Spurn Little Terns, Michael Clegg Bird Race Fund

The 2023 Michael Clegg Memorial Birdrace is raising funds for the BEACON PONDS LITTLE TERN COLONY at Easington. This important site has lost some funding for the 2023 season and it is hoped that money raised from the Birdrace will help bridge the funding gap.

This event was started to commemorate Michael Clegg, the renowned Barnsley naturalist, who died in 1995. The event takes the form of a sponsored bird race every January, raising money for wildlife projects within Yorkshire.

The date for the birdrace will be SUNDAY 8th JANUARY 2023. We are sticking with the 'green format' meaning that this will be a NON-MOTORISED event again. So, it's either cycles or walking to get around your chosen site during the day.

Vehicles can be used to get to your chosen site and meet your team mates (maximum of 4 per team) but must then be parked up and not used again until your birding day is finished.

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 and mammals at Spurn Point