, 11 May 2026

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


Sunday, 10 May 2026

Saturday 9th May

 Highlights on a good day of wader passage:

Wykeham Lakes: 2 Egyptian Geese, Little Egret (flew east), 2 Avocets, Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, Turnstone, Cetti's Warbler

Wrea Head Hall: Cuckoo

Scalby Mills: Eider, 2 Gadwall

Allerston: Hobby

Gristhorpe Bay: 2 Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Whinchat, pair of Stonechats + 3 young

Castle Hill: Lesser Whitethroat

Jackson's Bay/Scalby Lodge: 55 Oystercatchers, 2 Common Sandpipers, Turnstone, Grasshopper Warbler

Long Nab: Moving past were a Barnacle Goose, Knot, Grey Plover, 10 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 5 Whimbrel, 980 Razorbills

Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint: 3 displaying Tree Pipits near Gas Works

Burniston: 2 Swifts flew north

Potter Brompton Carr: 2 Garganey, Ruddy Shelduck, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Egrets, Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harriers, Green Woodpecker



Avocets Wykeham East Lake - Chris Bell