Chris Gomersall posted to the YorkBirding Google group this evening about a superb set of gull records at Rufforth. “A remarkable day today at Rufforth, between Dave Foster and myself we had a minimum of 13! Caspian gulls ( 6x…

Jonathan Pomroy posted the following at lunchtime today: Great views of a Hawfinch in the [Ampleforth] churchyard this morning. First in surrounding trees then dropping down to yews in the middle. As ever very elusive when feeding. If you make…

The annual roost of Pied Wagtails in Parliament Street is building up. There were at least 350 on Thursday and yesterday, per @YorkBirding Twitter feed, there were 750. They are well worth visiting and don’t seem to worry about the…

Craig Ralston of Natural England reported that a Cetti’s Warbler was discovered when it was caught and ringed at Wheldrake Ings on 31st Oct. Another was caught and ringed in the valley on the morning of 3rd November – so definitely one…

The Lower Derwent Valley blog has been updated with a summary of sightings from September at http://ldvnnr.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_29.html. Visit the post to read about what was sighted and ringed. Highlights include a continental Great Spotted Woodpecker of the race D. m. major.

This was posted to the Yorkbirding Googlegroup by Craig Ralston. Belated news from yesterday (12th) of a juv Aquatic Warbler caught and ringed at Wheldrake Ings as part of the ongoing warbler/migration monitoring work being carried out by NE, the…

Sand Martins have been spotted using the Sand Martin Hotel at Heslington East. However, there are fewer House Martins around this year than might have been expected.