Website updates
We are making changes to some of the pages for submitting records to make it easier to submit records to the YOC Recorder for rarities. Please bear with us over this weekend if pages look a bit strange. Rarity records …
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Teesmouth trip 10th November
YOC Field Trip Sunday 10th Nov 2024. Places visited: Hartlepool Headland, Seaton Carew, Seaton Snook, Coatham Marsh & Greatham Creek. It was a full day out starting at Borough Hall Gardens, Hartlepool Headland at 8.30am and it was about 4.30pm …
Spurn / Kilnsea – 7th October
Yesterday,16 of us met up at Kilnsea Wetlands for the club trip to the Spurn area. We arrived after high tide but the water was still covering the estuary, so we started at the wetlands to look for roosting waders. …
Flamborough Head, 9th Sept 24
Despite a mostly foggy day (which killed any prospect of a seawatch!) 13 club members braved the conditions and had a wonderful day birding Flamborough Head. Meeting at the lighthouse car park, we started at the Golf Course Willows, where …
Gazetteer can be downloaded from website
The annual report has for a number of years included a gazetteer of sites in the area, including OS grid references. A full list of these sites can now be downloaded as a pdf by clicking this button. If you …
Alkborough Flats – August 4th
A small group of 8 birders enjoyed an excellent day out at Alkborough Flats on Sunday (4th August) for the YOC Club trip. Size isn’t everything, or so they say, but it meant we were all able to access the …
Potteric Carr 9th June
Sixteen members met up for a day at Potteric Carr. Highlights were Bittern and Hobby. Thanks to John for leading.
Kirkham Priory – Sunday 7th July
Six of us met at Kirkham Priory at 8am this morning and walked along the west bank of the River Derwent, returning to the car park at midday. The weather was kind to us, with light winds, some sunshine and …
Spurn trip – May 12th 2024
A sunny and reputedly very quiet day beckoned at Spurn yesterday, with little of any note reported during the previous week. Undaunted, 12 of us arrived at sunny Kilnsea Wetlands kicking off with Brent Geese in the fields over the …
Dawn Chorus walk at Skipwith Common
10 brave souls met in the Common Road car park just South of Skipwith village at 4:30 AM on Sunday 5th May, at a time when most sensible club members are safely tucked up in bed, for a dawn chorus …