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08:30 27-07-2019

Mike Smithson

Two Little Egret at Farnham G.P. last night.

14:27 24-07-2019

David Postlethwaite

Lots of butterflies still on the wing at 7.30pm yesterday at Staveley YWT including purple hairstreak at two sites.

16:13 18-07-2019

Will Rich

Correction: The satellite-tagged HH (known as River) disappeared some time ago but its tag suddenly started working again and it was found shot dead on Ilton Moor (Swinton Estate). A gamekeeper on this same estate was found guilty a couple of years ago of using a barbaric pole trap, a device which has been illegal for over 100 years.

21:59 17-07-2019

Will Rich

They won't last long, Paul. I see a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier disappeared on the Swinton Estate recently.

08:20 17-07-2019

Paul V Irving

Natural England and those awful people from the Moorland association have announced that a brood of 5 Hen Harriers have fledged in the Nidderdale AONB. This is in our recording area.

22:07 12-07-2019

David Tipping

First Purple Hairstreaks of the year in evidence today, around oaks adjacent to the Pannal Loop footpath (alongside the railway line between Pannal and Crimple Viaduct).

10:35 08-07-2019

Will Rich

For Eric Lambley: All butterflies (except maybe the whites) fade as they age. Painted Ladies, being long-distance migrants, probably fade more than most.

20:11 06-07-2019

Hilary Pickard

Staveley NR West Lagoon - 2 green sandpiper, 2 common sandpiper, avocet + 2 juv. Grasshopper warbler heard reeling

20:27 05-07-2019

Adrian Wetherill

David, I wonder if your wife saw the escaped white tailed eagle that was hanging around the Nosterfield/Fountains Abbey area at the end of last year

20:11 05-07-2019

Eric Lambley

While walking around Ripon wetlands I saw a number of butterflies that seem to resemble painted ladys but were remarkably pale and not vibrant in colour, is it normal for them to fade? I can share a photo if reqd.

11:33 04-07-2019

David Tipping

Nightjars still present and active at Stainburn Moor. Following on from last month's field trip, I returned yesterday evening with a couple of friends. "Churring" began shortly after 10pm and we had several good views of birds on the wing.

11:29 04-07-2019

David Tipping

Earlier this week my wife, who is in no sense a birder but can recognize red kite and buzzard, reported seeing "a huge bird of prey" in Crimple Valley. Your guess is as good as mine!

16:11 02-07-2019

David Postlethwaite

Two white-letter hairstreak at Burton Leonard Lime Kilns YWT reserve this afternoon also lots of orchids, common spotted and pyramidal.

18:12 28-06-2019

Mike Metcalfe

New breeding record for Staveley Nature Reserve, a pair of Avocets sitting for the past 28 days on the island in front of the hide at the west lagoon have now got 2 chicks feeding along the water's edge and 1/2 still at the nest.

18:39 24-06-2019

Mike Metcalfe

34 Bl.T.Godwits dropped onto the west lagoons during a showery afternoon at Staveley Nature Reserve today, waders also present on the lagoons included single Bl.T.Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Avocets and 2 L.R.P.

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