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Male Marsh harrier |
Sites Visited:
- Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve.
- Flamborough Head
- Filey Dams Yorkshire Wildlife Reserve
- Filey Brigg
- Wykeham Forest Raptor Watchpoint
- Rosedale, North York Moors.
- Tophill Low, Yorkshire Wildlife Reserve
- Burton Riggs, Yorkshire Wildlife Reserve
- North Cave Wetland, Yorkshire Wildlife Reserve.
- Blacktoft Sands, RSPB Reserve
Distance driven: 720 miles
Distance walked: 33.6 miles
Based in a guest house in Bridlington. £128 for the 3 nights.
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Garden Warbler (North Cave) |
Species list:
- Mute swan
- Greylag Goose
- Canada goose
- Shelduck (Filey Dams)
- Mallard
- Gadwall
- Shoveler
- Wigeon (Tophill Low)
- Teal (Tophill Low)
- Pochard (North Cave)
- Tufted duck
- Red Grouse (Rosedale)
- Red legged partridge (Bempton)
- Grey Partridge (Bempton)
- Red throated diver (Flamborough Head)
- Little grebe (Blacktoft Sands)
- Great crested grebe (Tophill Low)
- Fulmar (Bempton)
- Gannet (Bempton)
- Cormorant (Tophill Low)
- Shag (Flamborough Head)
- Bittern (heard, Blacktoft Sands)
- Little egret (Tophill Low)
- Grey heron
- Spoonbill (Blacktoft Sands)
- Red kite (A1)
- Marsh Harrier (Blacktoft Sands)
- Common buzzard
- Kestrel
- Hobby (North Cave)
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Oystercatcher
- Avocet (North Cave)
- Little ringed plover (Tophill Low)
- Lapwing (Rosedale)
- Turnstone (Bridlington beach)
- Redshank (Rosedale)
- Curlew (Rosedale)
- Black headed gull
- Herring gull
- Common gull (Filey Brigg)
- Lesser black backed gull (Filey Dams)
- Greater black backed gull (Filey Dams)
- Kittiwake (Bempton)
- Common tern (Tophill Low)
- White winged black tern (North Cave)
- Puffin (Bempton)
- Guillemot (Bempton)
- Razorbill (Bempton)
- Stock dove (Bempton)
- Wood pigeon
- Collared dove
- Feral Rock doves (Bempton)
- Cuckoo (heard, (Tophill Low)
- Short eared owl (Bempton)
- Tawny Owl (Bridlington)
- Barn Owl (Bempton)
- Swift (Filey Brigg)
- Green woodpecker (Wykeham Forest)
- Great spotted woodpecker (Tophill Low)
- Skylark
- Sand martin (Filey Brigg)
- Swallow
- House martin
- Meadow pipit
- Pied wagtail
- Dunnock
- Robin
- Wheatear (Rosedale)
- Stonechat (Filey Brigg)
- Song thrush
- Mistle thrush
- Blackbird
- Garden warbler (North Cave)
- Blackcap
- Whitethroat
- Sedge warbler
- Cetti's warbler
- Reed warbler
- Willow warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Goldcrest (Tophill Low)
- Firecrest (Bempton)
- Wren
- Great tit
- Blue tit
- Willow Tit (Wykeham Forest)
- Coal tit (Wykeham Forest)
- Long tailed tit
- Magpie
- Jay
- Jackdaw
- Carrion crow
- Rook
- Starling
- House sparrow
- Tree sparrow (Bempton)
- Chaffinch
- Linnet
- Goldfinch
- Greenfinch
- Bullfinch (Wykeham Forest)
- Reed bunting
- Corn Bunting (heard, Bempton, seen in lanes around Tophill Low)
- Yellowhammer
Photos:
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Willow warbler |
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Common terns and a wigeon |
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Little ringed plover |
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Dreadful record shot of the rare White-winged Black Tern |
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Little egret |
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Grey heron |
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male Blackbird |
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Jackdaw suffering from feather mites around the eye. |
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Razorbill |
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Guillemot |
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Puffin |
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Barn owl |
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Fulmar |
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Flamborough Head |
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Shag |
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Gannet |
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Gannet |
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Sand martins |
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Tree sparrow |
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Bempton Cliffs |
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Fulmar |
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two Canada goose ganders, territorial dispute. |
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The vanquished...... |
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.......and the victor |
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Filey beachfront from the top of Filey Brigg |
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Skylark |
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Linnet, male |
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Linnet, female |
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Canada goslings |
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Meadow pipit |
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Sand martin |
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Gannet |