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 – …
Category: Trip Reports
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 …
Rutland Water trip 12th June
Just one car load of us convened at the Anglia Water car park at Rutland Water NR yesterday but our day out there was well worth the long drive. We had fun exploring parts we have not done before on …
Spurn 8th May
Beautiful weather at Spurn all day, though rather chillier than the sun would suggest, was some consolation for a quieter day than hoped for the time of year, with still no Swifts being a notable absence on the summer migrant …
Whimbrel roost trip 24 April
There was a good turn out for our walk at Wheldrake Ings yesterday, on what proved to be a very chilly and windy evening. We met at Bank Island where a Green Sandpiper was on view on the scrape below, …
Ripon City Wetlands and Nosterfield Quarries – 10th April
17 of us gathered at Ripon City Wetlands on a glorious spring morning, followed by a visit to the restored quarry at Nosterfield, and then lunch and a third walk round the working Nosterfield quarry. In all we tallied 73 …
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Teesdale trip 3rd April
We convened at the Black Grouse Lek site between 6.30 am and 7am (some people wisely having chosen to stay in the area, they got to lie in to 6 am) and were treated to probably the best lek ever …
Dearne Valley trip
A bright, sunny day (though bitingly cold when the wind did get up a bit) saw 13 of us head to the Dearne Valley on Sunday 6th March. We met at Broomhill Flash car park and spent about 40 minutes …
February’s trip change of date
Paul posted the following on the YorkBirding email group this afternoon: I’m really sorry about this, but all three of my main weather sources (Met Office, BBC and XC Weather) show winds in the 40 to 50mph range at midday …