Whitby Naturalists
@whitbynats.bsky.social
Interests in natural history, geology, local history and archaeology. Active in conservation, recording, education. Lectures, field trips & visits, workshops, surveys.
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Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
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A nice walk around whitby Laithes and Whitestone Point first thing this morning. Several mixed finch and Bunting flocks which included a few Twite. Also 4 Grey Partridges, Barn Owl and about 150 Pink Feet flew south. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A nice walk around whitby Laithes and Whitestone Point first thing this morning. Several mixed finch and Bunting flocks which included a few Twite. Also 4 Grey Partridges, Barn Owl and about 150 Pink Feet flew south. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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23 Snow Buntings by the Cleveland Way, between Sandsend and Goldsborough at Overdale Wyke. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
23 Snow Buntings by the Cleveland Way, between Sandsend and Goldsborough at Overdale Wyke. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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Long Tailed Duck and Common Scoter still at Scaling Dam this morning. 10 Whooper Swans flew off west at 8am. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Long Tailed Duck and Common Scoter still at Scaling Dam this morning. 10 Whooper Swans flew off west at 8am. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social
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Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sat 29th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
The Harvest Mouse: Nature's Tiny Acrobat
By Hillary Koll
Focusing on the ecology of this endearing species with a recent reintroduction project in the area.
Spoiler alert! The talk will contain many cute photographs.
Members £1
Visitors £2
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Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
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A pair of Gadwall on the mud on the tidal stretch of the Esk this morning were only the second ever record for my Ruswarp patch. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A pair of Gadwall on the mud on the tidal stretch of the Esk this morning were only the second ever record for my Ruswarp patch. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Sat 22nd Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Whitby Ghost Signs
By Peter Craggs
Typically historic hand painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use.
An important part of the historic fabric on our high streets.
Members £1
Visitors £2
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Distant Long Tailed Duck in the nature reserve at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Distant Long Tailed Duck in the nature reserve at Scaling Dam this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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A nice days local birding with Short Eared Owl, 4 Woodcocks, Chiffchaff and a few Goldcrests at Hawsker Bottoms this am and Snow Bunting and 14 Brent Geese at Laithes farm this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A nice days local birding with Short Eared Owl, 4 Woodcocks, Chiffchaff and a few Goldcrests at Hawsker Bottoms this am and Snow Bunting and 14 Brent Geese at Laithes farm this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sat 15th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
2pm Normanby Room
Whitby Museum
Svalbard Adventures-then and now
By Elaine Hoyle ,Curator of Natural History
She and Phil (Scoresby curator) visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard at the convergence of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
Members £1
Visitors £2
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A Corn Bunting near Widdy Field this morning was only my second Whitby Record. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A Corn Bunting near Widdy Field this morning was only my second Whitby Record. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
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Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sat 8th Nov 2025
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
2pm Normanby Room Whitby museum
Strandlines - a window into the marine life on our doorstep by
Keith Clarkson
Looking at marine life of our sandy shores and seas , and washed up on the strandlines of Hunmanby Gap , Filey bay
Want to get involved locally?
Members £2
Visitors £1
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4 Snow Buntings still on the sea wall at Whitby this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
4 Snow Buntings still on the sea wall at Whitby this morning. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
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Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Next lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods'' by Christiane Kroebel. The talk will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
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Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Say 18th Oct 2025
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Saving May Moss - 50 years of conservation and science
By Brian Walker
How the most important, intact peat bog on NYM was saved , a beacon of citizen science and climate research . Personal stories, history +science .
1974-2024
Member £1 Visitor £2
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Whooper Swan and 18 Pink Feet at Harwood Dale Lake this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
October 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Whooper Swan and 18 Pink Feet at Harwood Dale Lake this afternoon. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
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Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
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5 of the 13 Whooper Swans currently on Scaling Dam. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
October 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
5 of the 13 Whooper Swans currently on Scaling Dam. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social #northyorksbirds
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sat 11th Oct 2025 2pm
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
Normanby Room, Whitby Museum
The Rarity Garden
By Richard Baines
This talk is the story of his decade spent observing wildlife in one small garden perched on the cliffs of Flamborough Headland leading to his recently published book
Copies available
Members £1 Visitors £2
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Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
September 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sat 4th Oct 2025 at 2 pm
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2
Normanby Room Whitby Museum
Our first talk of 2025/26
'What is the Non-native Species Inspectorate and what do we do?
Speaker Courtney Graham from the Animal and Plant Agency
Current projects and information about non- native species
Members £1, Visitors £2