The Nightjar Brewery in Mytholmroyd: https://nightjarbrew.co.uk/ has recently brewed a beer called Gabble Ratchet (an old Yorkshire name for Nightjars) and had delivered some consignments to two pubs in the York area; the Grey Horse in Elvington and the Drovers…

Operation Owl is a national campaign to increase public awareness of bird of prey persecution and to seek support in tackling it head on. Full details can be found here: https://www.operationowl.com/ North Yorkshire is a national hotspot for raptor persecution…

This year we have been delighted to be able to donate a total of £2500 to support local wildlife and conservation projects. First of all £1800 was donated to the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley for two projects £300…

There is a change of speaker for the January meeting. The talk will be by Richard Baines on “Birds and wildlife of Northern Thailand”. Date, time and venue remain the same. 8th January 2019 at 7.30pm, St Olave’s Chruch Hall.

Last night, 4th December, was the annual photographic competition. Twenty people entered photographs in three categories. Once we managed to gain entry to the hall, a decent turnout had an enjoyable evening. There will be a gallery of winners in…

Richard Baines has had to cancel his talk next Tuesday but he has lined Steve Race up to replace him. The talk will have a similar theme.

As a departure from the usual June talk we held a summer social and BBQ at Bank Island on the evening of 5th June. The weather was very kind to us as can be seen by the clear skies in…

Sadly, due to unforeseen circumstances, the planned talk on Wakefield Peregrines will not be able to take place in March. However, Paul Doherty has kindly stepped in to talk about how he got into birdwatching, how that led to bird…

The club’s photo competition was held on 5th December. Winning entries were: UK – Terry Weston’s Nuthatch World – Antony Ward’s White-tailed Sea Eagle YOC area – Terry Weston’s Kestrel A gallery will be added to the website in due…

The Rare and Scarce Birds of the York Area 1965 to 2015 was written by Jono Leadley, the York area recorder and published by the York Ornithological Club in November 2017. The 74 page book contains details of all species…