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 …
POCKLINGTON CANAL WALK on TUESDAY 3rd AUGUST, meeting at 6.30PM at HAGG BRIDGE (SE716451). We hope there will be rejoicing that the YOC is going to be putting an evening walk on in just over a week’s time – our …
Andy Lakin, a visiting birder from South Yorkshire, found another star bird for the recording area on Sunday 13th June. A good number of local birders and many from further afield were able to connect with it during the day …
On Tuesday 11th May, Colin Beale was ringing on his Constant Effort Site at Heslington East, University of York when he caught a Savi’s Warbler in his mist nets. He put the news out as a potential Savi’s as he …
Please note the club’s policy on the reporting of rare and scarce birds which could potentially be breeding in the area. Sightings should only be sent to the Recorder, and to the LDV team if in the NNR. Please do …
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It has been drawn to our attention that the forms to submit casual records, contact us and the like were not working. Google research suggests this could be a problem with the lastest version of the plugin we use for …
Following the success of the trial online meeting in December, John Lawton will give his talk on Pub Birds on 5th January over Zoom. Information as to how to join will be sent by email to membership and subscribers to …
On 15th December, the club held its first meeting since March. This was a quiz and a slide show to review the birding year in the club’s recording area. We held the meeting using Zoom as a trial to see …