Flamborough Head 8th September
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 …
Blacktoft Sands 3rd August
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 …
Pocklington Canal 22nd July
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 …
Allerthorpe Common walk 6th July
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 …
Wykeham Forest & Bempton Cliffs
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 …
Flamborough Head 11th May
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 …
Dawn Chorus walk at Skipwith Common – 4th May
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 …
Dearne Valley 6th April
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 …
Nosterfield – 9th March
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 …
Website updates
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 …