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Year-round wildlife alerts and top tips on common wildlife to look out for on the coast of North and East Yorkshire
Dragons and Damsels
Fri 17th Jul, 2026
‘Did you hear that? it sounded like flying tin foil’ A female golden-ringed dragonfly buzzed passed us at close range showing off her sparkling wings ‘Wow’
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...
Check your Blackbirds!
Mon 20th Oct, 2025
Such was the rallying cry last week as I guided a different team of six lovely clients every day at the mighty Spurn Bird Observatory.
The Nightingale of the North
Sun 24th Aug, 2025
“Do you have Nightingales in these forests Richard? Merlin has just picked one up” It was late May 2025 and I was leading one of my Nightjar Safaris in the Great Yorkshire Forest.
Razorbills on the Rise
Mon 4th Aug, 2025
This is my eleventh year of leading coastal Seabird and Whale boat trips from Staithes along the beautiful Jurassic coastline of the North York Moors National Park.