Other highlights across the #LDV yesterday included six Great White Egrets, drake Common Scoter, six Marsh Harriers and a Great Crested Grebe @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Lapwing numbers have fallen in the #LDV as birds continue to disperse, with just 246 remaining at the weekend (after 10,000 for most of the winter). 300 Black-tailed Godwits were also recorded along with the long-staying Spotted Redshank, & Curlew numbers are building up (82).
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A full count throughout the #LDV with @duncbye.bsky.social yesterday produced 272 Whooper Swans, 200 Pink-feet, 93 White-fronted Geese, 7500 Wigeon, 3100 Teal and 659 Pintail + 296 Shoveler represented an increase as breeding birds start to return @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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We're on the road again tonight with a talk for Airedale and Bradford RSPB group in Shipley, where Senior Reserve Manager Craig Ralston will be talking all things #LDV related, with copies of the 'Birds of the LDV' also on sale - looking forward to spreading the word about our unique reserve 🐦
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Yesterday our team were working on a new site (gifted to Natural England) which includes two meadows and an old orchard off the Pocklington Canal. It's long been neglected, but has huge potential for #naturerecovery and opportunities for public access and engagement in the #LDV.
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Earlier this week regular patch birder @duncbye.bsky.social spotted one of our colour-ringed Oystercatchers back in the area at Storwood. This individual breeds in the #LDV (back for its fourth breeding season) and winters at Dawlish Warren in Devon – 402 km to the south @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Recent sightings in the #LDV inc. two Cattle Egrets and five Great White Egrets (present in the Storwood area yesterday,) and whilst goose numbers have reduced since the peak 10 days ago, 47 White-fronts and a single Tundra Bean remain at East Cottingwith @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Thanks to your fantastic support and the sales, this money will help the Friends of the #LDV to deliver more for birds (and other wildlife) that use the reserve. If you're yet to purchase a copy but would still like one, please contact Lucy.Murgatroyd@naturalengland.org.uk 📖 @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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New sighting of a colour-ringed #LDV Shelduck just in – a first year male (ringed at Bank Island in March 2023) has moved north-west and has been seen at Grimsargh Wetland, Lancashire - yet another movement across to Lancashire and the west @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Recently we welcomed the Natural England leadership teams from the north of England to our NNR Base, which provided a great opportunity to showcase our work in the #LDV NNR and surrounding area, as well as looking at how our new Community Hub will further enable #NatureRecovery in the wider area 🐦
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Whooper Swan spring passage continues through the #LDV with another large movement on Monday evening and Tuesday morning (a total of 1,200+ birds have now been recorded moving through the site since the 1st March) with flocks of Pink-feet also on the move north-west @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Amazing movement or concentration of White-fronted Geese in the #LDV yesterday afternoon, with 1,310 in or over the East Cottingwith area (840 on the deck and 470 over) at 17:00, whilst 500+ (a conservative count) were present at the same time at North Duffield Carrs @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Another great day was spent with our #LDV volunteer team on Tuesday - working on access improvements around the site and fencing repairs linked to the new build, whilst carrying out the finishing touches to our new Corncrake pre-release pens 🐣
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A large departure of Whooper Swans then took place in the evening on Tuesday and after dark, which resulted in over 270 birds heading north-west out of or over the #LDV @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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The first two Avocets of the year were present at North Duffield Carrs on Tuesday, bringing the total number of bird species recorded around the #LDV to a rather impressive 141 since the turn of the year - thank you as always to everyone who sends in records and counts 🐦 @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Incredible numbers of Whooper Swans present in the #LDV today with 527 recorded this morning + the two Bewick’s Swans lingering from yesterday. Still 500+ White-fronted Geese and 24+ Tundra Beans also present (best looked for from the viewing platform in Thorganby) 🪶 @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Please respect these new signs by keeping to public footpaths and not entering sensitive wildlife areas - all clearly signposted 'no public access beyond this point' ⛔️ Thank you for helping to protect and conserve the wildlife that have chosen to make the #LDV their 'home' 🐦🦆
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This week new signs have been installed around the #LDV by our Responsible Recreation Officer, & with large numbers of wintering birds present & many breeding birds returning, keeping to the Public Rights of Way, controlling dogs & respecting sensitive areas is very important 🦆
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Fantastic day on Tuesday with our team of volunteers who were hard at work in the #LDV putting the finishing touches to our new Corncrake pens - huge thank you to our incredible team for all the effort put in to this task, & all the others - helping to make the site as good as it is 👏
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We're pleased to say that our new #LDV NNR Volunteer, Community & Nature Recovery Science Hub is coming along nicely now, ahead of completion (June all being well), & the view from the new viewing area on the roof is simply fantastic (& includes a wet weather covered area 😎) @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Interesting to hear several overwintering Blackcaps are still present around the #LDV and surrounding area, but these will no doubt be moving off soon as we get ready to see the first returning summer migrants arrive next month. Thanks to @stuartmash.bsky.social for the fantastic image 📸
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Over the last couple of days we’ve seen the start of the annual spring return migration of Whoopers Swans commence in the #LDV - no doubt in response to the milder temperatures, with three herds (totalling 127 birds) passing over the NNR Base on Tuesday @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Whilst the #LDV remains extensively flooded, we're pleased to report water levels are now starting to recede (dropped over a foot in the last week), with Wheldrake Ings to Tower Hide almost passable in wellies, and access to Bank Island is likely to be possible later in the week 🥾🥾
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Good to see numbers of returning Curlew increasing across the #LDV, with up to 73 recorded at the weekend during the WeBS_UK count - including plenty of display noted @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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It's been a great winter for Lapwing throughout the #LDV (10,024 present at the weekend during our WeBS_UK count), & whilst a Turnstone was a bit of a surprise, 595 Black-tailed Godwits follows the recent trend for rapidly expanding numbers in early spring @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Great WeBS_UK count at the weekend throughout the #LDV with 25,500 wildfowl and 12,000 waders recorded, inc. incredible numbers of geese (6,423 Pink-feet, 679 White-fronts, 42 Tundra Beans and 11 Barnacles) + 208 Whooper Swans @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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February 23, 2026 double electrolysis plus new hearing aids and a trip to city chick #transgender #electrolysishairremoval #hearingaids #lesbian #LDV
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We’ve also just received news that an adult male Wigeon ringed in the #LDV at North Duffield Carrs in December 2019 has been recovered at Findhorn Bay, Moray, Scotland earlier this week – 2,262 days since ringing and 456 km to the north of the reserve @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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