Emperor & S Hawker at Tophill today. @tophilllow.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Just enough time to get the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Macro posted, so here's a Hoverfly just at the moment of take-off. Captured @tophilllow.bsky.social. #insects #ECK #MacroPhotography #CanonR5mkii #naturephotography #BugLife #wildlifephotography #LifeInTheUndergrowth #BuzzLife

Good morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJune26, whatever bird capture you deem your best from the month of June. Captured at the Farne Islands and @tophilllow.bsky.social #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #BirdLife

Still time for some #TongueOutTuesday action from this Canada Goose Gosling that was letting me know to stop taking photos @tophilllow.bsky.social earlier this month 😂😂 #birds #ECK #photography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #GooseLife #birdphotography #NewLife #naturephotography

Some nice sightings in recent days @tophilllow.bsky.social - daubenton’s bats at the reception hide, our first on reserve brood of swallows and approximately 18 grey partridge chicks on the road to the reserve

A short visit to Tophill today. A pair of green sandpiper on S Marsh East @tophilllow.bsky.social

A rhinoceros beetle & small skipper from an afternoon pop to Tophill 18.06 @tophilllow.bsky.social

We weren’t the only ones nodding off in the heat at Tophill 18.06 😂 @tophilllow.bsky.social

Common Whitethroat at Tophill 18.06 @tophilllow.bsky.social

Some of the other things of interest today 02.06.26 at Tophill Pictured - bee orchid, elephant hawk moth (kindly pointed out 😊), marsh cinquefoil & banded demoiselle @tophilllow.bsky.social @yorkshirewater.bsky.social

We’ve also just heard about one of our colour-ringed Common Tern chicks (ringed on the #FriendsoftheLDV raft at Wheldrake Ings in July 2019) – now present at @tophilllow.bsky.social – it's always nice to receive an update on our ringed birds and to hear about where they are currently residing! 😃

Since our project began in 2018, we've now had individuals reported from @tophilllow.bsky.social, @northcavewet.bsky.social, RSPB Aire Valley and the Farne Islands, and Formby Point and Seaforth Nature Reserve in Merseyside – as well as one seen off the coast of the Gambia @yorkbirding.bsky.social

LDV_NNR@ldvnnr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not far behind this sighting came news of another individual (ringed in 2023 on the #FriendsoftheLDV raft at Wheldrake Ings) – from North Cave Wetlands in East Yorkshire. A great link between the sites and hopefully breeding there. Thank you to Liz Newton for the record and photograph 📸

Grass snake at Tophill today @tophilllow.bsky.social @yorkshirewater.bsky.social @teuchterbynature.bsky.social

Thank you to Yorkshire Water's @tophilllow.bsky.social team for supplying & delivering 11,500 reed plugs for use in the #LDV this week, which will help create & expand reedbeds throughout the reserve for a range of species - let us know if you'd like to join our volunteer team & help plant them! 😄

Today’s sightings from @tophilllow.bsky.social - pair of spoonbills from yesterday courtesy of Dave Ruffles, first kingfisher fledglings and roe deer courtesy of Pat Hogarth

Today’s sightings from @tophilllow.bsky.social - bar tailed godwit present the last couple of days on south marsh east, with drake mandarin on north marsh tonight. Bee orchids early in flower around O res

Tophill favourite photos today @tophilllow.bsky.social @yorkshirewater.bsky.social

Our great spotted woodpeckers @tophilllow.bsky.social are showing really well albeit imminently fledging. Catch them whilst you can - signposted on a short walk on accessible paths from the car park under some pleasant shade

Hundreds of swifts and hirundines feeding over the reservoirs today @birdguides.bsky.social

Stacks of swifts @tophilllow.bsky.social today in the cool conditions. Turnstone and wood sandpiper highlights of the day. Still time to book onto tomorrows 10am endangered species walk on eventbrite

Our volunteer team have been busy planting up our new NNR Base garden at Bank Island again this week, kindly putting in more plants supplied by the @tophilllow.bsky.social nursey, inc. Greater Water Parsnip, Greater Fen Sedge, Yellow Flag Iris, Tansy, Marsh Marigold and Marsh Pea 🌿🌱

Brilliant to also see the work being done at the @tophilllow.bsky.social plant nursey by John and his team - a host of wetland plants are currently being grown, with the aim of helping to recover rare, scarce & declining species across Yorkshire 🌿 Many thanks to Richard and his team for hosting.

LDV_NNR@ldvnnr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great visit to @tophilllow.bsky.social yesterday by our @naturalengland.bsky.social Yorkshire/Lincolnshire NNR team – good to see all of the developments going on at this fantastic reserve, and to share thoughts and ideas on volunteering, funding models and visitor management.

Great visit to @tophilllow.bsky.social yesterday by our @naturalengland.bsky.social Yorkshire/Lincolnshire NNR team – good to see all of the developments going on at this fantastic reserve, and to share thoughts and ideas on volunteering, funding models and visitor management.

Yesterday the @naturalengland.bsky.social Sustainable Development team visited our NNR Base for a meeting, and then helped to plant out some of the @tophilllow.bsky.social plants - hopefully our new wetland area can help to tell a story and act as a hub for further #NatureRecovery

LDV_NNR@ldvnnr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thank you to @tophilllow.bsky.social for kindly providing a selection of wetland plants for our wetland/pond area at our (soon to be completed) new NNR Base - these plants have come from the Tophill Low nursery, which is aimed at recovering rare, scarce & declining species across Yorkshire.

Day 1 of the North East trip was spent @tophilllow.bsky.social, which is where I got Lifer ✅ number 1. It was a Yellow Wagtail which sadly didn't come close to the hide, so all the shots are at a good distance. All the shots are off the rear camera screen. #birds #ECK #CanonR5mkii #photography

Thank you to @tophilllow.bsky.social for kindly providing a selection of wetland plants for our wetland/pond area at our (soon to be completed) new NNR Base - these plants have come from the Tophill Low nursery, which is aimed at recovering rare, scarce & declining species across Yorkshire.

Several Cuckoos around on the reserve this morning, Common terns on South marsh east and Barn owl hunting through south scrub @birdguides.bsky.social

Today’s sightings from @tophilllow.bsky.social up to 7 whimbrel at various times on watton NR. Bittern doing laps of site and showing well for several observers. Hobby, greenshank. 2 black terns present yesterday moved off in better weather. Lots of mayfly on site presently

One of the two wood sandpipers present on watton NR today. Black tailed godwit, whimbrel there yesterday. Garden warbler, cuckoo very active around site and common crane over at height. Guided reserve walk tomorrow morning at 10am free with standard admission. Images Pat Hogarth

Male Garganey and small number of Swifts on site today @rarebirdalertuk.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social