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Spurn Migration Festival 2016

Spurn Migration Festival 9-11 September 2016

Spurn Migration Festival 2016

Spurn Migration Festival 9-11 September 2016

Bird migration is one of the great wonders of the natural world and the Spurn Peninsula on Yorkshire’s East Coast is arguably the best place in Britain to witness this spectacle. This fantastic festival is hosted at Westmere Farm, in partnership with SBO and BTO

YCN will have a stall at the event and hosting a free guided walk read on for more detail:

YCN free guided birding walks:

Wader ID for beginners

10:00 Saturday and 10:00 Sunday. Join us for a relaxed and learning wader discovery walk with Richard Baines and Linda Jenkinson (Start Birding)

There is lots off great stuff happening with Spurn Bird Observatory Trust 

  • Guided migration watches (visible migration aka ‘vis-migging’)
  • Sea-watching 
  • Searching for Migrants’ walks
  • Bird ringing demonstrations
  • Wader watching on high tide roosts
  • Moth trap demonstration
  • Plant and insect walks
  • Illustrated inspirational talks by experts
  • A hog roast on Saturday at Westmere Farm 

Accommodation is limited so book early!

Tickets

The event has a limited number of tickets available so it is better to book soon to save disappointment!

Tickets are ONLY available from Spurn Bird Observatory Migration Festival web site here

http://spurnmigfest.com  or by telephoning the BTO on 01842 750050

For more information, see also: Spurn Bird Observatory

Spurn Migration Festival 2016

Richard Baines PGdip MCIEEM

Company Director And Birding/Wildlife Guide

Richard’s love of birds and wildlife started at age nine when he watched wide eyed as a charm of European Goldfinch fed on a thistle within a few feet of him in the grounds of his primary school. The next day he was busy drawing the flock in his art class./tutors/2/richard-baines-pgdip-mcieem

Spurn Migration Festival 2016

Mark Pearson BSc Hons

Birding/Wildlife Guide

Mark is an obsessive Yorkshire coast birder and naturalist whose roles include wildlife guide, ecologist, speaker, writer and educator. He is well known as a passionate, exceptional communicator, whether in the field with YCN clients, in the classroom with/tutors/6/mark-pearson-bsc-hons

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    • Thu 1st Jan - 12.00am

    • 2 hours

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    • £1

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