The annual photographic competition was held last night, 1st December. Attendees enjoyed a range of high quality images, the short list was judged by Jean Smith and Paul Doherty and the following were voted to be winners. World – Terry Weston’s …
The annual roost of Pied Wagtails in Parliament Street is building up. There were at least 350 on Thursday and yesterday, per @YorkBirding Twitter feed, there were 750. They are well worth visiting and don’t seem to worry about the …
8 Members defied the forecast on Sunday. With nothing outstanding reported from the coast on Saturday there was no obvious preferred site but with heavy rains and strong winds from midday it was agreed to go to Saltholme because of the …
The LDV blog and Facebook sites have announced a new charitable ‘friends of’ trust to support wider conservation and promotion of the NNRs. To help raise money for this they have produced an attractive calendar for 2016. More details can …
Craig Ralston of Natural England reported that a Cetti’s Warbler was discovered when it was caught and ringed at Wheldrake Ings on 31st Oct. Another was caught and ringed in the valley on the morning of 3rd November – so definitely one …
The York Ornithological Club 2014 Report is now available. Members will receive a copy at the December meeting or, failing that, by post. Non-members can buy a copy at the December meeting or use the contact form to order at £7.50 …
Ten members went on a long weekend to Northumberland based on Seahouses from 23rd to 25th October. Unfortunately the recent easterly winds had changed into the west a few days before and most of the migrants had moved on. The bad rain forecast …
The Lower Derwent Valley blog has been updated with a summary of sightings from September at http://ldvnnr.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_29.html. Visit the post to read about what was sighted and ringed. Highlights include a continental Great Spotted Woodpecker of the race D. m. major.
The YOC report for 2014 has been printed and will be available to members at the meeting on Tuesday 3rd November. For those not able to attend, it will either be held to December or posted out depending on numbers (to …
The club’s East Coast trip headed for Spurn today with 10 people. First stop was the Easington cemetery but that was quiet so then on to Sammy’s Point where there were large numbers of Goldcrests in the bushes. On the Humber there was …