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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'

YCN Wildlife & Birding Trips - October 2025
YCN Wildlife & Birding Trips - October 2025

Sun 2nd Nov, 2025

October is a month we all look forward to. As it’s one of the key months for bird migration we try to pack in as many birding trips as possible.

Spurn Migration Magic!
Spurn Migration Magic!

Sun 26th Oct, 2025

Last week I was guiding every day at the mighty Spurn Bird Observatory, with a different team of six (consistently lovely, of course!) clients every day.