Scarborough Birders
Sightings

Sightings 2008

June 2008

1/6 Seawatching off Marine Drive (06.30-08.00): Red t Diver, 4 Manx Shearwaters, 12 Common Scoter, Whimbrel, 4 Common Terns, 24 Puffins. Two Shoveler at Scalby Lodge Pond.
2/6 Grey-headed Wagtail at Scalby Lodge Pond at 08.30am. Whimbrel flew past Long Nab in evening.
4/6 Quail at Stoup Brow, Ravenscar. Four Nightjars at Harwood Dale Forest.
6/6 LRP and Dunlin Scalby Lodge Pond.
8/6 Fieldfare at Grove Farm, Cayton Carr. Male Honey Buzzard near Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint 10.05-10.20am. Three male Whinchats, two male and two juv Stonechats at Derwent Head, Fylingdales Moor plus Goshawk from Lilla Cross.
9/6 Male Honey Buzzard and Turtle Dove Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint. Two Gadwall and Teal Scalby Lodge Pond. Cuckoo flew south at Long Nab
10/6 Black Kite flew over Wykeham Forest towards Hackness a.m. Three Honey Buzzards from the Raptor Viewpoint. Two Gadwall Scalby Lodge Pond. A large raptor flew inland just south of Oliver's Mount 8.45pm (poss Osprey).
11/6 Three Honey Buzzards from the Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint.
14/06 Honey Buzzard -Two at the Raptor Viewpont, Wykeham Forest. Also Goshawk, Turtle Dove and 20+ Crossbill. Nearby 45 Crossbill and 25 Siskin at Highwood Brow viewpoint. Spotted Flycatcher at Hilla Green. Common Buzzard over Wykeham Village.
16/06 Turtle Dove and Several Crossbill at Penny Howe Moor, Nr Staintondale
17/06 27 Sandwich Tern at Scalby Mills
18/06 5 Gadwall ( 4 Male) and 4 Tufted Duck at Scalby Lodge Pond
21/6 Six Nightjars and Common Buzzard Penny Howe, Harwood Dale Forest.
24/6 Male Merlin, two Gadwall, four Curlews, Redshank S L Pond.
25/6 Spotted Redshank flew over Scalby Lodge Pond at 08.30 am plus Yellow Wagtail feeding young nearby.
27/6 Two Gadwall S L Pond.
28/6 Bar-tailed Godwit S L Pond. Long Nab (06.50-07.50); 6 Manx Shearwaters, 55 Puffin, 5 Common Terns, 5 Sandwich Terns. Red Kite and Honey Buzzard from Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint.  Four Eiders Ravenscar.
29/6 Black Kite reported from Wykeham Raptor Viewpoint 13.26 hrs. Brent Goose and Black-tailed Godwit S L Pond. Past Long Nab; Red t Diver, 20 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Common Scoter, 11 Curlew..
30/6 Little Gull (1st summer) Scalby Lodge Pond in evening. Hobby over the church, Hackness
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