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My Favourite Yorkshire Birding Day 2025 - Mark Pearson
My Favourite Yorkshire Birding Day 2025 - Mark Pearson

Tue 9th Dec, 2025

When Rich asked for my favourite Yorkshire birding day of 2025, I was immediately spoiled for choice. With so many great guiding days and personal birding days to choose from, it was always going...

Outstray Waders - 25/11/25
Outstray Waders - 25/11/25

Wed 26th Nov, 2025

A few years ago, I was introduced to the collective noun ‘an inspiration of waders’ by Rick Simpson of Wader Quest. A fabulous descriptive term for what is a real wonder of nature.  

Direct Action: The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)
Direct Action: The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS)

Fri 21st Nov, 2025

Yorkshire Coast Nature Birding & Wildlife Trips Director Richard Baines has just made a donation of £500 from this year’s trip funds to CABS. At YCN we are passionate about making a difference for...

Sleeping Beauties
Sleeping Beauties

Fri 14th Nov, 2025

A dark evening during November in Scarborough Cricket Club’s function room was the last place I expected to see a butterfly! As I set up my projector to deliver a talk on the Wildlife of the North...

BTO Review The Rarity Garden
BTO Review The Rarity Garden

Wed 5th Nov, 2025

'An extraordinarily lovely memoir of Sorts'