@whitbynats.bsky.social
Interests in natural history, geology, local history and archaeology. Active in conservation, recording, education. Lectures, field trips & visits, workshops, surveys.
Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
A pair of Gadwall on the mud on the tidal stretch of the Esk this morning were only the second ever record for my Ruswarp patch. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
19.11.2025 15:11 — 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Distant Long Tailed Duck in the nature reserve at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
16.11.2025 13:33 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A nice days local birding with Short Eared Owl, 4 Woodcocks, Chiffchaff and a few Goldcrests at Hawsker Bottoms this am and Snow Bunting and 14 Brent Geese at Laithes farm this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
15.11.2025 17:56 — 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Wildlife and history in this presentation.
15.11.2025 10:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Come and see the Whitby connection.
11.11.2025 12:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
A Corn Bunting near Widdy Field this morning was only my second Whitby Record. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
09.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
4 Snow Buntings still on the sea wall at Whitby this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
02.11.2025 10:07 — 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Ruins of Old Mulgrave castle in Mulgrave Woods, Lythe, North Yorkshire
Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
19.10.2025 12:38 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ruins of Old Mulgrave castle in Mulgrave Woods, Lythe, North Yorkshire
Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
19.10.2025 12:38 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Whooper Swan and 18 Pink Feet at Harwood Dale Lake this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
12.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
5 of the 13 Whooper Swans currently on Scaling Dam. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
05.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Had an excellent 2.5 hours Whale watching with Whitby Coastal Cruises this morning. Hard to give an exact number but about 12 Minkies were seen. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
29.09.2025 12:20 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
'Pebbles on the Beach at Stoupe Beck ' with Tony Kearsley
Sun 21st Sept 2025 10 am, new date
Meet at Boggle Hole slipway
Parking on Mill Bank YO22 4UQ
Steep walk down
Walk along beach to Stoupe Beck
Examine diverse pebbles from many different places
Returning to BH YHA to review + refreshments
Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Pied Flycatcher in the Willows at Whitestone Point this evening. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
09.09.2025 18:37 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Tonight's Lunar eclipse. @whitbynats.bsky.social
07.09.2025 19:40 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Poster advertising a talk on Remembering St Hilda from the 7th to the 21st century in Whitby on Monday 8 September at the Coliseum. It's got a picture of St Hilda's well in Hinderwell and one of the window in St Hilda's church West Cliff.
Haven't got long to get this presentation finished! How to keep it to an hour?
02.09.2025 11:21 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
3 Whinchats and 4 Wheatears at Ness Point this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
02.09.2025 13:58 — 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
