We had a bumper turnout for the trip today, with 20 of us enjoying the beautiful sunshine in upper Teesdale. The road from Barnard Castle had been reopened after recent repairs following a landslide, so we headed for Langdon Beck …
This is just a reminder that in 2016 the Club are carrying out a survey of Curlews. They occur fairly widely across the club area with an obvious stronghold in the Lower Derwent Valley. However there was a 46% decline …
The intrepid 12 headed east from York just after 7am, on a fairly clear, cold Sunday morning. With a roadside Buzzard the only bird of note on the journey to the coast, we arrived at Filey Country Park not long …
As many of you will remember we did a survey of Cuckoos in the club area last year. A lot of people contributed records and the results will be written up in the 2015 report and will give us valuable …
Tim Jones, assisted by Chris, Jack and Ollie, lead a very well attended gull demo/field trip this morning at Rufforth. The turnout was one of the highest ever in recent times for a field trip with 21 people including the …
An American Wigeon has been present at Castle Howard Great Lake since Friday and has been reported again this morning. Keep an eye on the @YorkBirding Twitter feed on the home page for the latest news.
Nine members spent most of the day around the Derwent Valley on 7th, meeting some other members on site who had gone for the Great Skua. Some 70 species were seen and, as well as the Great Skua, other highlights …
A Great Skua (Bonxie) was found at Wheldrake Ings on Thursday morning. Yesterday Ollie Metcalf described its attack on a Grey Heron: “Amazing spectacle at Wheldrake this morning. I arrived at 08.15 when the bonxie was sat peacefully on the edge …
January’s YOC trip was to the East Coast, it was a decent turnout with 13 people coming along. Having driven through heavy rain, we were rather concerned about whether starting at Filey Brigg was a good idea. However, the rain …
Chris Gomersall posted to the YorkBirding Google group this evening about a superb set of gull records at Rufforth. “A remarkable day today at Rufforth, between Dave Foster and myself we had a minimum of 13! Caspian gulls ( 6x …