
Oliver Metcalf
@metcow33
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09-02-2011 21:34:18
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A privilege to have a patch where Spotted Crake is annual, with 4 calling from 10pm at Wheldrake Ings tonight (audible from path between pool & Swantail hide), with another at Bank Island #PWC2024 (News released with permission of LDV NNR) York Birding UK RBBP Patchwork Challenge

This Spotted Crake was singing constantly on Bank Island for at least 90 minutes last night. Easily audible from my garden 0.3 miles away, although we did walk down to get a better recording. Jack Ashton-Booth





Great day with Oliver Metcalf at #whitby today. birds arriving all day culminating in a fantastic #greenishwarbler near Laithes farm. Plus flyby Caspian Gull + pied fly as well as flyover Dotterel spot flies, redstart and dozens of chiffs NorthYorksBirdNews


Two-barred Greenish by Wildgoose Cottage, Whitestone, Whitby. Private road, absolutely no parking, don't drive this way!!! Walk along cliffs from Saltwick Bay or road from Abbey Headlands car park. No sign for 30 minutes. With chris gomersall NorthYorksBirdNews


A few more shots of the Two-barred Warbler at Whitestone Point, Whitby today now I'm back home. A great co-find with chris gomersall. Still buzzing, fingers crossed it turns back up and shows again tomorrow. @WhitbyNats NorthYorksBirdNews


Bird flu killed hundreds of birds on the DorsetWildlife Trust Lagoon last year, mostly Black-headed Gull, Sandwich Tern & Common Tern. Both tern species are Poole Harbour SPA feature species & are vital to the harbours protection. ‘Releasing’ bird flu back into the environment is crazy!

