Mike Pilsworth
@mikepilsworth.bsky.social
Birder and naturalist based in East Yorkshire
A cracking little leaf hopper in moth trap last night in Swinefleet, VC63 - Paralimnus phragmitis from the NBN atlas looks like it could be most northern UK record and only other Yorkshire records are from Potteric Carr @jimhorsfall.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social
3 quail heard singing from cereal crops around Swinefleet today - suspect there are a lot more out there as bursts of song very intermittent
Last night’s highlights from trapping at RSPB Blacktoft Sands - Oblique carpet, Marsh Lance and a very worn Striped wainscot all new for the reserve
Exciting news from Beacon Lagoons! 🐦 The first Little Tern chicks of the 2026 season have hatched at Yorkshire’s only Little Tern colony. Supported by players of the National Lottery through The National Lottery Heritage Fund. #LittleTern #SpurnBirds 🎥 Tate Lloyd
A few nice coastal specialists with restricted ranges in Yorkshire caught at Spurn last night - a very beige morning @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
It’s not just Little Terns keeping the wardening team busy! We also now have three broods of Ringed Plover chicks around the colony. #RingedPlover 🎥 Tate Lloyd
Delighted to join the striped hawkmoth club - it’s had a tough life caught on riverbank at Swinefleet VC63 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #yorkshiremoths
Very in moth trap this morning so delighted to find a Ni moth on first egg box at Swinefleet VC63 #Yorkshiremoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @celastrina59.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Eastern bordered straw trapped overnight at Swinefleet VC63 other migrants 10 silver y, white point and 2 rush veneers. Also only my second purple bar @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
The 2 Old Goole waxwings still present in trees along Swinefleet road this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social
Goose influx continues 27 tundra bean geese in fields by Westfield Lane, Goole early afternoon flew off to north, and another two with greylags in fields to north east of Hook/ Howden Dyke island @birdguides.bsky.social
Black-throated diver at Cove lane pits near Westwoodside this afternoon @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
2 tundra bean geese at Blacktoft sands this afternoon in field just to west of car park with greylag flock @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
2 tundra bean geese in field north of road between Whitgift and Ousefleet near Blacktoft sands with greylag this afternoon ( see pin)
Juvenile Glaucous gull Novatis Ings this morning from hide with other big gulls a beautiful brute!@lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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Lovely morning for @webs-gsmp.bsky.social at Pyewipe with over 10,000 waterbirds majority of waders roosting on Novatis Ings including at least 16 curlew sands, 6300 black-tailed godwits, 555 knot. As additional waders to returned to mudflats incl. 3000 golden plovers @lincsbirding.bsky.social
Nice Evening WeBS count at Pyewipe at least 4200 black-tailed godwits, 1230 redshank and 230 avocets roosting on Novatis Ings. Shelducks down to 1200. 2 curlew sands , little stint and wood sand added a bit of spice. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @humbernature.bsky.social
Adult bottle nosed dolphin just sum up River Ouse past Swinefleet
Highlight of last nights mothing was first Bordered straw for our Swinefleet garden also Birch marble Apotomis betuletana NFG and first Small Ranunculus of year
Wood sandpiper over Swinefleet this morning was a very welcome addition to the garden list
Looks like Clouded yellow influx is the biggest for quite some time 30+ in a single field of clover near Crowle, Lincs this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Wildfowl on the move this evening over Swinefleet 194 shelduck heading to west coast estuaries in several flocks and a flock of 462 common scoters north west #vismig
Locally Wall Browns are having their best second brood for a very long time 9 along a short stretch of river bank at Whitgift today @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @celastrina59.bsky.social
3 avocets west along Ouse at Swinefleet- a new species for the garden -despite them nesting a few miles away at Blacktoft sands and only my second record for this stretch of river in last 15 years
Great WeBS count at Pyewipe on Humber this am moulting shelduck flock up to 5400. Lots of returning waders including 397 curlew roosting in estuary side fields. 683 black-tailed godwits, 329 redshank and 264 on Novatis Ings @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @humbernature.bsky.social
Amazingly, this remarkable individual has returned to the very colony in which it hatched 12 years ago! Tate was fortunate enough to spot it and digiscope these images. Great work, Tate! Welcome home, weary traveller! 2/2 @btobirds.bsky.social @smp-seabirds.bsky.social @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
Wow! A very exciting discovery by one of our wardens, Tate, during his afternoon shift today. This Little Tern was first ringed as a chick at the Beacon Ponds colony back in 2013. It was recaptured in Senegal last April and fitted with a green colour ring - HKL. 1/2
The glorious weather has allowed us to carry out our first colony walkthrough of the season. An astonishing 91 Little Tern nests were counted, which is the highest count for the protection scheme (previous highest count of 70 in 1996). We're keeping everything crossed for a record-breaking season!
Flock of 10 noisy Mediterranean gulls (at least 4 full adults ) just gone west along Ouse at Swinefleet. Still quite scarce in this part of Yorks and first multiple record from garden.