Sat 14th Mar 26
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
The Mystery of the Whitby Garlic Stones
Liam Herringshaw
Trace fossils burrows borings tracks represent the fossilized behaviour of living things
Maybe new insight into the affects of rapid climate change on sea floor life
Member £1
Visitors £2
Sat 14th Mar 26
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
The Mystery of the Whitby Garlic Stones
Liam Herringshaw
Trace fossils burrows borings tracks represent the fossilized behaviour of living things
Maybe new insight into the affects of rapid climate change on sea floor life
Member £1
Visitors £2
Louven Moor, North York Moors, Fylingdales. Foggy day in March. Showing disturbed Bronze Age barrow and modern boundary stone.
Louven Howe, North York Moors, Fylingdales. Disturbed Bronze Age barrow and modern boundary stone. Delisted from Heritage list but still cared for by Forestry England. Not bulldozed to create a fire break last year. Archaeological remains are being recorded and assessed.
Sorry should say fossilized
Very sad
Slavonian Grebe Scaling Dam picked up dead this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social
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
52 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
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...
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
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
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
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
All welcome
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
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
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.
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
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
18 Goosander at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
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
