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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
(see "VIDEOS PAGE" for short film footage)

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

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