Ryedale Natural History Society - Archive

Complete site contents

• Photo gallery of Members’ pictures from 2015 onwards.
• Newsletters & trip reports. More ...
• Articles and Papers. More ...
• Sightings and records More ...
• Species lists and database. More
• Links to other Natural History sites.

Recent records and reports

• Online recording form for 2021 Record species seen in Ryedale. – see records for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Club News, Meetings etc. with Programme for 2020 - unfortunately cancelled because of Covid.
• Spaunton Quarry Site Survey 2014
  
• Manor Vale Site Survey 2015
  
• Reports of 2021 trips:
  Appleton Woods, Dawn Chorus, Newgate Bank, Beavers in Cropton Forest, Upper Riccaldale, Farndale/Harland, Gilling Lakes Dragonflies, Hazel Heads Fungi
  
  
• Reports of 2020 trips:
  Our programme was disrupted by the Covid virus in 2020. We did manage a restricted meeting to Rievaulx Moor on 3rd September, a visit to the Beavers in Cropton Forest and Fungus forays to Birch Wood in October.
  
  
• Reports of 2019 trips:
  Ashberry and Rievaulx, Dawn Chorus, Cawthorne, Hartoft, Yearsley Moor with Hull Nats, Purple Hairstreaks, Hodgebeck, Bransdale Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2018 trips:
  Chafer Wood, Dawn Chorus, Kirkdale, Hawnby, Ousegill, Bransdale, Gundale, Search for white-letter hairstreak, Staindale bats Low Wood, Bransdale Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2017 trips:
  Ancient Trees, Duncombe Park, Dawn Chorus, Roulston Scar, Appleton Mill Farm, Ellers Wood, Fordon Bank, Bull Ings, Staveley YWT, Cropton Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2016 trips:
  Dawn Chorus, Gilling Lakes, Kirkdale, Farndale 1, Reeking Gill, Rosedale, Low Carr Farm, Farndale 2, Spiers House (Nightjars), Crookness, Gilling Woods Fungus Foray,
• Reports of 2015 trips:
  Early Birds, Castle Howard Lake, Sinnington Woods, Manor Vale 1, Boltby Forest, Ellerburn Bank, Manor Vale 2, Spiers House, Fen Bog, Tophill Low, Fungus Foray, Sleightholmedale
• Wildlife records from the Gilling area Current year’s records (in progress)
• Wild Flowers including Pictures
• “PlantFinder” list logger – with common and Latin names
• Ring Ouzel Reports for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
  Note: no records for 2019 or 2020.
  ...plus Ring Ouzel population estimate and Sonograms of Ouzels in Rosedale (1.5Mb PDF),
  Ring Ouzel Territories in Rosedale for 2021 PDF
  Ring Ouzel Territories in Rosedale for 2022 PDF
  Ring Ouzel Territories in Rosedale for 2023 PDF
  
  Paper on Ring Ouzel Dialects of the North York Moors PDF
  
  
  We are delighted that Vic Fairbrother and Ken Hutchinson were awarded the Marsh Award by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) for their work on Ring Ouzels – see this press release

Newsletters and Trips from previous years

• Newsletter for 2014 (50th Anniversary Year). Download this report (5Mb PDF)
• Annual Newsletters for 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, and 1998
• Reports of 2015 trips: Early Birds, Castle Howard Lake, Sinnington Woods, Manor Vale 1, Boltby Forest, Ellerburn Bank, Manor Vale 2, Spiers House, Fen Bog, Tophill Low, Fungus Foray, Sleightholmedale
• Reports of 2014 trips: Arkengarthdale Black Grouse Lek, Sutton Bank Dawn Chorus, Stape and Raindale, Ashberry, Sleightholmedale, Cherry Tree Farm, Hutton Common, Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2013 trips: Moorland Birds, Blakey, Dawn Chorus, Appleton, Helmsley, Cropton & Tranmire, Nosterfield & Lingham, Ashberry/Nettledale Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2012 trips: Dawn Chorus at Spiers House, Hawnby, Foxglove Covert, Bull Ings, Cropton, Strensall Common, Fungus Foray, Rudland
• Reports of 2011 trips: Beadale Wood, Dawn Chorus at Lowna, Hutton Common, South Gare & Saltholme, Gilling Woods Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2010 trips: Dawn Chorus at Cawthorne, Spring Flowers in Bransdale, Rievaulx Terrace & Ashberry, Sleightholmedala, Sykes House Grasses & Barbecue, Duncombe Park Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2009 trips: Appleton Woods, Riccaldale bluebells, Hawnby spring migrants, Mugdale Botanical Recording, Robin Hood’s Bay, Fungus Foray at Yearsley
• Reports of 2008 trips: Manor Vale (Dawn Chorus), Rosedale (Ring Ouzels), Forge Valley, Appleton, Nunnington (Daubenton’s bats), Moth trapping, Gilling Fungus Foray
• Reports of 2007 trips: Lowna, Chafer Wood, Jeffry Bog, Nunnington, Garbutt Wood, Beadlam Rigg/Rollgate Bank, North Cave, Sandsend
• Reports of 2006 trips: Birdsong, Skipwith Common, Botany Workshop, Costa Beck, Spurn Point
• Reports of 2005 trips: Rievaulx, Shunner Howe, Upper Bransdale, Wykeham Moor (Fungi)
• Reports of 2004 trips: Spaunton Moor, Puffin Cruise, Wharram and Fordon, Lichens at Bransdale, Castle Howard Arboretum
• Reports of 2003 trips: Bransdale, Harome, Pry Rigg, Castle Howard (Bats), Wheldrake Ings, Fungus Foray at Rudland
• Reports of 2002 trips: Eastmoors, Rudland, High Mowthorpe, Terrington
• Reports of 2001 trips: Filey; Hutton Buscel
• Reports of 2000 trips: Pry Rigg; Oldstead (YNU VC62); High Batts; Ellerburn; Tophill Low; Cropton forest Fungus Foray
• Reports of 1999 trips: Skipwith Common; Kilburn; Burniston
• Reports of 1998 trips: Bempton Cliffs; Howardian Hills; Malham Tarn; Ladhill Gill, Hawnby; Riccaldale Fungus Foray
• Lists of meetings for previous years

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