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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent set of photos Sean! Good to meet you

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Sean Moore @seaninpinner.bsky.social · 9d

Great to join Richard Baines from @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social & boat skipper Swan Baxter today for their final Seabird & Whale trip of the season. Finally broke my Minke Whale duck with 7 feeding offshore just off Whitby, providing some great photo opportunities. Seven porpoises too

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Margaret Boyd @mboyd7.bsky.social · 10d

Final day of the season guiding @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social on our Seabird and Cetacean trips today. Finished with blue skies, minke whales and lovely clients, had a great day #whales

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Jono Leadley @birdingdad.bsky.social · 12d

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 · 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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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · 13d

Great to meet you both today! Glad you enjoyed the trip

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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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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · 21d

Fantastic views of a juvenile Eurasian Hobby yesterday @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

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Mark James Pearson @markthebirder.bsky.social · Sep 8

A long and eventful day guiding out on the somewhat choppy but beautiful North Sea again today - two trips out off Staithes on the North Yorkshire coast for @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social blessed with Bottlenose Dolphins (top pic) and Minke Whales (lower), many too close to photograph!

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Andy Malley @andymalley53.bsky.social · Sep 8

@yorkscoastnature.bsky.social A successful trip out of Staithes this morning with 8+ Minke whales and some great BN Dolphins activity off Runswick Bay.

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Sep 7

Due to late cancellation we have 3 places available
on our Seabird & Whale trip tomorrow, meet 0730 Staithes. A great time for seabirds & whales big numbers of Minke Whales during he last few days. I took this photo yesterday. Link for booking:
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/140/s...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come and join us on our last Owl Photography Experience of 2025 at the National Centre for Birds of Prey on Tuesday 9th September from 10.00am to 1.00pm.

For more details and availability please click on the below link

www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/workshops/90...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Sep 4

2 spaces just become available due to cancellation on our Seabird & Whale trip Monday 8 Sept led by YCN guide @markthebirder.bsky.social for booking & details use this link: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/140/s...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Sep 2

Amazing views of Bottlenose Dolphins & Minke Whales today on our Seabird & Whale trip

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Sep 1

A lovely review of my book published in @btoengland.bsky.social BTO news this month. Read more and buy the book here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/products/139... @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @markthebirder.bsky.social @birdingdad.bsky.social @mboyd7.bsky.social

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 29

Seabird & Whale boat trips update! Due to high demand we have new dates for our Seabird Adventure Trips. 10 September, 23 September and 30 September. Plus we have a space on tomorrow afternoon trip due to cancellation. All the booking details here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/140/s...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 25

Looking forward to leading our Estuary Birding Days with @mboyd7.bsky.social We still have a small number of places available for booking all the details here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/143/b...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Nightingale of the North is my new blog. A story of amazing sounds and how we could use the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Merlin app to unlock the secrets of Song Thrush migration link here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/545/the...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 23

What a great trip today for our Seabird & Whale Pelagic out of Staithes! Great Shearwater, 80 Sooty Shearwaters & 12 Minke Whales! We have two species left on our Tuesday trip here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/140/s...

@teesmouthbirdclub.bsky.social @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great spotted Flycatcher news here

Targeted Surveys @lymnocryptes.bsky.social · Aug 18

SpotFly25 Breeding Season just about done.

x240 locations, many places having multiple pairs
x90 nests found
x25 broods BTO rung

Best of all was birds back breeding near DurhamCity, others returning to locations where absent for years !

A VERY POSITIVE
⚫️🪰 Season @teesbirds.bsky.social

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 21

I have just added new Seabird & Whale boat trips to our schedule for next week! Both on Tuesday 26 August. Five hour sails at 0930. The three hour sails at 4pm. There are 5 spaces left on each trips! Selling fast. Join me for a great trip. Details here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/categ...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 11

Friday 15th August - 2 places now become available...

Come along and join us this coming Friday on our 4hr Diving Gannet Photography Experience along the Yorkshire Coast. For more information and to grab a place(s) click on the link below.

www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/workshops/93...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 9

Last week our Seabird & Whale boat was surrounded by Razorbills. I will never forget the beautiful sounds of the grunting adults and high pitched begging calls of the juveniles. More in my new Razorbills on the Rise blog here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/544/raz...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Aug 9

Looking forward to my Estuary Waders & Raptor tours again this autumn. Its such a thrill to introduce guests to our fantastic Yorkshire birding sites. I am leading tours on four dates: Sept 18, Sept 25, Oct 9 and Oct 17. More details and booking here:
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/events/143/b...

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Yorkshire Coast Nature @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social · Jul 24

August Photography Events...

We still have a few places available for this month on the following:

Diving Gannet Photography Spectacular
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/workshops/92...

Seabird Photography Experience
www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/workshops/81...

#yorkshirecoast #seabirds

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