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 …
Category: Trip Reports
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, …
December trip – LDV, 6th Dec
A mere five of us defied the blustery start to the day, which turned out to be an excellent decision. Despite strong winds at the start of the day and a short squally shower (whilst we were sheltered in …
November Outing
8 Members defied the forecast on Sunday. With nothing outstanding reported from the coast on Saturday there was no obvious preferred site but with heavy rains and strong winds from midday it was agreed to go to Saltholme because of the …
Northumberland weekend trip
Ten members went on a long weekend to Northumberland based on Seahouses from 23rd to 25th October. Unfortunately the recent easterly winds had changed into the west a few days before and most of the migrants had moved on. The bad rain forecast …