17th Oct 2026 2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum Hidden Treasures and Ghost Signs By Pete Craggs Ghost signs include adverts on gable ends , painted illustrations, glazed tiles or carved stonework. Whitby Civic Society aim to protect and record the heritage of the town . Members £1 Visitors £2

A couple of Purple Sandpipers on the scar at Saltwick Bay this morning. Also about 20 Redwings along the Approach road. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Ruff, Dunlin, Drake Mandarin, 29 Pink Feet and 3 Goldeneye at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Sat 10th Oct 2026 2 pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum Clues in the landscape to the history of the North York Moors Jane Ellis Learn more about local history . Jane was lecture secretary for the Industrial History Section of Yorkshire Archaeological and History Society. Members £1 Visitors £2

Sat 10th Oct 2026 2 pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum Clues in the landscape to the history of the North York Moors Jane Ellis Learn more about local history . Jane was lecture secretary for the Industrial History Section of Yorkshire Archaeological and History Society. Members £1 Visitors £2

Short Eared Owl flushed by a tractor at Whitby Laithes Farm this afternoon and flew towards Whitestone Point. Yellow-browed still in the Willows at Whitestone. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

2 Yellow-browed Warblers in Raindale at Ness point and 2 more in the clump of trees by the cinder track below Bottom House Farm at Hawsker Bottoms. Also several Brambling, Siskin and lots of Song Thrushes. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

3rd Oct 2026 2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum Linking Levisham landscape recovery project HannahKingsbury, project manager Giving us an overview of the landscape recovery project in the NYMNP on a 20 year agreement focussing on land management monitoring and evaluation Members £1 Visitors £2

3rd Oct 2026 2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum Linking Levisham landscape recovery project HannahKingsbury, project manager Giving us an overview of the landscape recovery project in the NYMNP on a 20 year agreement focussing on land management monitoring and evaluation Members £1 Visitors £2

A bit of a Wader fest at Saltwick Bay this morning with 2 Grey Plover, 2 Knot, 7 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plovers. C120 Pink Feet Flew south. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

An excellent 3 hours with Whitby coastal cruises. Juvenile Long Tailed Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 4 Manxies, 7 Shelduck, 3 Red Throated Divers, several flocks of Teal and Common Scoter, Minke's, Dolphins and Porpoise. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #PWC2026

33 Pink Feet, 3 Dunlin, 3 Pintail and 2 Wigeon at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Isn't patch watching brilliant. Tufted Duck isn't annual for me at Whitby on my #PWC2026 10km from home patch so after a tip off yesterday, a major twitch was on. A 3 mile walk for only 1 point but it was we'll worth it. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

1 Ruff, 1 Green and 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Goosander and 3 Gadwall at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Little Stint, Ringed and Little Ringed Plovers, Greenshank, Common Sand, 5 Dunlin, 2 Wigeon and 4 Little Egrets at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Common Emerald Damselfly and Southern Hawker seen in Harwood Dale, N. Yorkshire today. @whitbynats.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk

5 hours at Hawsker Bottoms/Ness Point this morning. 3 Pied Flycatchers, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear and a Lesser Whitethroat. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

2 Pied and 1 Spotted fly at Hawsker Bottoms this evening and another Pied at Saltwick Bay this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

This Oystetcatcher was a bit different at Kettleness this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Great White Egret in front of the hide at Scaling Dam this afternoon. Also 2 Greenshank, 3 Dunlin, shoveler and Wigeon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

An excellent morning at Scaling Dam with Wood Sand, Greenshank, 3 Dunlin, 7 Common Sands, juvenile Med Gull and Shoveler. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Adult and juvenile Med Gulls, 3 Dunlin, Greenshank, Black Tailed Godwit, Little Egret and Stock Dove at Scaling Dam this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Cracking views of 2 Kingfishers from Ruswarp Bridge this morning. Also the long staying Red Breasted Merganser still present and 3 Little Egrets. Lesser Whitethroat by the railway path. With @horsemad.bsky.social @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Juvenile Cuckoo by the Cleveland Way and 5 Bottle Nose Dolphins went north at Whitestone point this evening. Also 5 singing Quail still around Laithes farm and 2 more at Whitestone. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

An enjoyable couple of hours in the hide at Scaling Dam last night. Juvenile Med Gull, juvenile Dunlin, Black Tailed Godwit, Little Egret and female Goosander. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

A ringed Pied Flycatcher at a local site this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Both Quail and Grasshopper Warbler Singing at Kettleness this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Sedge Warbler at Saltwick Bay this morning. I don't see many close to home so a nice addition to my #PWC2026 10km. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

Little Stint at Scaling Dam on far side from the hide to the left of the conifers. Also Common Tern earler. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social

Osprey just flown west at Scaling Dam towards Lockwood Beck. Also Knot, Turnstone and 2 Gadwall. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social