Teesdale trip 3rd April
We convened at the Black Grouse Lek site between 6.30 am and 7am (some people wisely having chosen to stay in the area, they got to lie in to 6 am) and were treated to probably the best lek ever …
We convened at the Black Grouse Lek site between 6.30 am and 7am (some people wisely having chosen to stay in the area, they got to lie in to 6 am) and were treated to probably the best lek ever …
A bright, sunny day (though bitingly cold when the wind did get up a bit) saw 13 of us head to the Dearne Valley on Sunday 6th March. We met at Broomhill Flash car park and spent about 40 minutes …
The trip will now be to the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire rather than Teesdale. We will run an extra field meeting on April 3rd instead which is a better time for the target species.
Paul posted the following on the YorkBirding email group this afternoon: I’m really sorry about this, but all three of my main weather sources (Met Office, BBC and XC Weather) show winds in the 40 to 50mph range at midday …
Apologies, the joining form has been broken and was not actually sending out emails despite a message to indicate that it had sent an email. It is now fixed so, if you had tried to join in the last few …
This year the Michael Clegg Memorial Birdrace was again run as a green event with cars only permitted to get to the start. Of the 29 teams who sent scores back to the organiser, eight were from the York area. …
A total of 3 of us met up (thank to Bob & Noel for keeping me company) in the Castle Howard car park at 8am this morning. A walk down to the entrance of the Arboretum failed to produce a …
We have published our programme of events for 2022. There are some exiting talks with great speakers in the first half of the year that are not to be missed. Some will be held on Zoom and we hope to …
Seven members met up at a windy Filey for the November trip which turned out more to be about quality rather than quantity, certainly in the afternoon. We checked the bay and the rougher sea to the north as well …
With the winds in the wrong direction, rarities were not on the menu for the day, but good weather always helps and it stayed fine and often sunny, with relatively little wind all day. The total species count was c. …