A change to the advertised event, this will now be a special birthday bash for all Start Birding customers at the award winning Rodley Nature Reserve. Price Free event but booking is essential. All you need to bring is a packed lunch. If you like to bake, it would be great
Continue readingThis week’s Friday breakfast walk will explore Fairburn Ings from the Cut Road entrance in the Village of Fairburn. This gives us a great chance of seeing the resident kingfishers as well as fabulous views of the main bay. Here we’ll look for winter wildfowl including smew, goosander, spinning shoveler
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Start Birding will be offering substantial discounts on all classes taking place during the nesting season (between April and June) when booked at the stall at the Blue Barn. Linda will answer your questions about nest boxes, which ones to choose, where to position them and what birds you can
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Start Birding and Rodley Nature Reserve in partnership Start Birding and Rodley Nature Reserve join forces once again to bring you the 4th Leeds Birdfair on Saturday 22nd June. This is a celebration of the wildlife and green spaces of Leeds. Our aims are to include as many local groups
Continue readingIf you’ve always wanted to learn birdsong then this is the day for you. Birdsong is at its peak in May with both resident and migrant birds singing. On this full day workshop, you’ll spend a half day in the classroom learning about this amazing phenomenon along with some common
Continue readingDiscover the wildlife of the lake, woodland and scrubland of Newmillerdam Country Park. We’ll look for water birds, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, treecreeper, nuthatch, redpoll, siskin and crossbills on this 4 hour trip. Price £35 per person including birdwatching guide, transport, refreshments and a list of birds seen and
Continue readingThis late winter trip will take us to North Duffield Carrs, Thorganby and Weldrake along the River Derwent, south of York. Target birds for the day will be whooper swan, little owl, pintail duck, lapwing and tree sparrow. We’ll also be scanning and listening for early spring migrants. Price £35
Continue readingExplore the Yorkshire Dales countryside and its reservoirs, Gowthwaite and Scar House, for the mountain blackbird, better known as ring ouzel. We’ll also look for newly arrived migrants such as house martin, wheatear, redstart, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap and yellow wagtail. Resident birds, redpoll, coal tit and siskin, will also be
Continue readingThe varied habitats at Woodlesford Lock give us the opportunity to look for birds on the river, canal, woodland and surrounding scrub as we walk to Skelton Lake. We’ll take advantage of the adjoining bridge to visit the two venues together. Our target birds will be kingfisher, little grebe, grey
Continue readingWinter with the WOW factor in Yorkshire. Visit the excellent reserves at Nosterfield and Staveley on one day. Our target birds are pink-footed goose, goldeneye, water rail, willow tit, wigeon, little owl and barn owl. Price £65 per person including refreshments (Packed lunch required). Transport available Meet me at 08:00 at the
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