Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 21st October 2023, at 4pm in the Filey Town Council Chamber, Queen Street, Filey YO14 9HE. Access is through the double black doors from Queen Street and up the stairs to the Council Chamber. The meeting should last around 90 minutes or so. All members welcome.
Due to the forecast high winds and rain at Filey for the next few days, there will be no more ringing this week. Thanks to all of you who turned up, we enjoyed meeting you and hope you enjoyed seeing the birds. Many thanks to Chris, Craig, Lucy, John and Ken for hosting the ringing.
The Brown Booby on 4th was the year’s big surprise. After being seen off Flamborough the previous day it decided to do the right thing and perch on the Brigg in the early morning before loitering off Hunmanby Gap. Our biggest twitch for a while. On 1st both Godwit species at East Lea, with three
Quantity with seabird quality was the order of the month, with thousands of seabirds fishing in the bay. The feeding frenzy continued into August with a minimum of 3,500 Gannets, 2,400 Kittiwake, 3,000 Guillemot, 10 Razorbill, 14 Common Scoter on 1st. The Egyptian Goose continued its stay all month. 28 Pied Wagtail were on the
Our annual FBOG October Ringing Week will be held from Saturday 14th October to Saturday 21st, weather permitting. Most of the activity will be as usual in the Country Park in the top north-east corner (“the Top Scrub”). Ringing will be usually morning only, between 8 -11am. Our local ringers will be ably assisted by
Memorable for the huge flocks of Gannets, Kittiwakes and auks in Filey Bay at the end of the month, engaged in a feeding frenzy and accompanied by Minke Whales further offshore. Nothing like it has ever been seen at Filey. On 1st a Black-tailed Godwit still in East Lea fields, with 26 Curlews and a
A quieter month, but with a very surprising breeding record at Filey Dams. On 1st a Brent Goose and a Red--tailed Diver were in the bay corner with a pair of Gadwall on Carr Naze pond. The Avocets remained at Filey Dams all month. A Hobby flew north at Hunmanby Gap on 2nd. A pair
May was busy and ended with a very unexpected First for Filey. On 1st a Sedge Warbler was at the Tip. 2 Whimbrel were flushed from Brigg end, a rare spring adult Pomarine Skua went north on seawatch, a Little Egret was at Filey Dams with a pair of Pintail, two Common Sandpiper and three
Things livened up in April, with the expected spring migrant starting to show up. On 2nd a male Wheatear was on Carr Naze, with a Willow Warbler singing in Filey Dams car park. c50 migrant Robins were in Country Park on 1st and 2nd. The Ring-necked Parakeet was in Top Scrub. On 3rd the Cetti's
The Red-necked Grebe lingered in the bay until 10th. On 2nd a Tawny Owl was calling near entrance to East Lea and the Cetti’s Warbler was present all month. An early Manx Shearwater, 5 Puffin north and 1 Great Northern Diver went south from Hunmanby Gap and at least 3 in bay off Filey plus