The twenty-seventh annual Michael Clegg Memorial Birdrace took place on Sunday 8th January 2023.
10 January 2023
For the third year it was a 'green event' with no motor vehicles allowed, teams covered their chosen site on foot or with peddle-power. And again, all teams reported having a very enjoyable day out.
Weather was fairly kind to us with not too much rain which has been a constant of the first week of the year.
Final scores have been submitted by twenty-eight teams from around Yorkshire, although there are others who said they were taking part but have sent in no score!
TEAM SPECIES TOTAL
York Upstarts (York) 99 cycled and walked 42 miles
Hull Valley Hurriers 86 cycled and walked 54 miles
Yorkshire Terriers (York) 86 cycled and walked 16 miles
Team Tophill (Tophill Low) 86 walked 9.7 miles
Gooligans (Goole area) 85
Old Moorons (Old Moor) 84 walked 10.5 miles
Derbyshire Trespassers (Sheffield) 84
LEOdiens (St. Aidens and Swillington) 83 walking
Scarborough Coasters (Scarborough) 83 walked 17 miles
Spurn Peacocks (Greater Spurn) 80 walked 15 miles
Wintersett Try-ers (Wintersett) 79 walking
Spurn Heavyweights (Greater Spurn) 78 cycled 10 miles
Lincolnshire Sapsuckers (Faxfleet & Broomfleet) 77 walked 10 miles
Whitby Whoopers (Whitby) 76 walked 14 miles
Fairburn Birders (Fairburn) 76
Airey Birders (Lower Aire Valley) 75 walked 11 miles
Whelbirders (Wheldrake & Bank Island) 75 walked 6 miles
Lower Wharf (York area) 72 walked 6 miles
Hornseameres (Hornsea) 72 walked 10.5 miles
Seskubirders (West Yorkshire) 69 walking
Mrs French's Boys (Easington) 68 walked 8.03 miles
Hatfield Moorons (Hatfield Moor) 67 walking
Filey Originals (Filey) 63 walked 8 miles
Southfield Mercenaries (Southfield Res) 63 walked 4 miles
Staveley Chris (Staveley) 50 walked
Team Marygate (York) 42 walked
Team Castle Howard 37 walked
Famous Five (Four humans and a dog) (York) 30 walked, mostly from garden.
Apologies to any teams that took part and I haven't included, I can only use the information that I am sent.
A massive Thank You to ALL who took part and to ALL sponsors.
All funds raised this year are to help Beacon Ponds breeding Little Terns. Information and where to donate ALL money raised are attached to this email.
Please forward this email to all your team mates and all interested parties who I might not have contact details for or who might find it interesting and want to donate.
And we'll be back again next January!!!
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Spurn Little Terns, Michael Clegg Bird Race Fund More information about Spurn Bird Observatory Trust Ltd: Spurn Bird Observatory Trust Ltd is a registered charity. Our aims and objectives are to maintain long term monitoring of bird populationstheir distribution and migration on the Spurn peninsula and to then disseminate the useful results from study and research in order to conserve wildlife and encourage the breeding of wild birds insects ... |
All the very best for 2023
Graham Speight
