Castle Howard trip 12th December
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 …
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 …
On 8th March, 11 met at Filey for the monthly trip. Highlights there were Purple Sandpipers on the Brigg, Red-throated Diver and Gannet out to sea plus several displaying Skylarks. It was very windy so we headed for Troutsdale where …
The January field activity this year was once again taking part in the annual Michael Clegg Yorkshire Bird Race. This year’s beneficiary is Ryedale Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre run by Jean Thorpe. Four teams from York took part and it was …
This month’s trip, on 8th December, was a clockwise loop around the LDV. Starting at Bank Island, five of us spend a while looking through the geese for rarer species but only Greylags (about 200) and Canada Geese. Every hedgerow …
On Sunday 10th November, nine club members met at Flamborough Head for the November club trip. An hour’s seawatching in the new hide (thanks to the observatory) produced three or four Little Auks, at least 20 Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Common …
Seventeen of us headed to Northumberland for the Club’s autumn weekend away. Having met up at Stannington Farm Shop for a tasty breakfast en-route, we headed off in rain (the theme of the weekend) to RSPB Hauxley reserve – now …
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You might think it would have been crazy to go out birding in the dire weather this morning, but four of us (Peter, Neil, Noel and myself) braved it and headed east to Flamborough. We had a great day with …