A cracking drake Red Breasted Merganser on the Esk above the New Bridge this afternoon and just inside my Ruswarp patch Boundry. Thanks to Eddie Clarke for the heads up. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
09.03.2026 17:10 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 052 Species on a walk around Scaling Dam with Mark E. No sign of Slav Grebe but 15 Whoopers flew NW, displaying Snipe, Dunlin, 2 Chiffchaffs, Barnacle Goose, several Goldeneye and Goosanders. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
07.03.2026 11:52 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 7th March 26
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Changed from published talk
Moors and Seas
1 Wendy English to talk on measures to monitor restoration and recovery after extensive moorland fire
2 A film by Open Seas Scotland about scallop fisheries, sustainable fishing.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Sat 7th March 26
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Changed from published talk
Moors and Seas
1 Wendy English to talk on measures to monitor restoration and recovery after extensive moorland fire
2 A film by Open Seas Scotland about scallop fisheries, sustainable fishing.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Sat 28th Feb 2026
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The influence of last glaciation (Devensian) of the landscape of NE Yorkshire
By Tim Burnhill
Tim will illustrate the North York Moors landscape using high res DEM images focusing on Eskdale ice front in Devensian times
Members £1
Visitors £2
Hawks & Doves my new blog on Yorkshire Coast Nature. Personal reflections on two of the most charismatic species in the North York Moors National Park. Link for blog below: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/451/haw...
23.02.2026 07:38 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Sat 21st Feb 2026
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
How can bringing art and science together create new ways of looking at nature?
By Alice Sharp Director of Invisible Dust
Are we going ever faster with our digital lifestyles and disregarding the seasons?
Members £1 Visitors £2
All welcome
Results of the 2025 Whitby Naturalists Photography competition
1st 'The unseen world'
Slime mould Physarum sp.
Graham Featherstone
2nd 'Do I need a shave'
Weevil
Graham Featherstone
3rd 'Wait for me Mum'
Bottlenose Dolphins Mothers and calves
Elaine Tranter
Geese numbers have increased at Ruswarp this morning with 2 Bean and 14 Whitefronts. Also 6 Teal, 3 Wigeon, female Blackcap and Woodcock. 2 drake Eiders and a Shag from Whitby east pier. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
18.02.2026 16:11 — 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A brilliant couple of hours on my Ruswarp patch with Bryan Jobling this morning. 14 Whitefronts, 1 Bean Gooose, 1 Pink Footed Goose, 3 Wigeon and a calling Water Rail. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
15.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Sat 21st Feb 2026
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
How can bringing art and science together create new ways of looking at nature?
By Alice Sharp Director of Invisible Dust
Are we going ever faster with our digital lifestyles and disregarding the seasons?
Members £1 Visitors £2
All welcome
After seeing the reported shorelark at Overdale Wyke between Goldsborough and Sandsend we went to Scaling Dam for Slav Grebe, Scaup, 7 Whitefronts, 6 Pochards, 2 Shovelers and 10+ Goosanders @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
14.02.2026 19:04 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Snowdrop walk at Sandsend to Old Mulgrave Castle with Marian Brockway is rescheduled from 15th February to 22nd February 10am due to the weather and ground conditions.
All welcome .
Council car park bottom of Lythe Bank
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS
Rescheduled to Sun 22nd February
Slav Grebe still at Scaling this morning, no sign of yesterday's Red Breasted Merganser on the Esk and then failed to find the Black Redstart in the rain at Robin Hoods Bay this afternoon. A Bar Tailed Godwit on the beach. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
10.02.2026 15:13 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0All welcome
08.02.2026 09:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Snowdrop walk with Marian Brockway
Sun 15th Feb 10am
To the old Mulgrave Castle
Meet at SB car park bottom of Lythe Bank Sandsend YO21 3TG
Circular walk up West Beck , the castle and the old sawmill around 12.30 pm.
Followed by coffee at Wits End Cafe.
15 Goosander, 5 Pink Feet, 6 Pochard, Shelduck, 9 Goldeneye, 3 Great Crested Grebes and 26 Cormorants at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
07.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
2 Tundra Bean Geese and a few Whitefronts still at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
01.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Just back from a fantastic week birding in Norfolk. 120 Species inc Snow Goose in Lincs on Route, Black Winged Kite, Eastern Black Redstart, Black Bellied Dipper, Cranes, Iceland and Caspian Gulls, Bean Geese, Hen Harriers, Firecrest, Water Rail, Long Tailed Duck, Short Eared Owl, Red Necked Grebe.
30.01.2026 17:49 — 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
An enjoyable morning at Saltwick Bay with Bar Tailed Godwit, 4 Eiders, 3 Purple Sands, 2 Teal, 8 Gannets, 2 Red Throated Divers and 19 Pink Feet flew south. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
21.01.2026 12:30 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
3 Brent Geese on Whitby Golf course this afternoon. Thanks to Elaine Hoyle for the heads up. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
17.01.2026 15:28 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 018 Goosander at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
17.01.2026 11:54 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
At least 8 Brambling in a large mixed finch flock at Key Green near Egton Bridge. 3 Purple Sands and a Red Throated Diver from Whitby west pier. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
14.01.2026 12:01 — 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A 7am start and a 10 mile circuit from home doing the Yorkshire bird race. 62 Species including Jack and Common Snipe, Barn, Little and Tawny Owls, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Golden Plover and 5 Goosander. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
04.01.2026 16:33 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Good weather to start.
Alexanders
Wild carrot on railway track
Geranium pusillum
48 species for our #NewYearPlantHunt around Whitby Upper Harbour, including several not seen before. Threatened snow held off till we finished. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
02.01.2026 15:39 — 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
39 species at Scaling Dam this morning including 5 White Fronts, Pink Feet, Long Tailed Duck and Willow Tit. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
01.01.2026 11:40 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Snow Bunting still on the approach road to Whitestone Point between the cattle grid and the houses. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
27.12.2025 10:54 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
On Fri 2nd Jan at 10am @whitbynats.bsky.social will begin their annual @bsbibotany.bsky.social #newyearplanthunt around Whitby Upper Harbour from the Swing Bridge. Last year's top 3 species, Daisy, Dandelion & Groundsel, are definitely on the route. 31 species last year - this year?
All welcome.
Great Grey Shrike still in Harwood Dale forest this morning though distant. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
24.12.2025 10:01 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0