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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 – …