Askham Bogs

Yorkshire Wildlife trust’s first reserve, Askham Bog was gifted by Sir Francis Terry and Arnold Rowntree, the York chocolate makers. Woodland birds including lesser-spotted woodpecker...

Bempton Cliffs

The largest chalk sea-cliffs in eastern Britain, Bempton RSPB reserve extends over 5KM.It remains one of the most spectacular of the RSPB reserves with stunning views over one of the largest seabird colonies in Britain.

Blacktoft Sands RSPB

Blacktoft Sands tidal reedbed is the second largest in Britain and lies on the south side of the Humber estuary where the river's Ouse and Trent meet.....

Bolton-on-Swale Lakes

Bolton-on-Swale Lakes

The 10.9 hectare lake is one of the few expanses of open water in this part of North Yorkshire and is consequently of great importance for wildfowl and wading birds......

Duncombe Park

One of the best places in North Yorkshire for the illusive Lesser spotted woodpecker (now v scarce), Duncombe park is a pleasant birdwatching location at all times of the year.

Fairburn Ings

The three main trails take you through a variety of habitats allowing stunning views of birds such as willow tit, tree sparrow and other woodland birds. Wildfowl and birds of prey in winter....

Filey Dams

Filey Dams is the last remaining freshwater marsh of any size in the region, currently leased to the Trust from Scarborough Borough Council. Filey Dams is best known for its ornithological importance....

Filey Brigg & North Cliff CP

Excellent rarity site over the years with regular rare 'pipits' at North Cliff country park, and divers, grebes and phalaropes off the 'brigg'.

Flamborough

One of the genuine rarity 'hotspots' during spring and autumn migration periods. Many of Yorkshire's rarest birds have been discovered here....

Forge Valley Woods

Lying just north of East & West Ayton this delightful reserve has good wheelchair access along a fine boardwalk.

Hornsea Mere

Yorkshire's largest freshwater lake lies only 1km from the North sea attracting numerous birds of interest throughout the year

Low Wood Keighley

Situated next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal, the reserve has breeding little and tawny owl, woodcock and pied flycatcher, green and great spotted woodpeckers, whilst lesser spotted woodpecker is a frequent visitor....

North Cave Wetlands

Former sand and gravel workings purchased by YWT in 2000.Work has been undertaken to create a reserve that supports over 170 species of breeding, wintering and passage birds....

Ogden Water

Ogden Water is a 34.5 acre reservoir surrounded by 174 acres of mature mixed woodlands and open moor. Since the reservoir was built in the 1850's.....

Potteric Carr

A Fabulous Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve which produces regular rarities including the first breeding record of Little Bittern. Star birds are its Black-necked grebes...

Skipwith Common

Skipwith Common is one of the only two extensive areas of open heathland remaining in the Vale of York, the other being Strensall Common. A Yorkshire wildlife trust nature reserve and former WWII airfield....

Strid Wood Bolton Abbey

Strid Wood & Bolton Abbey

With over 80 miles of moorland, woodland and riverside footpaths to explore, Strid woods, Bolton Abbey is a wonderful birdwatching location in spring.

Spurn Head

Needs no introduction to most birders.Some of Yorkshire's rarest birds have been recorded in the Spurn, Easington and Kilnsea area....

St Aidan's Swillington ings

Situated on the banks of the River Aire, St Aidan's, Leeds The RSPB's new 400-hectare site promises to be yet another superb wildlife area.....

Timble Ings & Washburn Valley

North of Otley between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, the Washburn Valley encompasses several habitats including pasture land, coniferous and deciduous woodland, reservoirs, rivers and streams, marshland and moorlands.

Tophill Low

Yorkshire water managed site which is a magnet for wildfowl and waders. On the A614 Beverley to Driffield Road, leave at Watton.....

Thorne and Hatfield Moors

Thorne moors cover an area of 2000ha and are a NNR designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Excellent and varied site and worth a visit at any time of the year....

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Seabird City: Guide to the Breeding Seabirds of the Flamborough Headland

A Guide to the Breeding Seabirds of the Flamborough Headlands
Richard Vaughan
Excellent monograph on England's largest colony of breeding seabirds, at the chalk cliffs of the Flamborough Headland on the North Yorkshire coast. Paperback: Colour & b/w photographs 206pp

The Seabirds of Bempton Cliffs

  • Publisher : RSPB (1 Jan. 1992)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 12 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0903138522
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0903138529

Pennine Birds: A Visitor's Handbook

  • Publisher : Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd (1 Mar. 1973)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0852061838
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0852061831

Birds On The Spurn Peninsula

An ornithological classic, written by a master of the genre. The bird observatory at Spurn point in Yorkshire was founded in 1945,the third to be established in Britain, and two years ahead of Fair Isle. Ralph Chislett, regarded by many as 'The Father of modern Yorkshire ornithology', was the leader of a small group of pioneering ornithologists who set up, and subsequently ran the observatory in property originally leased from the war department.

The birds of Spurn: A comprehensive checklist

  • Publisher : Spurn Bird Observatory; First Edition (1 Jan. 1996)
  • Paperback : 118 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0951682369
  • ISBN-13 : 
  • 978-0951682364

Breeding Birds of the Sheffield Area

  • Publisher : Sheffield Bird Study Group (31 Dec. 2013)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 259 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0907575382
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0907575382
  • Dimensions : 
  • 17.5 x 2.5 x 24.5 cm

Birds of the Sheffield Area

  • Publisher : Sheffield Bird Study Group (1 Dec. 1985)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0907575064
  • ISBN-13 : 
  • 978-0907575061

Birds of the Sheffield Area

  • ASIN : B000RY8TFM
  • Publisher : 
  • Sheffield City Museums; First Edition (1 Jan. 1974)

Birds of Conservation Concern in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

  • Publisher : Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (1 Dec. 2000)
  • Language : English
  • ISBN-10 : 0905455509
  • ISBN-13 : 
  • 978-0905455501

Vertebrate Fauna Of The Halifax Parish

  • Product details
  • ASIN : B0010Z7PVG

Birds of the Yorkshire Dales

  • Publisher : Castleberg; First Edition (1 Aug. 1998)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 148 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1871064775
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1871064773

Birdwatching Walks in the Yorkshire Dales

  • Publisher : Palatine Books (4 Nov. 2008)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1874181535
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1874181538
  • Dimensions : 15.6 x 1 x 23.4 cm

Ring Ouzels of the Yorkshire Dales

This beautifully illustrated book, containing eighty of the author's own colour photographs, tells how one man and his wife built up a unique store of knowledge over a fifteen-year period about one of the most intriguing and elusive birds of the Yorkshire Dales.
Other birds of the uplands have been woven into the Ouzel story to provide a fascinating and informative book which will appeal to the country-lover and the ornithologist alike.

Rare and Scarce Birds in Yorkshire

  • This book documents all records of rare and scarce birds in the historical county of Yorkshire. The growing interest in rare bird occurrences in recent decades has led to a substantial change in the known status of many vagrants and scarce migrants. No less than 28 species have been recorded for the first time in Yorkshire during the last ten years and many former rarities are now being found with increasing frequency in the county.

The Birds of Yorkshire

A worthy successor to Nelson's Birds of Yorkshire and Chislett's Yorkshire Birds, this book provides a comprehensive survey of ornithology in Yorkshire, past and present. It covers development, the history of bird protection in the county, and famous Yorkshire bird photographers, such as the kearton brothers. The main systematic list gives the most detailed account available of all the species which have been recorded in Yorkshire and includes the historical records of Nelson and Chislett, information on breeding status, migration, ringing recoveries and local vernacular names of birds. The geological and topographical features of Yorkshire are described and the ways that these and the ever-changing use of land affects the bird life within the county are discussed

The Birds of Yorkshire Being an Historical Account

  • ASIN : B003OBLSV2
  • Publisher : 
  • A. Brown and Sons (1 Jan. 1907)

A handbook of the vertebrate fauna of Yorkshire

  • ASIN : B00086L9CO
  • Publisher : Reeve (1 Jan. 1881)
  • Language : English

Yorkshire Birds

Yorkshire Birds335 Page hardback .Black & white photographs and fold-out map. 

  • Ralph Chislett


A Guide to the Birds of the Washburn Valley

  • Publisher : Peregrine Books (Leeds) (19 Feb. 2002)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 93 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0953654338
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0953654338

Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley

  • Publisher : English Nature; First Edition (1 Jan. 2005)
  • Paperback : 252 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1857168488
  • ISBN-13 : 
  • 978-1857168488

Birds in the Doncaster district

  • Publisher : Doncaster and District Ornithological Society (1 Jan. 1988)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 269 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0900950072
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0900950070

Birds of the Hull Area

  • Publisher : Kingston Press (27 Sept. 2002)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1902039149
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1902039145
  • Dimensions : 21.2 x 1.9 x 21 cm

Merlins of the South-East Yorkshire Dales

The merlin, Falco columbarius, is the smallest falcon found breeding in the British Isles. This is a detailed study of the protected bird in its habitat, based on 30 years of observation. It deals with the merlin's habitat, hunting and feeding, breeding, dispersal, mortality, predation and future threats, and includes a references section

Atlas of Breeding Birds of the Huddersfield Area 1987 - 1992

  • Spiralbound
  • 1996
  • Huddersfield Birdwatchers Club

Birds in the Doncaster district

  • Publisher : Doncaster and District Ornithological Society (1 Jan. 1988)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 269 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0900950072
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0900950070

Birds of the Hull Area

  • Publisher : Kingston Press (27 Sept. 2002)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1902039149
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1902039145
  • Dimensions : 21.2 x 1.9 x 21 cm

Merlins of the South-East Yorkshire Dales

The merlin, Falco columbarius, is the smallest falcon found breeding in the British Isles. This is a detailed study of the protected bird in its habitat, based on 30 years of observation. It deals with the merlin's habitat, hunting and feeding, breeding, dispersal, mortality, predation and future threats, and includes a references section

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