Still fairly quiet in the County although a  Leach's Petrel past Grimston must have been quite a surprise to the observer. The Sprotbrough Osprey continues to perform and footage showing it clipping overhead power lines is proof that it is living dangerously.

Very quiet today - adult Long-tailed Skua south at Spurn.

No sign of Arctic Warbler, Flamborough.
Barred Warbler still at Spurn.
Osprey still at Sprorbrough Flash - photographers dream?

Arctic Warbler Flamborough, Old Fall til dusk.
Barred Warbler, Spurn.
Osprey still at Sprotbrough.

Flamborough hogs the limelight

Best bird in the County today is an Arctic Warbler at Old Fall Flamborough, still present this evening. Flamborough also scored with a Lesser Yellowlegs on the beach at South Landing but that flew off west early morning. Several coastal sites logged Long-tailed Skuas passing again today. A couple of Quail near Scarborough were noteworthy. Inland, the most popular bird is the Osprey which continues to show well at Sprotbrough Flash.

The obliging Osprey at Sprotbrough Flash - Ron Marshall

This juvenile Red-necked Phalarope spent much of the day at Old Moor RSPB  Thursday but despite remaining til dusk was not seen next day. - John Hewitt

The Yorkshire List Increases Again

It's on the list!

As expected (see Yorkshire Birding volume 20 page 74), the British Ornithologists’ Union’s Records Committee has adopted recommendations by the Taxonomic Sub-committee that Eurasian Stonechat Saxicola torquatus should now be treated as three species: European Stonechat S. rubicola (added to Category A), Siberian Stonechat S. maurus (added to Category A) and African Stonechat S. torquatus (removed from Category A; extralimital). This of course means that the Yorkshire list has now increased by one and that many Yorkshire listers will have gained an extra species. European Stonechat is of course a reasonably common in the County whilst nowadays Siberian Stonechat is recorded almost annually. For the purpose of the Yorkshire Listers League Table we need to know if you have seen Siberian Stonechat in Yorkshire so we can add one to your tally, although in the case of the majority of observers we do have this on record and have altered the list accordingly. However, if you are unsure if this has been done for you or not (eg. your total given in the League Table does not tally with your own copy) then please let us know immediately. For those who have a copy of the list which currently does not contain Siberian Stonechat at all, this should be inserted below (Eurasian) Stonechat which should be now named European Stonechat.

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