Wykeham… and elsewhere
The intrepid 12 headed east from York just after 7am, on a fairly clear, cold Sunday morning. With a roadside Buzzard the only bird of note on the journey to the coast, we arrived at Filey Country Park not long …
The intrepid 12 headed east from York just after 7am, on a fairly clear, cold Sunday morning. With a roadside Buzzard the only bird of note on the journey to the coast, we arrived at Filey Country Park not long …
As many of you will remember we did a survey of Cuckoos in the club area last year. A lot of people contributed records and the results will be written up in the 2015 report and will give us valuable …
Tim Jones, assisted by Chris, Jack and Ollie, lead a very well attended gull demo/field trip this morning at Rufforth. The turnout was one of the highest ever in recent times for a field trip with 21 people including the …
An American Wigeon has been present at Castle Howard Great Lake since Friday and has been reported again this morning. Keep an eye on the @YorkBirding Twitter feed on the home page for the latest news.
Nine members spent most of the day around the Derwent Valley on 7th, meeting some other members on site who had gone for the Great Skua. Some 70 species were seen and, as well as the Great Skua, other highlights …
A Great Skua (Bonxie) was found at Wheldrake Ings on Thursday morning. Yesterday Ollie Metcalf described its attack on a Grey Heron: “Amazing spectacle at Wheldrake this morning. I arrived at 08.15 when the bonxie was sat peacefully on the edge …
January’s YOC trip was to the East Coast, it was a decent turnout with 13 people coming along. Having driven through heavy rain, we were rather concerned about whether starting at Filey Brigg was a good idea. However, the rain …
Chris Gomersall posted to the YorkBirding Google group this evening about a superb set of gull records at Rufforth. “A remarkable day today at Rufforth, between Dave Foster and myself we had a minimum of 13! Caspian gulls ( 6x …
Three teams from the York area competed in the annual Yorkshire Bird Race last Sunday, 3rd. York Upstarts started really early around 4 a.m. by torchlight and recorded 93 species and visited 18 sites. Highlights included Long and Short-eared Owls, …
Jonathan Pomroy posted the following at lunchtime today: Great views of a Hawfinch in the [Ampleforth] churchyard this morning. First in surrounding trees then dropping down to yews in the middle. As ever very elusive when feeding. If you make …