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Bempton Cliffs – coach trip 11th July

9th July 2026 Ian Short Uncategorised
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Bempton Cliffs, on the spectacular Yorkshire coast, is home to one of the UK’s top wildlife spectacles and one of RFNS’s favourite reserves. Around half a million seabirds gather here between March and August to raise a family on the towering chalk cliffs that overlook the North Sea. Here Puffins, Fulmars, Razorbills, Gannets, Kittiwakes and […]

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Coach Trip – Gait Barrows and Leighton Moss, Sat 16th May 2026

1st May 20265th May 2026 janice kidd Coach Trip, Uncategorised

Our May coach trip offers not one but two locations to choose from. Choice Number One will be a visit to Natural England’s Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve near Silverdale. It is one of Britain’s most important limestone landscapes made up of a diverse mosaic of limestone and peatland habitats that are home to a […]

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Coach Trip – Nosterfield

24th January 202613th January 2026 Ian Short Coach Trip
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Our February Coach Trip, on Saturday 14th, includes two reserves for the price of one! The small village of Nosterfield is bordered by two nature reserves. To the south lies one of the most important inland wetland sites in North Yorkshire which is managed by the Lower Ure Conservation Trust (LUCT), while to the north […]

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