Sean & Tricia completed a WiSe Course on Saturday 20th March 2021, thank you to Bex Lynam of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for arranging it. Thank you to Colin Speedie for leading the training, Colin is the founder and Director of the WiSe Scheme, you can read a little more about Colin here and more about the WiSe scheme below… “… The WiSe Scheme is about watching marine wildlife the wildlife-safe way. Our aim is to promote responsible […]
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“…The trip was a wonderful memory that will last a lifetime…”
Sunday 6th September, we had a lovely group of clients, Sarah Wills shared all the photos in this post with us, thanks Sarah. She also had the following to say about the trip… “….Thank you so much for the wonderful whale watching tour yesterday. It was one of the most respectful tours we’ve been on. The ability to just turn off the engine and drift meant we were truly immersed in their world. The experience […]
Read MoreMore dolphins…
Exciting day at sea watching dolphins playing… thanks to our son Luke for the footage and our son Thomas for editing it.
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We have wildlife trips planned for this summer…. dates are here or call us to arrange a trip just for your family or group of friends… call Sean on 01947 840278
Read MoreTeaming up with…
“We have teamed up with Yorkshire Coast Nature and Real Staithes on their seabird and whale watching trips off the coast in Staithes, North Yorkshire. These fantastic full-day trips are fully guided by experts and each is tailored to the best stretch of coastline for seabird and whale action on the day.“ Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Read more about our work with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust direct from them…
Read MoreFull Moon…
Following on from our last blog post ‘Tides are crucial…‘ let’s talk a little about the next full moon, which just happens to fall this month on Friday 25th December 2015… yes that’s right it’s a full moon on Christmas Day. Just three days after Winter Solstice, which is the shortest day of the year or the longest night depending on which way you look at things, on Tuesday 22nd December 2015. Our next full […]
Read MoreTides are crucial…
Tides are crucial to everything that we do here at Real Staithes, be it aboard our Charter Angling boat ‘All My Sons’ or a day on the foreshore hunting for fossils or foraging for your lunch. You can listen to Sean talking to Kevin Rushby of The Guardian about tides here… We run our ‘low tide experience’ days on spring tides, these occur about every 14 days, so what this actually means is we can […]
Read MoreMackerel…
flaked smoked or cooked mackerel – 200g mackerel / 100g butter butter – unsalted cayenne pepper ground mace lemon juice black pepper heat tablespoon butter per 100gms used in pan add cayenne, mace & black peppers add mackerel when butters is hot – stir until fish is hot BUT do not brown pack fish into moulds – heat rest of butter – skim- pour over mackerel leave until cool & butter is set – […]
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Memories…
The definition of the word ‘memory‘, according to The Oxford English Dictionary… “The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information”. The definition of the word ‘memories‘, according to people who have spent a day with us here at Real Staithes… Why not join us for a day of fun here on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. Not only do you get to have a fun day out on the […]
