Neil Glenn and John Miles’ book ‘Best Birdwatching Sites: Yorkshire’ is a fine piece of work and one that should be of use to all Yorkshire birders, especially those keen on county listing or exploring Yorkshire’s best birding sites. The…

Revised meeting point for the walk on 9th July at 10.00am around Redhouse Wood, Lagoon and River. Please IGNORE directions on Club Programme as parking at a local farm has been negotiated. Leave York Bypass A1237 on to A59 near…

We have received a copy of Buckingham Press’s newly-published Best Birdwatching Sites: Yorkshire by Neil Glenn and John Miles. Keep a look out on Yorkbirding for Jono’s review of it. Check the Buckingham Press website for further information and to…

In order to try to see the Black Grouse lekking, the trip to Teesdale on 9th April has been changed to a meeting time of 7.00 am at the destination, Langdon Beck, near to the cattle grid on the minor…

The club held the annual photographic competition on 6th December. Thank you to Paul Doherty and Jean Smith who acted as judges to produce the shortlists for the popular vote. The results are as follows: YOC area – a clean…

The York Ornithological Club’s 2015 report has been published. Members can pick it up at the next meeting on 3rd January, after that it will be posted. Non-members can request to buy it by filling out the form at yorkbirding.org.uk/contact/purchase-report/ the cost…

The YOC’s 2017 programme is a the printers and will be available at the December meeting. The programme though can be seen on the website – have a look under the ‘Talks & Trips’ menu.

At last night’s AGM, it was announced that Tom and Julia Lawson, Peter Reed, Andy Walker and Paz Fletcher were all stepping down from the committee. The AGM thanked them all for their service to the club. Jono Leadley was…