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Nosterfield – 9th March

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

Places visited:  Nosterfield Quarry, Nosterfield Nature Reserve, and a “drive by” Ladybridge, Langwith and Well flooded fields. 23 members attended and 74 species were recorded (thanks to Paul for keeping the bird list on the day) A sunny but cold …

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Website updates

By YorkOC Posted on 23rd November 2024 Posted in Club News

We are making changes to some of the pages for submitting records to make it easier to submit records to the YOC Recorder for rarities. Please bear with us over this weekend if pages look a bit strange. Rarity records …

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Teesmouth trip 10th November

By YorkOC Posted on 13th November 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

YOC Field Trip Sunday 10th Nov 2024. Places visited: Hartlepool Headland, Seaton Carew, Seaton Snook, Coatham Marsh & Greatham Creek. It was a full day out starting at Borough Hall Gardens, Hartlepool Headland at 8.30am and it was about 4.30pm …

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Spurn / Kilnsea – 7th October

By YorkOC Posted on 7th October 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

Yesterday,16 of us met up at Kilnsea Wetlands for the club trip to the Spurn area. We arrived after high tide but the water was still covering the estuary, so we started at the wetlands to look for roosting waders. …

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Flamborough Head, 9th Sept 24

By YorkOC Posted on 9th September 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

Despite a mostly foggy day (which killed any prospect of a seawatch!) 13 club members braved the conditions and had a wonderful day birding Flamborough Head.  Meeting at the lighthouse car park, we started at the Golf Course Willows, where …

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Gazetteer can be downloaded from website

By YorkOC Posted on 28th August 2024 Posted in Club News, Sightings

The annual report has for a number of years included a gazetteer of sites in the area, including OS grid references. A full list of these sites can now be downloaded as a pdf by clicking this button. If you …

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Alkborough Flats – August 4th

By YorkOC Posted on 9th August 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

A small group of 8 birders enjoyed an excellent day out at Alkborough Flats on Sunday (4th August) for the YOC Club trip. Size isn’t everything, or so they say, but it meant we were all able to access the …

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Potteric Carr 9th June

By YorkOC Posted on 7th July 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

Sixteen members met up for a day at Potteric Carr. Highlights were Bittern and Hobby. Thanks to John for leading.

Kirkham Priory – Sunday 7th July

By YorkOC Posted on 7th July 2024 Posted in Trip Reports

Six of us met at Kirkham Priory at 8am this morning and walked along the west bank of the River Derwent, returning to the car park at midday. The weather was kind to us, with light winds, some sunshine and …

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Tom’s Ponds at Bank Island

By Duncan Bye Posted on 23rd May 2024 Posted in Club News

In memory of YOC stalwart Tom Lawson who died in July 2022, his estate along with YOC, The Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley and Natural England put together funding to improve the scrapes in front of the first (William …

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