There have been some good numbers of waders passing south locally, especially at Long Nab, Burniston, and from the Marine Drive. However, today at Thornwick Pools, Flamborough, and The Dams reserve, Filey, there were few to see – two Dunlin at Thornwick and two Green Sandpipers with a Greenshank at Filey. This suggests the birds are continuing south whilst the favourable weather holds. Flotmanby Carrs has fared a bit better, with several sandpiper species and a couple of Little Stints recently.
Category Archives: Recent Sightings
Barn Owl Hunting
Sighting of a Barn Owl hunting on Racecourse road just this side of Betton Farm on my way home on Monday (8th) night at 21.03
Reighton Ponds
On the 30th John Hume went to Reighton Ponds and found four broad bodied chaser dragonflies, and an orchid which may be southern marsh orchid. Later he went to Fordon Chalk Bank where sightings included, brown argus butterfly, ringlets, small heath, skippers, marbled whites and a painted lady.
At Ganton by the confluence of the Rivers Derwent and Hertford there was a male banded demoiselle.
Mike Pearson
Mike Pearson has caught a good number of moths in the last 2 weeks of June including:
Beautiful garden y, common marbled carpet, elephant hawk moth
Ellerburn Bank
John Hume and Brian Cockerill paid a late evening visit to Ellerburn Bank (on the 19th) and were rewarded with sightings of nightjars, woodcock and bats. Its a possibility that the bats could have been either natterers or brown long eared bats as both have been tagged at Ellerburn Church and are being monitored by the CSL at York. Sadly there were no glow worms.