Young Dipper on the foss by new earswick nature reserve with Jono Leadley just now. York Birding

There has been another secondary influx of Quail in the #LDV over the last 10 days, with a total of 27 singing birds now recorded this season – most of the latest birds being located on surrounding arable and especially amongst barley York Birding

We're pleased to say that the good year for Grasshopper Warblers continues with several reeling birds apparently now on second broods York Birding

Large numbers of Kestrels, Buzzards & Red Kites are being seen daily around the #LDV at present following the hay cutting operations (feeding on frogs and insects on the ground) - a dramatic change in status over the last 20 years for the last two species but great to see.

Our ringing team have been busy recently in the #LDV with the annual sampling of breeding warblers (now in its 13th year of using standardised & comparable methods), providing a useful way of monitoring productivity throughout the site - summary to follow later in the season 🐦

Two Cattle Egrets very high east over the Lower Wharfe at Bolton Percy Ings this morning per P Doherty NorthYorksBirdNews

Please can visitors to the #LDV be aware that our car park at Bank Island will be closed and not accessible on Thursday and Friday this week whilst new cables are laid – all part of the work associated with our new building. Apologies for any inconvenience caused York Birding

Our ringing team have had some very productive evening roost sessions in the #LDV lately, with over 900 Swallows and 50 Sand Martins caught and ringed in recent weeks - great to see that it has been a successful breeding season for both species.

We’ve also been joined by vets from ZSL recently (sampling birds to monitor the spread of diseases carried by mosquitos). Great to be able to help & make more of the opportunities from our bird ringing studies & the contribution that NNRs make for research & science 🐦

During Mariana's visit we also took the opportunity to ring a brood of Barn Owls at one site – originally a clutch of five but just two large chicks remained at fledging stage. All of this data will also form part of the BTO nest recording scheme.

LDV NNR York Birding And when using the small car park at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - follow us on Bluesky 🦋 Wheldrake please keep the ramp and area by footpath open as last of main meadow is being baled and brought over the bridge and goats 🐐 unloaded Thursday lunchtime! York Birding

Up to six Whinchats have been present during the week at North Duffield Carrs (favoured location for passage birds moving through the site), and three were caught and ringed (all moulting adults) with perhaps the juveniles still to follow as passage progresses York Birding

Male Redstart, Acaster Airfield, in hawthorn hedge at northern perimeter this morning NorthYorksBirdNews

A Pectoral Sandpiper on the pool at Wheldrake Ings this morning LDV NNR York Birding NorthYorksBirdNews

Pectoral sandpiper from LDV NNR this afternoon, an amazing find by Duncan Bye . Yorkshire ✅ 307 and York Birding ✅ 193. great to see the clouded yellow butterfly at bank island too.

The Pectoral Sandpiper present on Sunday is the 12th record for the #LDV & the 5th to appear on the pool at Wheldrake Ings. This individual is also the 4th adult to have occurred & all records bar one have been in autumn - neatly fitting the national pattern of occurrences.

A recent BTO ringing recovery highlights the rapid post-breeding departure of a breeding adult Reed Warbler (ringed at Wheldrake on the 29th June this year) recaught in East Sussex just 23 days later on the first part of its migration to the wintering grounds York Birding

A Common Scoter on the main lake at Heslington East this morning NorthYorksBirdNews

Recent sightings in the #LDV inc. a Bittern on the Pocklington Canal yesterday between Hagg Bridge/Melbourne, the first two fledged juvenile Hobbies of the year at Thornton, and 9 Green Sandpipers and a large movement of Reed/Sedge Warblers noted at Wheldrake Ings York Birding

Despite the intense heat today dawn is really starting to feel more autumnal now, with early morning mist in the floodplain & stock arriving to aftermath-graze the meadows. Large numbers of passage warblers are also on the move (Sedge/Reed Warbler & Chiffchaff) York Birding