June Field Trip to SE77
Sunday was the last outing before the Summer and 14 members went to SE77 ( The North East section of the Club recording area) This area is in part under recorded although to the South it contains Castle Howard Lake and …
Category: Trip Reports
Norfolk Weekend 13-15th May
A total of fifteen of us went on the weekend trip to Norfolk, six of us setting off on Friday morning and going via Whisby and Frampton Marsh to meet up with the other nine who were already there having been on …
East Coast trip 8th May
13 Members went to Spurn and had a reasonable day. Max temp was 15 and not the heat of York but it was sunny. We had some 72 species and highlights were. Little Egrets, Brent geese, Avocets, Common Sand, Short-eared …
Strensall Common evening walk
Report by Peter Reed Despite the gloomy prospects, after hail storms in parts of York and Strensall a few hours before, a optimistic group of about 12 met for this evening walk. At the last minutes, the venue had be …
April trip to Teesdale
We had a bumper turnout for the trip today, with 20 of us enjoying the beautiful sunshine in upper Teesdale. The road from Barnard Castle had been reopened after recent repairs following a landslide, so we headed for Langdon Beck …
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 …
Rufforth Gull Master Class
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 …
February trip to the LDV
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 …
January field meeting to the East Coast
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 …
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, …