BTO Yorkshire NE

Hi I am RO for the BTO North East Yorkshire region and am looking to try and find some BBS surveyors for the north west corner of the region I cover. I think some of your members venture south west from your main area of operations and was wondering if anyone is interested.

Good to see that despite the virus issues some success has already been achieved by the Scarborough Swift group. Already have a number of boxes up and surveys have already started to find new nest sites. Well done to Richard Scullion for making and erecting the boxes.

@GaryDayes @FlamboroughBird Great views the other day. Must be very small insects it is eating - 100s an hour.

Grey Phalarope, Thornwick Pools @FlamboroughBird showed very well late morning as it swam past and close to the hide. (7/2/20).

Spent the morning putting up 10 tit boxes, 2 treecreeper and 12 bat boxes at Falsgrave Park. Bat walk there May 1st to see what is about

The MAD'S (Make A Difference) volunteers were out in Lealholm at the weekend, clearing scrub from the edges of a species rich grassland, which contains over 60 species of wildflowers, rushes, sedges and grasses. Fancy volunteering? Get involved here 👉 buff.ly/30SF6aR

Planted fifty five mixed native hedging plants today along field top boundary. Hazel, beech, hawthorn, hornbeam, field maple, dog rose, guelder rose, wych elm, crab apple, alder buckthorn, holly & spindle. 😊

@nybirdnews had a run out to @FileyBirdObs this morning. Firecrest by the road near the bottom of church ravine and Yellow Browed warbler on East Side of Filey dams

@WhitbyNats @nybirdnews Adult Med Gull on the beach at Sandsend this morning. Also Red Throated Diver, Male Eider, 2 Ringed Plovers and several Shags

Ash dieback is a fungal disease affecting ash trees across the UK. We have been working with our volunteers @YorksWildlife Grass Wood to tackle dead and dying ash along the paths to keep the site safe for visitors. Open areas will help woodland flowers and butterflies in spring.

Thirty six purple sandpipers below the lighthouse on Whitby West Pier and thirteen goosanders on the Esk at Ruswarp this afternoon. @WhitbyNats @BTOYKNE

Our members and supporters funded over 50 Barn Owl boxes five years ago. Built by @GFutureBuilding and installed by volunteers and staff across Yorkshire, all are still providing safe breeding and roosting sites for Barn Owls, Kestrels and other species. #FridayFeeling

This scrape was put in at Low Carr Farm nr Pickering several years ago and today held three Jack Snipe and at least a dozen Snipe. Wet corners like this are disappearing from the landscape, so we're trying to put some back to help our wildlife. #NatureRecoveryNetwork

Spectacular moonrise murmuration of Starlings visible from North Driffield Ings hides @LDV_NNR @YorkBirding @NaturalEngland @Natures_Voice

Looking back at the 2019 @BBS_birds data from Yorkshire Northeast - a massive THANK YOU to all the volunteers in the region. Over 20 squares were covered & 80.2km racked up along the transects! Anyone with outstanding data for 2019, please post forms to BTO HQ asap. Thank you!

Things we can all do, not just today, but every day: - be kind - ask people how they are (twice) - listen #WorldMentalHealthDay

For every £1 invested in regular nature volunteering projects, which play a part in creating a healthy lifestyle by tackling problems like physical inactivity or loneliness, there is a £8.50 social return

First Redwing of the autumn ringed today by members of @EDRInging near Ripon this morning. The season has begun! @BTO @BTOYKNE @FileyBirdObs #travellersfromoverseas

@WhitbyNats @nybirdnews Yellow Browed Warbler by the cinder path at Hawsker Bottoms and a Redstart at Ness Point.

@WhitbyNats @nybirdnews Short Eared Owl in off and 2 Redstarts at Whitestone Point per Bryan Jobling

Had the privilege of watching this kingfisher at Ruswarp today. @WhitbyNats @BTOYKNE