PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YORKSHIRE LISTERS LEAGUE 

The new email address to submit your additions or request a copy of the new BOU/IOC Yorkshire list is yorkshirebirding1@gmail.com Please be aware that the old address has been closed (without our knowledge) for quite a long time so if you have submitted or requested anything and not had a reply you need to do so again. We realise there has been quite a lot of bird action in Yorkshire recently and no doubt there are a good few emails / additions gone AWOL so please accept our sincere apologies for this. 

There has been loads of avian action for the Yorkshire lister during July including this Franklin's Gull which has been playing cat and mouse at Scaling Dam though slow but sure, many Yorkshire listers have caught up with this bird, the first to twitched in the County since December 1991. With the weekend ahead and the bird seemingly settled into some kind of routine expect more movement in the Yorkshire Listers League.

Franklin's Gull, Scaling Dam, July 2018 - Rich Willison

Franklin's Gull, Scaling Dam, July 2018 - Rich Willison

PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS FOR YORKSHIRE LISTERS LEAGUE 

The new email address to submit your additions or request a copy of the list is yorkshirebirding1@gmail.com Please be aware that the old address has been closed (without our knowledge) for quite a long time so if you have submitted or requested anything and not had a reply you need to do so again. We realise there has been quite a lot of bird action in Yorkshire recently and no doubt there are a good few emails / additions gone AWOL so please accept our sincere apologies this.

Greater Sandplover, Easington, July 2018 - John Hewitt

Audouin's Gull, Norfolk Bridge, Sheffield July 2018 - John Hewitt

Squacco Heron, Kilnsea, June 2018 - John Hewitt

Squacco Heron, Kilnsea, June 2018 - John Hewitt

THE NEW YORKSHIRE LIST

For details on the new Yorkshire list for use in the Yorkshire Birding Listers League (using the latest taxonomy as used by the BOU / IOC) please click on THE RULES

Red-rumped Swallow, Kilnsea, May 2018 - John Hewitt

Black-necked Grebe, Swillington, May 2018 - Rich Willison

 

Purple Heron, Tophill Low, May 2018 - Rich Willison

Hawfinch, Broomhill Flash, Feb 2017 - Rich Willison

As most of you will know the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) has announced that as of today (January 1st 2018) it will follow the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) World Bird List for taxonomic decisions, including all species on the British list. As the Yorkshire Listers League has always adhered to BOU taxonomic decisions this will have some implications to Yorkshire listers. It is our intention to update the Yorkshire listers league list very soon and this will be made available to you in the usual way so as you can update your list accordingly. We will also publish a brief explanation of the main changes that currently affect the Yorkshire list. - Watch this space!

Desert Wheatear, Whitby, December 2017 - Rich Willison

Rose-coloured Starling, Easington, December 2017 - John Hewitt

Snow Bunting, Kilnsea, December 2017 - John Hewitt

Barred Warbler, Spurn, November 2017 - John Hewitt