Jack Driver (ELOC)

Look what ive just found at Hellifield Flash pool! American Wigeon 😀😀 #northyorkshirebirds #yorkshirebirding

Cracking record of 2x Wood Sandpipers at Lower Foulridge Reservoir found yesterday morning by Glenn Higgins. Still there midday today, spending much of the time feeding in the dense vegetation on the edge of the reservoir, and sometimes feeding at the shoreline. #Tringaglareola

Little Owl on my local patch this morning, also Hobby seen in flight at Upper Coldwell nearby (no photo of course) #eastlancsbirds #Athenenoctua

@LUFCDave_ @scraggybirder Thanks Dave it was the only photo I managed of the Ortolan, never came out in the open for more than a second at a time. As for the wood sand we may have scrambled through some foliage to get a better view 🤣

@JDriver_Pendle @scraggybirder Wow you got a great pic of the elusive Ortolan and the distant Wood Sandpiper. You are gifted. Went yesterday for the Sandpiper as only a mile away from where I live. So distant

Two lifers ✅ today featuring the long staying Ortolan Bunting at Wykeham (incl Honey Buzzard flyover but i didn't see it!), and a Wood Sandpiper (finally, my bogey bird) at Farnley Reservoir, Leeds (found by @scraggybirder yesterday) on the way home.

@Photos2Print @scraggybirder Can never be too greedy when birding 🤣

@JDriver_Pendle @scraggybirder That’s just greedy😂😂😂

@Photos2Print @scraggybirder Absolutely! Should have been 3.

@JDriver_Pendle @scraggybirder Nice to get 2 lifers in a day Jack.

@davem75 Just seen this cheers mate good sighting !

@JDriver_Pendle Osprey circling low over Laneshaw resv dam at 8.13.

There has been considerable kerfuffle on the East Cliff, Portland, today with the arrival of this Night Heron.

Lots of waders feeding at the high tide mark. Turnstone, Sanderling and Purple Sandpiper. Birds moulting into smart, summer plumage

Whitethroats have got to be one of my favourite birds. Difficult but fun to watch and photograph. This bird seen near the Old Stone Trough, Kelbrook. #eastlancsbirds #Sylviacommunis

Thursden Valley this morning- Cuckoo, two ring ouzels (not wanting to be photographed), green woodpecker, six wheatear, three snipe drumming overhead, golden plover heard. #eastlancsbirds

I've had no luck with the Cape Gull at Redcar tarn despite spending three hours there yesterday and two hours today ☹️. However, 2cy Caspian Gull seen yesterday (a second bird turned up later in the day) and apparently the YLG made an appearance in the evening.

Cape Gull, Redcar Tarn, 27/4/25. Lucky to be looking in the right place today, as none of the few observers present saw it drop in. Only there for under a minute & it flew off north after a quick circuit of the lake. Struggled to get camera ready, hence some out of focus shots!

Closeup views of a crossbill this morning on my local patch 😀 Coldwell reservoirs. #eastlancsbirds #Loxiacurvirostra

@ParkyBirder @FyldeBirdClub 😂🤣

@JDriver_Pendle @FyldeBirdClub Sure one will swing by one of your many reservoirs😂

Easter bash around the south Fylde to look for some migrants this morning. 3 Whinchat, 10 Wheatear, Yellow wagtail, 2 LRP, 2 Garganey and 4 Cattle Egret across various sites but the big one, finally managed some Fylde Grey Partridge with a pair at Westby! ✅ @FyldeBirdClub

Lovely walk around Trawden this Easter Sunday morning in the ☀️. Female mandarin back on it's nest within a tree cavity for (at least) the sixth consecutive year. Five wheatear together and 23 willow warblers heard or seen on the walk. #eastlancsbirds

@BrianChard4 Hi Brian yes it was nearby to the black grouse. On the same road to the north east there's a viewpoint area with a grassy clearing. They were both there.

@JDriver_Pendle I hope you don’t mind me asking, I am coming up on Thursday for Grouse lek, could you tell me where you seen Ring ouzel please.

Great day yesterday in North Wales. Started off with seven black grouse + 2 ring ouzels but the stars of the show were undoubtedly the pair of hen harriers. HH has been top of my 'pending lifer list' for years! We ended the day with distant views of the Bonaparte's Gull at Conwy.

A return visit to Clowbridge Reservoir today for the Red-necked Grebe was well worth the visit, it is an absolutely stunning bird now in fantastic plumage, incredible how it has changed in the 3 weeks since I saw it last #lancsbirding #birding @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides