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Hello friends ;-) Friday at last .. All good things come to those who wait apparently ? Today's news is a '2 pronged' affair .. One prong belonging to Titchers and the other one to Tree Sparrow .. Here is the Titchers version .. Old Moor first .. There was a pink-footed goose...

Quick !! .. Get the sightings on before the Website throws another 'wobbly' !! Hi readers ;-) I'm back once more to shower you with sightings .. Only a small umbrella required today though .. Starting with Old Moor .. A common buzzard was seen passing over and then there were...

Greetings readers .. Apologies for the lack of news yesterday but I was unable to get on the RSPB Website ... Sick it was .. Some good stuff today though !! A red kite was seen passing over Bolton Ings late morning which was doubtless great to see ;-) On Old Moor were .. Wath Ings had...

Hi readers .. Back am I ... A nice 4 days holiday was had with some good stuff seen too :-) Speaking of stuff being seen .. Here's today's report .. Old Moor for starters .. Flowers seen were ladies smock, birdsfoot trefoil, red clover and hawthorn .. Butterflies present were orange...

Hello readers :-) Holiday Eve again for me .. Yippeee !!! As mentioned yesterday, I won't be back now until Monday so you may have to amuse yourselves for a bit .. So to today's news .. Old Moor first .. A large red damselfly was reported from the courtyard area for a start .....

Boo ;-) Back am I ... Just had a nice 4 day break and after tomorrow I have 4 more !! ... Needless to say the sightings will be absent from myself but maybe some kind soul will fill in the gaps ? So .. Today's news .. I have quite a large list of flowers (most of which I've never...

Greetings friends ;-) A decent sized report for you today courtesy of tree Sparrow ... I'll do Wombwell Ings first .. Seen here were .. a spoonbill, 2 little egrets, 2 avocets, a ruff, a little ringed plover, 7 redshanks, 2 wheatears, a yellow wagtail, 4 whitethroats, a blackcap, 2 sedge...

Hi readers ;-) Today's report is huge !! .. Well 'hugish' anyway ... Best crack on as I have some sausages under the grill ... So .. All from Old Moor today and the first sightings come from a Mr R Turner .. He speaks very highly of myself and Tree Sparrow and therefore my assumption...

Greetings readers ;-) Here we are again after a windy weekend !! .. I had to lash myself down on the Moors for fear of being blown away ... Tied myself to a friendly sheep I did .. We had a nice chat !! Today's news comes to you from my mate Ali ... All from Old Moor today friends .. ...

Hello friends .. Friday Eve cometh once more .. And a day's holiday cometh for me tomorrow !! A trip to Spurn for myself and Treespers to see if the 'special visitor' is still loitering !! Speaking of special visitors .. Here are today's sightings ;-) All from Old Moor today...

Greetings friends ;-) Today I have a veritable cornucopia of sightings due to Titchers being out and about looking for the non-birdie kinds of things .. As he does .. Here's what he saw .. Plants were mare's tail, small leafed dock .. Then he saw a weasel, a smooth newt near to the...

Hi readers ;-) Once more I appear on your screens to bestow upon you today's tidings .... Let the 'bestowing' begin .. Old Moor to kick off .. On the Mere were a common sandpiper, 2 little grebes, sand martins, swallows and a lesser whitethroat was seen/heard near to the hide...

Bonjour :-) So that's it .. Summer is gone again ... Ah well, it was about on a par with last year's effort ... So .. Today's news .. First of all, Titchers tells me that he's been out and about with his badly tuned radio again .. His efforts were rewarded with some bats ......

Hi friends ;-) Rain, wind, sun, rain, wind, sun, rain, wind, sun ... Summer is truly here !! As are today's sightings :-) All from my mate Ali today ... Here is what she said .. 'What's thaa want?' ... Well, apart from that ... Wombwell Ings had 7 white wagtails, 2 yellow...

Greetings readers ;-) Friday Eve tomorrow .. yippeee !! Sightings today !! .. More yippeee !! Here they are .. All from Old Moor today chaps .. Good news from the area around the dipping pond where a whitethroat was seen .. On Wath Ings were a dunlin, a redshank, a knot, a ruff and a swift...

Ahhhh, Summer at last .. Hosepipe ban soon then ;-) Today's news comes to you via Titchers the resident 'Geordieculturalist' .. And here it is .. Old Moor to begin .. On the Wader Scrape were 3 avocets, a goosander, a Mediterranean gull and a common tern .. Over on Wath Ings...

Hello readers ;-) Had a nice weekend? ... I went out in the hills and had a paddle in the snow .. Missed it so much you see ;-) Anyway, sightings for today .. I'll do Old Moor first .. On Wath Ings were a common sandpiper, a dunlin, a ruff, a redshank, an oystercatcher, a Mediterranean...

Greetings friends :-) Another Friday is upon us !! ... Tomorrow will find me 'pronking' with gay abandon across the moors !! Pronking .. A cool word don't you think ? ... It's a word used to describe the 'springing' action which gazelles and the like do when they suddenly...

Hi readers ;-) Won't be long now !! .. Expect a rush of Southern Migrants any time !! Speaking of migrants .. Today's news is from Titchers ;-) Here it is .. The first bit of important news is that Titchers found a tree bumblebee feeding on a willow tree near to the Tree Sparrow Farm...

Greetings 'O' Handsome Ones .. ;-) Another report 'winging' its' way towards you at an alarming pace If you'll pardon the pun .. No need to 'duck' though as it's only small ... (If you'll pardon another one) .. And no ducks were reported anyway .. ;-) ...

Hi readers ;-) T'is I once more ... A decent sized report for you guys today .. All from my mate Ali and all from Old Moor .. Some of the entries were written in hieroglyphics but the others were fine ;-) Here they are .. Great news to begin as one of the bitterns was heard booming...

Hi readers ;-) There is a malicious rumour that some nice, warm weather is coming !! ... Let's hope it hurries up !! One or two bits to report from Old Moor today with some good news thrown in ;-) In the Bird Garden were bramblings, bullfinches, chaffinches, a siskin, reed buntings, great...

Yo readers !! How are you all today ? Another Friday is upon us .. These 3 day weeks are great !! Anyway .. Today's news .. Old Moor to begin .. On (or near to, or over) the Wader Scrape were a blackcap, a Mediterranean gull, avocets, a redshank, a snipe, a curlew, 2 common buzzards...

Hello friends :-) Anyone seen anything 'Springy' yet ? .... Apparently the first cuckoo was seen in Devon on the 31st of March and the satellite tagged birds are on the move too ... All good stuff :-) Today's sightings were given to me by Titchers .. Despite that, I am able to...

Greetings fellow humans .. And the others of course :-) Is Spring finally lurking around the corner ? .. Plenty of migrants are hanging back on the South coast but if the weather turns you can be sure that there will be a rush !! An Osprey was sighted today over Wombwell Village which is very nice...