Posted: Wednesday 6th June 2012 by WildlifeSightings
Harbour porpoise - Credit Niki Clear
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2nd June
Scarborough - outstanding porpoise sighting this morning of an adult and new born calf, which was half the size of the adult. I have seen adults with calves before but never one so young! Two further adults seen this evening, off Marine Drive.
Stuart Baines
5th June 
York - a large number of bee orchids have appeared amongst the ox-eye daisies on what we think of as the "new road" - the road from Copmanthorpe to Askham Bog. We've not seen them there before so either they have just become established or we are becoming more observant.
Alan Brown
5th June
Malton - Barn owl seen crossing the A64 about half a mile beyond the west end of Malton bypass and stooping beyond a hedge. The first I've seen in 18 months and a real treat after 5 hours on the road from Gatwick.
Mal Jones, YWT member
6th June
YWT Filey Dams - Interesting couple of hours in hide despite torrential thundery downpours. Lots of tree sparrows, mute swan with 6 cygnets, peregrine flew by, stock dove, pair of fox cubs gamboling about, barn owl hunting, taking food to nest box and a stunning male bullfinch close to hide.
John Sanders, YWT member
10th June
YWT Askham Bog - Spotted flycather nest - proper little gem.
Steve Detheridge and Andrew Westbrooke
YWT North Cave - Cuckoo spotted, either a rufous female or a juvenile. It flew low along the roadside hedge and lofted into a tree up the fields never to be seen again!
Mal Jones, YWT member, and friend
11th June
Normington - Two adults and 3 young otters on the Altofts Canal.
Mr M Allen
12th June
Reva Hill - Two hares spotted.
Shaun Radcliffe
13th June
Linton - Lone adult otter seen in the River Wharfe at dusk 200 meters below the Tin Bridge at Linton Falls.
Ben Whitfield
18th June
YWT Pulfin Bog - Whilst walking down the River Hull from the North side of the reserve I was able to observe an otter feeding for about 10 minutes. I was within 15 feet of it, hidden by high grass on the river bank, and followed it down to the outlet to the lake where I couldn't follow it any further. My first sighting and wonderful to see.
Ray Atkin, voluntory YWT Cattle Checker
25th June
Skipwith Common NNR - Visited Skipwith Common this morning and had a good sighting of a single woodlark singing from a tree on Sands Lane and also picking at pine cones on ground.
John Baldwin, YWT member
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Could I ask Shaun Radcliffe to post his 12 June Hare ighting (2) at Reva Hill on the Hare Presevation Trust website in the sightings box an OS GR location and description of surrounds helps too Thanks Mal Jones YWT member
Friday 15th June 2012
by Mal Jones