Spurn/Kilnsea 16th April
Ten of us had a most enjoyable day in the Spurn area. First of all we visited Kilnsea Wetlands where there was a Sedge Warbler by the car park, a small selection of ducks with Swallows and Sand Martins flying …
Category: Trip Reports
Yearsley Moor and Castle Howard
A successful field trip with a total of 15 people. We covered Yearsley Moor in the morning and had 40 species there with the highlight probably being a minimum of 13 Crossbills, plenty of Siskin and Lesser Redpoll, plus a …
Moor Monkton/Redhouse 12th Feb
Thanks to Neil and Noel for organising the walk. It was good to see such a healthy turnout of Club members: 24 people came along, it was great to welcome those who were on their first trip. Paul has collated …
Bird Race January 8th
Following the Bird race, Paul Doherty said: “Please see below for an update on the 2023 Birdrace. A great result and my sincere thanks to everyone in the York area who either took part or donated or did both. Seven …
St Aidans & Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserves – Sunday 11th December
Some fabulous birding on a day that turned out to be not as cold and much sunnier than we thought it might be. We spent the morning at St Aidan’s (aka Swillington Ings) and then after a lunch break which …
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Teesside 6th November
An intrepid group of 16 made the journey to sample the delights of the North bank of the mouth of the River Tees. Starting at the end of Zinc Works Road, and with the Frutarom factory in full production it …
Spurn / Kilnsea 9th October
Twenty-one people met at Kilnsea Wetland yesterday for the YOC Autumn Spurn trip. We first visited the wetland, where many waders and ducks were present, including Little Stint, Avocet, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Dunlin, Lapwing, Shoveler and Pintail. We then …
Flamborough 11th Sept
A lovely day out at Flamborough today with 14 members of the Club. It was great to welcome some new members too. Our best bird of the day was undoubtedly an Icterine Warbler we found near Old Fall Plantation – …
Pocklington Canal walk 3rd Aug
Ten of us gathered at Hagg Bridge and walked south along the Pocklington Canal in the direction of Storwood. The weather was kind to us and we had some pleasant evening sunshine, though the breeze was probably responsible for the …
Askham Bog Trip 7th July
23 members plus myself gathered at Askham Bog yesterday evening in glorious weather. Two were very new members on their first YOC Club trip, which was great to have them. We didn’t expect to see many birds – and we …