Hes East evening walk 31st Aug
On a lovely sunny evening, a new club record of 26 of us joined John at Heslington Church car park to set off on a walk round Heslington East. Views from this end of the lake yielded a couple of …
Wheldrake work party
On Saturday 13th August, Craig Ralston organised a work party at Wheldrake Ings aimed at club members. It was an enjoyable and rewarding day’s hard work. Here’s a summary in Craig’s words: “Just a quick one to say thanks to all …
Colour-ringed Little Egrets
Duncan Bye noted two colour-ringed Little Egrets at Wheldrake Ings among the large count of 26 Grey Heron and 16 Little Egret at the Pool hide on the morning of the 23rd July. He has received details back from the ringers: J9 = …
Evening walk along POCKLINGTON CANAL 26th July
YOC evening walk along POCKLINGTON CANAL from Hagg Bridge on 26th July Despite being rather overcast, a near club record of twenty two of us joined Terry at 7pm for an evening walk along the canal from Hagg Bridge walking …
June Field Trip to SE77
Sunday was the last outing before the Summer and 14 members went to SE77 ( The North East section of the Club recording area) This area is in part under recorded although to the South it contains Castle Howard Lake and …
Norfolk Weekend 13-15th May
A total of fifteen of us went on the weekend trip to Norfolk, six of us setting off on Friday morning and going via Whisby and Frampton Marsh to meet up with the other nine who were already there having been on …
East Coast trip 8th May
13 Members went to Spurn and had a reasonable day. Max temp was 15 and not the heat of York but it was sunny. We had some 72 species and highlights were. Little Egrets, Brent geese, Avocets, Common Sand, Short-eared …
Nightjar field season helpers wanted
You may remember that Lucy Ryan spoke to us in March about her PhD study on Nightjars. She is looking for volunteers to help with Moth trapping Nest searching from June to August at her study site. For further information, …
Strensall Common evening walk
Report by Peter Reed Despite the gloomy prospects, after hail storms in parts of York and Strensall a few hours before, a optimistic group of about 12 met for this evening walk. At the last minutes, the venue had be …
Strensall Trip – change of meeting place
Just a reminder of this week’s evening visit on Wednesday 27th at 7pm to Strensall Common, which is still ‘on’. However, due to military use of the southern part we were due to visit, we will have to visit the …