10 hardy members braved the rain to meet at the Bank Island car park at 8am. Two more members joined us as we made our way round the valley.With water levels still rising there was no access to the hides …
YOC field trip to the LDV on Sunday 11th February 2024 Read more »
A good turn out of 15 members met up in the North Duffield Carrs this morning & with the weather being thankfully dry & calm we headed for the viewing platform. The water levels were very high, with only small …
Field trip to the southern end of the LDV – 10th December Read more »
Early atmospheric mist greeted eighteen of us at North Cave Wetlands for today’s field meeting, this cleared later and, though it was chilly, it was a glorious morning to be out. A good selection of common duck, farmland and hedgerow …
18 of us had a wonderful trip to Northumberland over the weekend. The weather was fantastic and the birding excellent. Not everybody saw everything, but the cumulative list reached 119 once Monday’s sightings were included. The rarest bird was the …
Nineteen of us met at Spurn Head yesterday and enjoyed a really memorable day. I had described it beforehand as arguably the best migration site on mainland Britain and it certainly lived up to that billing. Major arrivals (or “falls”) …
Fifteen people met up for the outing, noting reasonable numbers of Swallows and some House Martins as we parked, these were seen in good numbers through the day. We started with a sea watch from the top of the cliffs: …
Fifteen of us ‘did’ Hes East this morning. The weather was much better than the birds! We only managed 32 species, none of them unexpected. We struggled to have even a glimpse of a Reed Warbler for example, and Swallows …
An enjoyable day was had by the 22 attendees today firstly visiting Stamford Bridge Flash at the southern side of the Derwent a short way along the riverside path towards Buttercrambe Mill. 46 species were seen here including Spotted Flycatcher, …
Five of us met this morning at Welburn church and walked from there into the Castle Howard estate. It was a warm, later very warm, morning, but still with enough birds singing and active to keep us occupied. An early …
Ten of us met up at the Ship Inn, Newington where we spent a few minutes watching the wetlands behind the car park, picking up some ducks, geese and Common Terns, while a couple of Cuckoos flew across. We then …