On the cliffs near Whitby there is a barren moonscape of shale and burnt rock from the ola Allum works.The exposed burnt rocks have a white lichen on them, very odd ! Anthony Speca Mark Powell

The Cladonias are amazing on the shale where some vegetation has established.

Even if the wryneck hadn’t shown, the walk around ness point would have been successful, with pied and spotted flycatchers, whinchat and garden warbler all sharing a single hedge, plus a bottlenose dolphin pod out to sea Whitby Naturalists NorthYorksBirdNews

Wryneck still present this morning by cinder track north of Robin Hoods Bay but very elusive. Whitby Naturalists NorthYorksBirdNews

One last surprise before leaving North Yorkshire last night; I was out walking near Ruswarp and stumbled right into the perched tawny owl just before sunset Whitby Naturalists NorthYorksBirdNews

6 Pied Flys, 1 Spotted Fly, 2 Redstarts and a Whinchat at Boulby teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

I've run a moth trap in my garden for over 12 yrs and never taken a Convolvulous hawk moth.Then this morning there were 2 !! 😃

No pallid harrier at Scaling Dam for me this aft but a hornet mimic hoverfly feeding outside the hide more than made up for it. Beast of an insect! Also patch tick of a distant winchat at Margrove - an absolute treat to see. teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews #birdwatching #nature

9 Convolvulus Hawkmoths trapped in my Skelton garden last night Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation 🦋 British Moths Migrant Lepidoptera teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews Tees Wildlife

3 new species in the garden at the weekend, all migrants.Convolvulus hawks (4),White point, Small mottled willow and an abberant Silver Y.

cuckoo flew past hide at Scaling just now teesbirds

Barn owl, Scaling Dam teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

Chiffchaff, Scaling Dam teesbirds NorthYorksBirdNews

Goldfinches, Lockwood Beck teesbirds

Fairly quiet on my first visit to my Ruswarp patch for a couple of weeks last night. 3 common Sands and a Sparrowhawk which was enjoying the last of the evening sun were the highlights. Whitby Naturalists NorthYorksBirdNews

1st indoor meeting. Mon Sept 16th. 2pm. Mark Stokeld talking about local birds. Marton Community Centre, Cypress Road, Marton, Mbro. TS7 8PZ Whitby Naturalists TeesmouthNNR Tees Wildlife teesbirds

Willow Emerald Watch 👀 Ian and Elaine Burnell photographed this Willow Emerald Damselfly egg-laying into tree stems in Gosforth Nature Reserve, Tyne and Wear. This is now the most northern breeding site in the UK for this species! 🍃

Keep an eye out for them in branches overhanding water over the next month 👀 To find out more and how to contribute to our Willow Emerald Watch project visit the project page 👉 loom.ly/TKByscE #WillowEmeraldWatch #dragonfliesofinstagram #uknature

Elephant hawk-moth, Botton, this afternoon. teesbirds Whitby Naturalists