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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, briefly in Aberdeenshire this morning, but not since. Shetland next, perhaps?

Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 6h

Sadly no sign and then we got the Scottish news....
Nevermind, great to see Bottlenose Dolphins, Peregrine, Barred and Yellow-browed Warblers on the head, and lots of old mates.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 14h

Dawn at Bempton...we wait, in nervous anticipation. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 1d

I'm the same...might just have to drive there now and sit in the car park all night!

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 4d

Hi Alex, from what I understand, birds have been taken from the North Pennines and released by GWCT, and so is a reintroduction. The article isn't very clear.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 4d

Great stuff! Thanks for the reply.

Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 4d

Leach's Petrel, with Black-headed Gull, Wirral, yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 4d

Wow! Where were you standing when this came in? We were next to the coastguard hut just south of the fort...

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 4d

Trip over the Pennines into the teeth of Storm Amy yesterday paid off with cracking views of Leach's Petrel off Wallasey, plus an 'in-off' Grey Phalarope which dropped on the marine lake for a few minutes. With Dunc Poyser

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 5d

Leach's Petrel off Wallasey GC currently @birdguides.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 6d

Traditional birthday birding visit to @flamboroughbird.bsky.social. Quiet, as expected but good to see my first Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn. Great to catch up with @spurnandyg671.bsky.social and Josh Jones from @birdguides.bsky.social

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d

Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...

Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running

Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 7d

Much booty shaking at The Crescent, York, with the fabulous @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social
Top participation from the audience too. With @duncbye.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 9d

Pimpla rufipes, the Black Slip Wasp, a fab Ichneumon checking out my car door in Bishopthorpe earlier.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 9d

AT-ST near Naburn, obvs!

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 10d

Looks like the Empire are invading the outskirts of York! #Starwars

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 10d

Fair Isle bird observatory caught and ringed 2 yellow-browed warblers yesterday. This one is also colour ringed so look out for black over red this autumn!
#birds

Tiny warbler trapped and ringed about to be released.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 11d

A review of another wonderful Yorkshire pelagic season with @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social:

birdingdad.blogspot.com/2025/09/end-...

And a Sooty Shearwater, one of the stars this season, for #SuperSeabirdSunday

@markthebirder.bsky.social @mboyd7.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 11d

Guided my last two @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social Seabird and Whale pelagics of the season today. Seven Minke Whales off Robin Hood's Bay, plus 10 Little Gulls, 5 Caspian Gulls, a Redwing heading in 2 miles off, Merlin, Barnacle Geese etc. Cracking end to the season!

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 13d

Two Whooper Swans checking out the new island at Ripon City Wetlands, whilst reed cutting took place in front of the hide to create age diversity in the reedbed. Should be good for Teal, Snipe and Bitterns this winter. 🤞 @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 13d

Spent the afternoon with volunteers from LUCT Nosterfield at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Ripon City Wetlands planting Carex elata & paniculata and Cladium mariscus to add structure to the reed edge around Canal Lagoon.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 14d

Build it and they will come. Island reprofiling at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Ripon City Wetlands today. Work undertaken by Coxons of Bedale.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 14d

Another farm hedge ripped out on the outskirts of York for no apparent reason. :-(

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · 18d

On the 6 Sept leading one of our pelagic boat trips approx. 2.5m N of Staithes this amazing petrel appeared only 50m from the boat. It was fairly rough at the time my guests were sat sheltering from the splash zone. I shouted Pterodroma everyone thought I had gone mad! A moment I will never forget.

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 20d

Seven Pink-footed Geese over Wheldrake Ings this morning, plus Whinchat. @yorkbirding.bsky.social

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