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Hawfinch in the morning at Fountain's Abbey & Slavonian Grebe in the afternoon at RSPB St Aidan's on 27/11/24
Hawfinches still showing well at Fountains Abbey on 30/11/24
Red Kite watching me at Harewood House Churchyard as I looked for Hawfinch on 5/12/24
Kingfisher and Sparrowhawk at Cowthorpe on 6/11/24
CHRISTMAS GOOSE: One of the many Brent Geese in Parkstone Bay, Poole on Christmas Day
Female Kingfisher getting to grips with a male Smooth Newt at Cowthorpe on 1 Jan
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Ring-necked Ducks (distant!) at Gouthwaite Reservoir on 3 Jan
A few of the "Regulars" at Rodley Nature Reserve on 4 Jan
A stunning looking Fox at Rodley Nature Reserve on 4 Jan - nice to see other aspects of nature!
A Redpoll close up at Cowthorpe on 7 Jan
A couple of Goosander on the River Ure at Ripon City Wetlands on 8 Jan
Slavonian Grebe, Gt White Egret, Kestrel & Kingfisher at RSPB St Aidan's on 9 Jan
Marsh Tit & Siskin at Ripon on 10 Jan
Red-Crested Pochard (male) at St Aidan's, Red-Legged Partridge + Bittern at Fairburn
& Brambling at North Cave Wetlands on 15 Jan
Hawfinches at Fountains Abbey & a Mistle Thrush at Studley Roger on 16 Jan
Water Pipit at RSPB St Aidan's on 18 Jan
Mandarin Ducks looking colourful at YWT Adel Dam on 21 Jan
Whooper & Bewick's Swans at Branton, Little Egret at Fairburn + White-fronted Goose at Nosterfield on 24 Jan
Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail & Reed Bunting at Rodley Nature Reserve on 25 Jan
Barn Owl near Nosterfield, N Yorks on 29 Jan
Turnstone & Purple Sandpiper at Bridlington Harbour on 30 Jan
Short-eared Owl at Filey on 30 Jan
Bar-tailed Godwit at South Gare near Redcar on 31 Jan
Treecreeper at Lockwood Beck on 5 Feb
Snow Buntings, Ringed Plover & Sanderling at South Gare on 5 Feb
Firecrest at RSPB St Aidan's on 17 Feb
Siskin & Redwing at Cowthorpe on 18 Feb
Greater Scaups:- male & 3 females at Cromwell Bottom NR near Brighouse on 22 Feb
Red-necked Grebe at Leeshaw Reservoir near Haworth on 25 Feb
Kestrel and a partially obscured Crossbill at Stainburn Forest on 28 Feb
Black-necked Grebes at RSPB St Aidan's on 6 Mar
Red Kite near a Wetherby Garden Centre on 9 Mar
American Wigeon at East Cottingwith nr York on 11 Mar
A small flock of Twite at North Cave Wetlands on 15 Mar
Song Thrush & Chiffchaff at Collingham on 16 Mar
Nice views of a Bittern at RSPB St Aidan's on 19 Mar
Black-necked Grebes, Buzzard, Little Gull & Little Ringed Plover at RSPB St Aidan's on 21 Mar
Corn Bunting on the Ridgeway in Oxfordshire on 22 Mar
Dartford Warbler at RSPB Arne on 23 Mar
A rare Forster's Tern at RSPB Arne on 25 Mar
A distant White-tailed Eagle at Poole Harbour on 26 Mar
Green-winged Teal at RSPB St Aidan's on 30 Mar
Wheatear (male & female) at Scar House Reservoir on 3 Apr
Great Egret at Nosterfield & Osprey in North Yorks on 9 Apr + Willow Warbler at Staveley on 8 Apr
Osprey in N Yorks & Meadow Pipit at RSPB St Aidan's between 12-14 Apr
A few of the birds at Nosterfield Nature Reserve on 17 Apr
Common Redstart & Pied Flycatcher at Bolton Abbey on 18 Apr
Whinchats at RSPB St Aidan';s on 19 Apr
Red Kite circling over me on the morning dog walk at Kirk Deighton on 22 Apr
A few of the birds at Nosterfield Nature Reserve on 24 Apr
Whinchat at RSPB St Aidan's on 26 Apr
Dippers (adult feeding juveniles) & a Common Sandpiper at Bolton Abbey on 29 Apr
Tree Pipits at Stainburn Forest & a Cuckoo at Barden Moor on 30 Apr
Sedge Warbler, Garganey & Greenshank at Nosterfield + Whitethroat at Kirk Deighton at the start of May
Lesser Yellowlegs at Nosterfield on 2 May
Yellow Wagtail & Common Whitethroat at Kirk Deighton on 6 May
Honey Buzzards at Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint on 22 May
Nightjars at Stainburn Forest on 2 Jun about 10.00 pm
Jay & Great Spotted Woodpecker at Cowthorpe + Turtle Dove at Sutton Bank Visitor Centre on 4 Jun
Collage of an Osprey at Nosterfield on 10 Jun
Distant Raptors at Staveley on 11 Jun....Marsh Harrier, Hobby & Barn Owl
Recently fledged Swallow at Cowthorpe - start of June
Peregrine T4H at Leeds University on 13 Jun
Ortolan Bunting, Nightjar, Yellowhammer & Linnet at Wykeham on 16 Jun
A second trip to see the Ortolan Bunting at Wykeham on 18 Jun
RSPB Bempton Cliffs on 19 Jun - these six birds give me "200" UK birds for 2025 !!!
A distant Pacific Golden Plover at Greatham Creek on 20 Jun
Common Buzzard flying low above us on the 26 Jun dog walk!
Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay & Wren at Cowthorpe on 27 Jun
Spotted Redshank at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on 28 Jun
Corn Buntings near York on 7 July
Osprey being mobbed by a Marsh Harrier & a Caspian Gull at RSPB St Aidan's on 16 Jul
Red Kite taking off from the water's edge at Eccup Reservoir on 23 Jul
Osprey chicks ready to fledge at the Castle Bolton Estate on 24 Jul
Collage of the White-tailed Eagles at Farndale, N Yorks on 28 Jul
White-tailed Eagle & Red Kite size comparison on 28 Jul
Spotted Flycatchers at Staveley Nature Reserve on 6 Aug
Pectoral Sandpiper at Margrove Ponds, nr Guisborough on 8 Aug
Sandwich Tern at South Gare - trying to save it's catch from a Lesser Black-backed Gull on 11 Aug
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