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Staveley and Ripon City Wetlands – 09/11/25

By YorkOC Posted on 10th November 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

26 of us gathered at the car park at Staveley Nature Reserve yesterday morning (9th November) and having split into two groups we proceeded to explore the reserve. The fog was reluctant to clear, but eventually relented and we ended …

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Spurn / Kilnsea 12th October

By YorkOC Posted on 13th October 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

The Spurn trip is usually very popular and this was no different with twenty three members starting our birding near the gate at the Warren to look through the waders as the tide came in. Though the visibility was poor …

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Flamborough Head 8th September

By YorkOC Posted on 8th September 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

19 of us met at Flamborough Head at 8am (though the count was a little higher according to Duncan!). A Wheatear perched on a chimney pot was a good start. We headed down to the fog station with a keen …

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Blacktoft Sands 3rd August

By YorkOC Posted on 4th August 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

Twelve of us met at Blacktoft on Sunday morning (in the rain, but it soon cleared). The birding was excellent. Highlights included: Good wader numbers and species on the eastern lagoons. Black-tailed godwits, Green sandpipers, and Spotted redshanks were showing …

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Pocklington Canal 22nd July

By YorkOC Posted on 30th July 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

Fifteen Club members met at Hagg Bridge, between Sutton-on-Derwent and Storwood, at 6.30 for an evening walk down the west side of the Canal. In pleasant sunny but slightly cooler weather, and having split into two groups, we started rather …

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Allerthorpe Common walk 6th July

By YorkOC Posted on 6th July 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

The club walk at Allerthorpe Common this morning started at 8am, just as the clouds were beginning to thicken up. From the gate by the car park, we walked the southern perimeter within the woodland, noting several species calling and …

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Wykeham Forest & Bempton Cliffs

By YorkOC Posted on 9th June 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

This month’s club trip on 8th June started with a morning at Wykeham Forest. There were sixteen in the group and, having discussed our surprise at how many trees had been felled by the raptor viewpoint car park, we started …

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Flamborough Head 11th May

By YorkOC Posted on 12th May 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

A group of 14 intrepid birders swapped their buckets and spades for Scopes and Binoculars for what was a very hot and sunny day birding at the seaside. The weather was perfect for the myriad day-trippers who descended upon Flambrough …

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Dawn Chorus walk at Skipwith Common – 4th May

By YorkOC Posted on 10th May 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

An impressive eleven hardy souls met on the Common at 4.30 on what was a bright and sunny, though bitterly cold, morning and enjoyed a walk lasting about three hours. In contrast to last year’s significantly wetter Spring we were …

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Dearne Valley 6th April

By YorkOC Posted on 7th April 2025 Posted in Trip Reports

Sixteen of us enjoyed wall to wall sunshine on an excellent trip to the Dearne Valley yesterday (Sunday 6th April). We had a very good total of 78 species. Our route was Wombwell Ings, Old Moor RSPB, Adwick Washlands RSPB …

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