Gary Dayes

Bird recorder for North Cave Wetlands

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Olive-backed Pipit showed well at times feeding in the leaf litter near the Activity Barn at Thornwick Camp, Flamborough Head, this morning.
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@suzi11a @NorthCaveWet The one just west of Crosslands Hide, marked by Red Pin.

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Slavonian Grebe,
Welton Waters.
15th April 2024.
This summer plumaged bird showed well from the riverbank on the south side of the Watersports Lake but was tricky to video in extremely gusty winds and choppy water conditions on the lake.

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The Glossy Ibis showed exceptionally well at Welton Waters, East Yorkshire, this morning.

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@GrimstonBirder @SGriffiths1302 Phone has now been reunited with the owner.

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This Rough-legged Buzzard showed very well at times as it hunted over some rough set-a-side fields in East Yorkshire and appeared to make several successful kills during the time it was watched.

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Grey Phalarope showed well this morning at Hemingbrough,
North Yorkshire.

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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Long Nab, Scarborough today (27th September) with the bird showing very at times.

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A second visit to see the Brown Booby, this time at South Gare, Redcar resulted in excellent views as it sat and preened on the Pilot's Pier at close range.
(22nd September)

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@pilsworth_mike Skein of around 50 south over North Cave Wetlands around 2pm today.

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Not one of my better videos, but it is a Brown Booby sat on the sea on the Yorkshire coast off Hunmanby Gap this morning. It was a relief to connect with the bird today after dipping it at Flamborough Head yesterday. Also shown is a group of very happy Booby twitchers.

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@MickgCunningham Bird is colour ringed but unable to read it, must be a good chance it is a returning bird.

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Caspian Tern, Slaynes Lane North, Idle Washlands,
Nottinghamshire 17/7/23.
A trip over the border into Nottinghamshire to see this bird was rewarded with excellent views as it rested and preened. Just over a year since my last sighting of this species and at the very same site!

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@drewstercon @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding @nybirdnews No sign at North Duffield by late morning according to Birdguides.

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Excellent views of the Squacco Heron at North Duffield Carrs, North Yorkshire, this evening as it fed along a ditch in front of the Garganey Hide.
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After setting off from the Car Park this morning with the intention of finding a Black Tern, I drew a blank on Village Lake, Main Lake, and Crosslands Lake but struck lucky with this beauty on Cell 2a @NorthCaveWet unfortunately always a bit distant at back of the lake.

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Grey-headed Lapwing,
Long Nanny, Northumberland.
After initially only getting some very distant views, the landowner then very generously granted access to allow birders much better views and myself to obtain this video footage.

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@BirdingDad @NorthCaveWet Flew north over the reserve at 9:45am before turning and heading north-west towards Wheldrake area assume same bird reported there later.

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Black-throated Thrush, Wykeham Forest, North Yorkshire.
20th February 2023.
Bird eventually showed well feeding in field by Wykeham Nurseries, after spending a lot of time resting in trees often out of view.
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@BoyWonderBirder @KaneBrides Flock of 10 Barnacle Geese seen at North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire today (4th Feb 23), Inc B99 with the other 2 neck collared birds being B67 and C08 all ringed at Scorton, North Yorkshire on 9/7/22.