Whimbrel roost trip 24 April
There was a good turn out for our walk at Wheldrake Ings yesterday, on what proved to be a very chilly and windy evening. We met at Bank Island where a Green Sandpiper was on view on the scrape below, …
There was a good turn out for our walk at Wheldrake Ings yesterday, on what proved to be a very chilly and windy evening. We met at Bank Island where a Green Sandpiper was on view on the scrape below, …
17 of us gathered at Ripon City Wetlands on a glorious spring morning, followed by a visit to the restored quarry at Nosterfield, and then lunch and a third walk round the working Nosterfield quarry. In all we tallied 73 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
On Sunday September 12th, we met at Flamborough Head for the first full day field meeting since March 2020. There was a good turnout including several people who had not been on a trip before, which was really nice. We …