Oliver Metcalf @metcow33 Twitter profile

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Franlins gull briefly for c1 minute at North Duffield Carrs. Panicky record shot below. @BirdGuides @nybirdnews

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@metcow33

3 years

What it sounds like to find a mega on Foula after too many days of no new migrants and too much rain. Remember kids, profanity is a sign of intelligence. @TimsBirding @LiamLangley1 @MatthewJBruce

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Thanks to crowd sourcing sightings from the #nocmig community, we've managed to produce some pretty awesome maps of overland scoter migration across the UK last week! Here is 30th march - 4th April #ornithology #scicomm @BirdGuides @RSPBScience @Team_eBird @_BTO @britishbirds

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@metcow33

7 months

Absolute joy to find this flock today. Set out aiming to target likely fields knowing there were historical wintering flocks up the road at Port Mulgrave. First stubble field, telling fiance this is habitat we're looking for, lift bins, three birds in view. Magic!

Andrew Wappat

@AndrewWappat

7 months

Shore Lark, Overdale Wyke 14 in stubble field below @ClevelandWayNT between Lythe Bank/Goldsborough 12.30pm. Great find by @metcow33 , much appreciated. Flew over briefly for a count too. Most I’ve seen in UK. North Yorks 2023 ✅ #207 . @nybirdnews @teesbirds1 @natureUK @BirdGuides

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

16 days

Over a decade since hearing my first @LDV_NNR Spotted Crake, I finally saw one of the three singing birds on Bank Island last night. Transmitter attached to understand how they use the area and how long they stay for after the first few days of intense singing. @YorkBirding

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

2 months

Not sure on this, maybe a sand martin? This afternoon over Porth Hellick. #stagdobirding 🦌

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@metcow33

9 months

Right when it looked like our first day on Clare Island would end up American passerine free, this beaut showed up in the trees opposite our bnb. Before that it looked like we were settling for a rosefinch.

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@metcow33

2 years

Feel like I'm in a huge minority, but not at all excited to see the return of Birdfair, especially in its current format that hugely promises unnecessary travel and subsequent carbon emissions. Sad that lessons couldn't be learned.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

5 years

Couple of brilliant days on @FI_Obs , goldcrests, chiffs and robins everywhere. Not a bad supporting cast of Pech, Lancy, Brown shrike, 2 bluetails, stej chat, rt pipit, pallas's warbler, firecrest, etc. Surely as good as birding gets in UK. Pech pic by @SteveArlow .

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@metcow33

3 years

In a week <90 mins from my house, lt stint, taiga fly and two-barred greenish. Mega

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@metcow33

2 months

First afternoon on Scilly and team find of an absolute beauty of a Pallid Swift over our heads. Actually managed some in focus finders pics. @JABBIRDART @TimsBirding @rdh_rob

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@metcow33

1 year

Ring-necked duck still at Castle Howard Lake this morning showing really well at first light. @YorkBirding @BirdGuides @nybirdnews

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@metcow33

2 years

3!!! Pallid swifts still showing insanely well over Saltwick Bay. Park along track to Whitby Holiday Park and walk. Someone bring me a spare memory card please?!? @BirdGuides @nybirdnews

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@metcow33

7 years

Bird of the year for me!!!

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@metcow33

5 years

Cracking start to the morning on Fair Isle

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@metcow33

3 years

Savi's warbler at Hes East this morning. Thanks to @TZBirder for head's up. Around the bird hide. @BirdGuides

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@metcow33

1 year

A short video of this mornings Squacco Heron at Bank Island for Twitter to destroy. @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding @nybirdnews

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@metcow33

3 years

Maybe we should start saying well done to people who have resisted the urge to travel for birds, rather than those who do. Might help my willpower somewhat.

Robin Sandham

@birdsandbike

3 years

Is there any support for people not having seen #variedthrush in Britain? #AskingForAFriend @YoloBirder #FOMO #birding

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@metcow33

8 months

Belting American Golden Plover found by @chrisgomersall1 in fields by Raker Lakes, Wheldrake @BirdGuides @nybirdnews

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

A few people (rightly) queried how we ( @TimsBirding , @LiamLangley1 , @MatthewJBruce , and myself) identified the Northern Harrier on Foula so quickly, especially based on the few poor photos posted so far. So we thought we’d write a 🧵 explaining it… @George_NRBO @ds220101

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Greenish warbler still Rain Dale, Robin Hood's Bay. Elusive still but occasionally showing well in bracken and sycamores at bottom of Little Rain Dale. @paulnewton61 @petergwyn3 @BirdGuides @WhitbyNats

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

This treecreeper along the cinder trail, Hawsker really stood out as gleaming underneath. It's very early, but having checked literature and got a few comments, I'm pretty confident it's familiaris. @chrisgomersall1 @BirdGuides @WhitbyNats @paulnewton61 @petergwyn3

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@metcow33

1 year

Ending a long weekend with a pair of the famous Northumberland honey buzzard population displaying overhead.

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@metcow33

3 years

Brunnichs close n past Whitby with @TimsBirding @chrisgomersall1 plus glauc south and 3 little auk

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Last morning made the trip... pic by @TimsBirding Zino's style on my camera

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@metcow33

3 years

Fair to say the Wheldrake collared pratincole is distant, but it's still an @LDV_NNR mind blowing mega! @BirdGuides last showed 14.55 before landing out of sight

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@metcow33

1 year

Common Scoter dropped out of a clear blue sky at 7am on to Wheldrake. @YorkBirding @BirdGuides @Alexander_Lees

Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

1 year

Constant Common Scoter passage over my garden in Wheldrake right now @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

3 years

Last full day saved the Foula trip...

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@metcow33

4 years

And here is all 4 nights together. Each point represents a flock of scoter someone heard or recorded, and submitted to our online spreadsheet. For more details and maps checkout the @BirdGuides article we ( @Alexander_Lees @JamieDunning @dbradnum ) wrote

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Foula 5-12th October, low on numbers, high on quality, always good scenery. 1 northern harrier, 2 Hornemann's, 4 Greenland redpoll, Grey plover (+little bunt and corncrake I didn't see) - no ybw, no robins seen.

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@metcow33

3 years

Mid-March in the Arctic - traditional seawatching conditions. Porthgwarra in August is for lightweights who actually like seeing some birds.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

119 dunlin in a single flock along the floodbanks at North Duffield this afternoon. Amazing given we're 30 miles inland. Also a merlin, 11 corn buntings and 140 pf geese. @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR

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@metcow33

6 years

I generally try and avoid all the hyperbole around a twitch, and how amazing whatever the latest rarity is. BUT the Ross's gull w is mind-bendingly awesome, undoubtedly one of the best birds I've ever seen.

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@metcow33

4 years

Weather at Kettleness becoming borderline unbirdable, but the bushes are filling up with goldcrests and chiffchaffs. This rosefinch appeared out of a huge flock of goldfinch and brambling. @BirdGuides @petergwyn3 @nybirdnews @WhitbyNats

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@metcow33

8 months

Feels like it's been a while since I've been on the East coast for a fall - totally awesome at Whitby today with @chrisgomersall1 . 2 YBW, 3 Lap Bunts, Ring Ouzel, 2 Short-eared Owls, Jack Snipe and common migrants everywhere. Just brilliant.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

7 months

13 shorelark in clifftop stubble at Overdale Wyke between Lythe and Goldsborough, Whitby. Maybe easiest accessed walking from Sandsend Quarries although a bit of a trek.

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@metcow33

2 months

Pics of the flycatcher at Porth Hellick this evening. Pix by @TimsBirding . @JABBIRDART @rdh_rob @stmarys_patch

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@metcow33

3 years

49 species in an hr on North Duffield Carrs this am. Highlights 1 drk scaup, goosander, 5 pf geese, 450 pintail, 174 pochard and a chiffchaff. These snipe showed the full colour range in front of the hide. @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR @nybirdnews

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Dusky warbler on undercliff on beach side of Whitby Golf course. Access from beach, do not walk across course. @BirdGuides @WhitbyNats @paulnewton61 @petergwyn3

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

18 days

This Spotted Crake was singing constantly on Bank Island for at least 90 minutes last night. Easily audible from my garden 0.3 miles away, although we did walk down to get a better recording. @JABBIRDART

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@metcow33

2 months

Not so spotted flycatcher on Scilly stag do. @TimsBirding pic. @JABBIRDART @rdh_rob #stagtick

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@metcow33

2 years

A quiet and oddly subdued morning on North Duffield Carrs until this guy came to sing in front of his namesake hide... @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

2 years

3 russian white-fronted geese at a fantastically birdy but foggy Bubwith Ings. Also 550 pf geese flew up valley @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR

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@metcow33

2 years

Fair bit of Spotted Crake activity picked up on recordings from Wheldrake this week despite the rubbish weather. @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

2 years

Added common crane to my North Duffield garden list thanks to a call from @TimsBirding @JABBIRDART @chrisgomersall1 .

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@metcow33

3 years

Arctic jewels in a field on the edge of York. #169 #170 @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

3 years

A cold and grey evening on North Duffield Ings was greatly improved by 73 black-tailed godwit dropping in, joining 3 already present, 43 curlew, 20 ruff and seven oystercatcher.

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@metcow33

3 years

Wheldrake ings pec sand showing well-ish this morning. @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR #171

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@metcow33

5 years

So back home and rested after a phenomenal 8 days at @FI_Obs . An incredible list of rare birds seen and a few found (whatever *the warbler* turns out to be). But what will stick with me most is cliffs alive with migrants day after day. Absolutely phonomenal spectacle.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Great evening on the ings with 13 bean geese, 131 pf geese, 146 whooper swans and ~150 dunlin. Day hunting barn owls always steal the scene though.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Breathtakingly beautiful morning at North Duffield Carrs

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

This skylark is so pumped about spring it's songflighting off submerged hay bales in the middle of the ings.

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@metcow33

1 year

Nocturnal listening on Wheldrake Ings with @TimsBirding paid off with a Night-heron flying east at 21.50 near Tower Hide + 2 greenshank before. No spotted crakes yet. @BirdGuides @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Vicious Mediterranean birds now attacking and terrorising youngsters in East Yorkshire

Miles Cluff

@miles_cluff

3 years

Oh my god, BEE-EATER just almost taken our heads off over the visitor centre at Spurn!!!!! Shaking!!! @InstaBirders @spurnbirdobs #spurnbirds

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Sat at NDC for an hour, same 6 godwit the whole time. Then everything spooks and 58 appear out of the grass! What else am I missing?

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Check out our fundraising (and donate or join in?!) for @jeanthorpeRR who is rehabbing loads of raptor persecution victims in North Yorkshire. Thanks to @BirdGuides for the article. @ChrisGPackham @RaptorPersScot @RaptorPolitics

The Michael Clegg Bird Race 2020

Get involved with Yorkshire's new-year bird race – you can register a team to take part, or make a donation to the Ryedale Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.

www.birdguides.com

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@metcow33

2 years

Absolute raptor fest of a lunchbreak @LDV_NNR Bank Island - 2 osprey, 2 marsh harrier, 3+ hobby, 2 red kite, 12+ common buzzards. @YorkBirding

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

2 red-rumped swallow still showing well at Brae @BirdGuides

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@metcow33

2 months

Good days birding. After a slow start with just the Scaup flock at North Duffield, hirundine passage picked up in pm and a call from @LDV_NNR resulted in 3rd!!! garden Osprey of the spring, and peaked this evening finding sum plum Slav Grebe at Bank Island

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Male hen harrier causing mayhem at North Duffield Carrs today.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

1 year

Stunning on a frozen Wheldrake this morning @LDV_NNR

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Solid evidence that birds aren't real.

Paul Noakes

@NoakesPaul

3 years

just sorting out a few pics from Gabon.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

2 years

New home office, new garden list. Looking over @LDV_NNR so expecting rapid increase.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Hooray, mid-September is here!

Kester Wilson

@KesterWilsonNan

3 years

Odd Autumn. High cloud and still overnight. 111 ringed. 45 redwing, 8 blackbirds, 3 song thrush, 34 chiff ( 5 tristis) 12 blackcap, first yellow browsed or Autumn and a Bluethroat.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

2 years

Best views I've had of bearded tits I've had in a while, and a @YorkBirding area tick to boot.

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@metcow33

3 years

Walking the local footpaths this morning for an early dotterel. Surprised to see big flocks of corn buntings still, whilst others are singing in territory. 47 in this flock (trust me). @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Just had our 500th common scoter flock added to the spreadsheet! Thanks for all the data #nocmig people, and if you haven't added your record yet, please do!

Common Scoter passage record sheet_2020

Sheet1 Date,County,Time,Scoter present,Flyover?,Heard/Recorded,Comments 02/04/2020,Crosby,Merseyside,21.02, Y, Y, Heard, 4 sets of calls heard between 21.00-21.30 02/04/2020,Crosby,Merseyside,21:30,...

docs.google.com

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Wood sandpiper showing really nicely at North Duffield Carrs, picked up on call by @TimsBirding @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR #152

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@metcow33

3 years

Went to @spurnbirdobs for a few days with @JABBIRDART and @TimsBirding and this happened.

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@metcow33

2 years

2 ospreys north over Bank Island in last hour @YorkBirding @nybirdnews @BirdGuides

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@metcow33

2 years

Great Grey Shrike still 200m wnw of Wistow Clough in hedge. @YorkBirding @BirdGuides

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

26 days

Amazing night watching the aurora in the garden when a Spotted Crake started to sing on Bank Island at 1am. First for me in @LDV_NNR this spring. @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

3 years

Cracking morning at North Duffield Carrs, headlined by 2 black-necked grebes. @YorkBirding @LDV_NNR

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

9 months

Nice finish to a brief Irish foray twitching a spotted sandpiper on a Dublin beach

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Bluethroat to end the day on Foula. With @TimsBirding @perilsofbirding @BirdingArash

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@metcow33

3 years

Med gull in the fields at Skipwith. #102 for my York area year list.

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@metcow33

3 years

EGRET MIGRATION DAY! Not seen an egret round North Duffield all winter, but today there was 10(!) Little egrets and a Great White. No pics, so here's some other white birds from this evening. @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Has hybrid Sabs gull x Lapwing been ruled out?

Matthew Broadbent

@12broadbentm

4 years

Photos from my flatmate of the Sociable Lapwing today. Absolute dream bird to see, the best of my short birding life 😍 @CBWPS1

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Misty sunrises are very nice, but surely we're owed a few rainy mornings with southerlies by now? 2 gw egret left Wheldrake early, plus lrp heard. @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

4 years

Highlights from the Whitby area last week - all on Thursdya, Pallas's warbler, dusky warbler, and barred warbler, a trio of cracking eastern warblers.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Bumped in to the very noisy whooper herd at Aughton.

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

1 month

3 sandwich tern, 143 arctic tern, 5 common scoter, swift, 60 black-tailed godwit, 4 ruff, 1 dunlin North Duffield Carrs + YL Gull on Derwent Cottage Farm with @TimsBirding @chrisgomersall1 @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

3 years

This female common scoter seems to think it's a gadwall. At North Duffield Carrs this morning. @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding

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@metcow33

3 years

Beautiful dusk on the ings. Bewick's swan still at Ellerton with 52 whoopers. Huge roost of gulls, but no sign of Franklins. Peregrine chasing up the lapwing for a last evening meal very evocative. @YorkBirding @nybirdnews

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

3 years

Incredible long-tailed tit nest on Wheldrake. So exposed but so well camouflaged. @LDV_NNR

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Oliver Metcalf

@metcow33

2 years

A few more pics of the Pallid Swifts at Whitby today. I know there's a million other pics of Pallid Swifts out there, but a really exciting find on patch.

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@metcow33

4 years

First hints of light and we're listening for passerines early out of roost. Please donate generously to our bird race cause, the wonderful wildlife rehabber @jeanthorpeRR

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@metcow33

3 years

White-billed diver n past saltwick Whitby 10.06 close with gnd and rtd @BirdGuides

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@metcow33

5 years

Absolutely astonishing numbers of thrushes on Fair Isle today, and a couple more cofound pipits in the form of OBP and Richard's with @perilsofbirding and @SteveArlow . Pic by @perilsofbirding

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@metcow33

2 years

North Duffield buzzing with departing redwing as the moon rises. Cut through by water rail screeching. Single distant asio owl sp earlier, probably short-eared. @YorkBirding