Year-round wildlife alerts and top tips on common wildlife to look out for on the coast of North and East Yorkshire
This is our fifth year running our Yorkshire Coast Nature trips in partnership with Real Staithes; skipper Sean Baxter, Patricia Baxter and family, so it’s time to celebrate and reflect on our adventures.
‘Did you hear that? it sounded like flying tin foil’ A female golden-ringed dragonfly buzzed passed us at close range showing off her sparkling wings ‘Wow’
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could see sound? The first time I recorded birdsong and created a spectrogram I was blown away by the thought I could see a representation of the sound as a shape.
As I walk across the open windswept hills of the North York Moors National Park in search of wading birds my eye is taken by a riot of colour under my feet. Amongst the burnt dry heather, patches of new life thrive on waterlogged ground.
I have spent my whole life watching birds, excited to see which adapt quickest, inspired to see how species change and the kind of habitats they change to.
