North Yorkshire Coast

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

I've just spent the last couple of days up and down the coast up near to Scarborough and Whitby, and can throughly recommend it if you haven't been before It was the first time i'd been and was amazed by the amount of Birdlife up there, and how close you can get to them.

Great views to be had of Turnstone litterally 10ft away on the seafronts, lots of Oystercatchers on the beach being harrased by Herring Gulls. Then you had Curlew, Redshank and the occasional Heron flying past. In some of the harbours where Guillemot and Razorbill diving for food. And away from the beach on the cliffsides where lots of Wagtails, mainly Pied but the occasional Grey, also Goldfinch and even a couple of Wheatear

If you get the chance you should go

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, it's a great bit of coast (with lovely villages and towns) - it also carries on through Durham and Northumbria to Scotland ....
........... and you don't get masses of tourists - I don't know why but who needs them!

Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

I've just spent the last couple of days up and down the coast up near to Scarborough and Whitby, and can throughly recommend it if you haven't been before It was the first time i'd been and was amazed by the amount of Birdlife up there, and how close you can get to them.

Great views to be had of Turnstone litterally 10ft away on the seafronts, lots of Oystercatchers on the beach being harrased by Herring Gulls. Then you had Curlew, Redshank and the occasional Heron flying past. In some of the harbours where Guillemot and Razorbill diving for food. And away from the beach on the cliffsides where lots of Wagtails, mainly Pied but the occasional Grey, also Goldfinch and even a couple of Wheatear

If you get the chance you should go

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

I've just spent the last couple of days up and down the coast up near to Scarborough and Whitby, and can throughly recommend it if you haven't been before It was the first time i'd been and was amazed by the amount of Birdlife up there, and how close you can get to them.

Great views to be had of Turnstone litterally 10ft away on the seafronts, lots of Oystercatchers on the beach being harrased by Herring Gulls. Then you had Curlew, Redshank and the occasional Heron flying past. In some of the harbours where Guillemot and Razorbill diving for food. And away from the beach on the cliffsides where lots of Wagtails, mainly Pied but the occasional Grey, also Goldfinch and even a couple of Wheatear

If you get the chance you should go

Sounds ideal, I will definitely have to give it a go when I have time
Roger

[ZooSi]

Reminds me of holidays up there with the grandparents - they used to live just outside Whitby, so we spent time on the moors and along the coast. Beautiful place, shame it's just so far away from the South.
Also went further north into Northumberland - the coast there is spectacular!

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

Got a couple of pics, not taken by me as i didn't take my camera The first was whilst looking for Fossels along Robin Hoods Bay. And the second taken whilst looking for the dinosaur footprints above Scarborough

[jdurbo]

Lovely views yellowbelly, and is that a tiny rainbow on that first picture?

jen xxx

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

Originally Posted by jdurbo

Lovely views yellowbelly, and is that a tiny rainbow on that first picture?

jen xxx

Yeh its a small waterfall off the cliffs

[jdurbo]

Thats lovely well caught!!

jen xxx

[Venger]

Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

And the second taken whilst looking for the dinosaur footprints above Scarborough

You do know they're extinct, right?

I'm from North Yorkshire myself originally, if you can avoid the 'tourist' bits, the coast around there is fantastic.

[nightshade]

We find ourselves very attracted to Whitby,such an interesting place,
with gorgeous countryside all around
The lake at the Abbey attracts alsorts and it is easy to lose a day just sat there