Early atmospheric mist greeted eighteen of us at North Cave Wetlands for today’s field meeting, this cleared later and, though it was chilly, it was a glorious morning to be out. A good selection of common duck, farmland and hedgerow …
18 of us had a wonderful trip to Northumberland over the weekend. The weather was fantastic and the birding excellent. Not everybody saw everything, but the cumulative list reached 119 once Monday’s sightings were included. The rarest bird was the …
Nineteen of us met at Spurn Head yesterday and enjoyed a really memorable day. I had described it beforehand as arguably the best migration site on mainland Britain and it certainly lived up to that billing. Major arrivals (or “falls”) …
Fifteen people met up for the outing, noting reasonable numbers of Swallows and some House Martins as we parked, these were seen in good numbers through the day. We started with a sea watch from the top of the cliffs: …
Fifteen of us ‘did’ Hes East this morning. The weather was much better than the birds! We only managed 32 species, none of them unexpected. We struggled to have even a glimpse of a Reed Warbler for example, and Swallows …
An enjoyable day was had by the 22 attendees today firstly visiting Stamford Bridge Flash at the southern side of the Derwent a short way along the riverside path towards Buttercrambe Mill. 46 species were seen here including Spotted Flycatcher, …
Five of us met this morning at Welburn church and walked from there into the Castle Howard estate. It was a warm, later very warm, morning, but still with enough birds singing and active to keep us occupied. An early …
Ten of us met up at the Ship Inn, Newington where we spent a few minutes watching the wetlands behind the car park, picking up some ducks, geese and Common Terns, while a couple of Cuckoos flew across. We then …
Ten of us had a most enjoyable day in the Spurn area. First of all we visited Kilnsea Wetlands where there was a Sedge Warbler by the car park, a small selection of ducks with Swallows and Sand Martins flying …
A successful field trip with a total of 15 people. We covered Yearsley Moor in the morning and had 40 species there with the highlight probably being a minimum of 13 Crossbills, plenty of Siskin and Lesser Redpoll, plus a …