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 …
Category: Trip Reports
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 …
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, …