FBOG’s seawatching hide and East Lea Reserve remain closed for the time being. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust hides at Filey Dams will be opening from Wednesday 7th July, with social distancing measures in place. Please respect these measures. If there are people waiting to enter a hide, please be courteous and let other birders have a
It is with great sadness that we have to report that Peter Dunn, FBOG Chairman, passed away Friday 15th May after a short stay in Saint Catherine’s Hospice in Scarborough. Our thoughts are with his wife Kath and his family at this very sad time.
FBOG Newsletter April 2020
As you are now aware, we’ve made the difficult decision to discourage access to our nature reserves because of the Coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic. Where possible, we will be closing gates and facilities at our nature reserves. However, as they are natural spaces it is not always possible to secure them; particularly where there are public
In this first week of ‘lock-down’ it has been difficult in not letting the mind wander to spring migration on the coast and to start reminiscing on years gone by. For those of you who are lucky to live locally enough to do your daily exercise walk along the coastal paths or reserve at Filey,
COVID-19 VIRUS STATEMENT – FBOG Following the stricter rules from the Government to fight this pandemic, it saddens us to say this but to maintain the new government directions and in consultation with the YWT we will be locking the hides at Filey Dams, the gate to East Lea and the seawatch hide. Please do
Plenty of Bottlenose Dolphin activity off our stretch of the coast has included two offshore today and three offshore on 20th (as well as sightings at various other coastal watch-points). a Great Egret at the Dams on 21st and 22nd has been the pick of bird sightings, with up to two Greenshanks, a Little Ringed
Notables over recent days include a Turtle Dove on Long Hedge today (the first, and hopefully not last, of the year) and a brief Temminck’s Stint at the Dams, which attracted a superb summer plumage Spotted Redshank on the 17th and 18th. The Dams is also hosting up to five Common Sandpipers, three Greenshank, a
Today’s highlight was a male European Honey-buzzard which came in off the sea and headed SW at Reighton Sands at 1145hrs. Yesterday (14th), a Whinchat was in the Rocket Pole Field, and a Fieldfare and two Sanderlings were on the Brigg, while on 13th, four Wheatears were on Carr Naze. A busy 11th saw two
A scattering of new migrants today included a Pied Flycatcher in the Top Scrub, two Whinchats at the Tip and a small upsurge in Willow Warblers and Sylvias, while on the sea, an Arctic Skua and 45 Sandwich Terns went north; a single Great Northern Diver remained in the bay, and the Greenshank, Redshank, Dunlin
