Curlew Survey 2016
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 …
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Yorkshire Bird Race 2016
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, …
Photographic Competition 2015
The annual photographic competition was held last night, 1st December. Attendees enjoyed a range of high quality images, the short list was judged by Jean Smith and Paul Doherty and the following were voted to be winners. World – Terry Weston’s …
LDV Calendars
The LDV blog and Facebook sites have announced a new charitable ‘friends of’ trust to support wider conservation and promotion of the NNRs. To help raise money for this they have produced an attractive calendar for 2016. More details can …
YOC Report 2014
The York Ornithological Club 2014 Report is now available. Members will receive a copy at the December meeting or, failing that, by post. Non-members can buy a copy at the December meeting or use the contact form to order at £7.50 …
YOC Report 2014 available soon
The YOC report for 2014 has been printed and will be available to members at the meeting on Tuesday 3rd November. For those not able to attend, it will either be held to December or posted out depending on numbers (to …
New YOC website live…almost
The new Yorkbirding website is now on the internet as of a few minutes ago. There are some functions that are not working just yet so do please bear with us while we iron out these glitches. At the moment …
Hassacarr Nature Reserve goes for LNR status
A decision on whether Hassacarr Nature Reserve in Dunnington, run by YOC stalwart Terry Weston, will be given Local Nature Reserve status is due soon. See the article in the York Press today. Good luck with getting the right decision, …
New YOC website under development
A refresh of the YOC website is currently under development. We hope that it will be going live in early autumn.