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Spurn Birding Holiday - Autumn Migrants 2024
Spurn/Kilnsea
Spurn is one of the top Bird Observatories in the UK for bird migration. The unique long, narrow hook of Spurn at the southern end of the Holderness coastline encourages birds to follow the narrow peninsular concentrating numbers of birds in a relatively small area.
Spurn Birding Holiday - Autumn Migrants 2024
Spurn is one of the top Bird Observatories in the UK for bird migration. The unique long, narrow hook of Spurn at the southern end of the Holderness coastline encourages birds to follow the narrow peninsular concentrating numbers of birds in a relatively small area.
A great place for finding and studying common migrants from Scandinavian thrushes to terns and wildfowl. Spurn is also one of the top sites in the UK for rare and scarce birds. In the last five years our YCN trips to Spurn have encountered Masked Shrike, Olive-backed Pipit, Great Grey Shrike, Long-billed Dowitcher and Siberian Accentor!
Adjacent to the peninsular is the vast Humber Estuary, home in autumn and winter to hundreds of thousands of waders such as Red Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew and grey Plover. These fantastic flocks make impressive viewing on the mudflats and saltmarsh as they create wonder murmirations over the mudflats.
YCN make a large donation to Spurn Bird Observatory every year from the profits of our trips. To see how your trip makes a difference Click Here
Full board accommodation and meals are provided by Westmere Farm in Kilnsea and The Crown and Anchor pub.
Dates: August 26th - 30th. October 14th - 18th and October 28th - November 1st 2024
Level: Beginners and intermediate
Places: Up to 8
Leaders Richard Baines
Price: £595.00/person for a shared room. An additional £75 for single occupancy
What’s included: Full board for the 5 day tour with four nights' accommodation, and one expert guide.
To Book: Please use the booking facility below, complete the booking form and we will then get in touch with you to finalise the booking. Any queries please give YCN a call on 07747753260.
Queries: Contact Yorkshire Coast Nature. richard.baines@yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk
Richard Baines PGdip MCIEEM
Company Director And Birding/Wildlife Guide
Richard’s love of birds and wildlife started at age nine when he watched wide eyed as a charm of European Goldfinch fed on a thistle within a few feet of him in the grounds of his primary school. The next day he was busy drawing the flock in his art class./tutors/2/richard-baines-pgdip-mcieem
John McLoughlin BSc Hons
Birding/Wildlife Guide
John, better known as "Johnny Mac", is an experienced bird and wildlife tour leader. Born in Doncaster, he has had a life-long love of nature. He was inspired early in life whilst witnessing a pair of displaying Great Crested Grebes and watching the RSPB/tutors/21/john-mcloughlin-bsc-hons
Paul Robinson
Spurn/Kilnsea
Just returned from a wonderful 5-day trip to Spurn with Yorkshire Coast Nature. The two leaders, Richard Baines and Mark James Pearson were brilliant. Incredible knowledge of birds and calls combined with a passionate boyish enthusiasm ensured a great time was had by all. Despite the lack of perfect weather conditions, we still managed to see over 100 species! Many thanks guys. We'll be back for more next year. Paul Robinson October 2020
Christine Leon
Spurn/Kilnsea
What a brilliant trip! I cant tell you how much I enjoyed the entire week. It’s the first time I’ve had what felt like total immersion in birding over a number of days. I’m so grateful to you both for sharing your amazingly deep knowledge with us all and for being so patient in having to point out the same key features on birds over and again. That’s exactly what I needed.