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Spurn 8th May

By YorkOC Posted on 11th May 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

Beautiful weather at Spurn all day, though rather chillier than the sun would suggest, was some consolation for a quieter day than hoped for the time of year, with still no Swifts being a notable absence on the summer migrant …

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Whimbrel roost trip 24 April

By YorkOC Posted on 28th April 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

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, …

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Ripon City Wetlands and Nosterfield Quarries – 10th April

By YorkOC Posted on 11th April 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

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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Teesdale trip 3rd April

By YorkOC Posted on 11th April 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

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 …

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Dearne Valley trip

By YorkOC Posted on 7th March 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

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 …

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March trip on Sunday 6th

By YorkOC Posted on 19th February 2022 Posted in Club News

The trip will now be to the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire rather than Teesdale. We will run an extra field meeting on April 3rd instead which is a better time for the target species.

February’s trip change of date

By YorkOC Posted on 4th February 2022 Posted in Club News, Trip Reports

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 …

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Joining form fixed

By YorkOC Posted on 11th January 2022 Posted in Club News

Apologies, the joining form has been broken and was not actually sending out emails despite a message to indicate that it had sent an email. It is now fixed so, if you had tried to join in the last few …

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Michael Clegg Memorial Birdrace 2022

By YorkOC Posted on 8th January 2022 Posted in Trip Reports

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. …

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Castle Howard trip 12th December

By YorkOC Posted on 18th December 2021 Posted in Trip Reports

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 …

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