Born and raised in Norfolk, where he spent the early years of his life, Roy Harvey moved to Lincolnshire in 1964 and has been filming rare birds since 1996, a large proportion of which were in Yorkshire. These have been included in annual video DVD's, the first of which was produced in 2003. However, until now, the Yorkshire rarities have not been presented separately, something that has been done with the county birders - and those that love birding in Yorkshire, very much in mind. The sequences not only feature the birds, but also some of the people that were there at the time. Hi 8 video cameras were used until the end of 1999, then came the change to digital.
Volume 1 of Rare Birds in Yorkshire covers the period between 1996 - 2012 and this 2 disc set has a running time of approximately 190 minutes.
List of featured species:
Disc 1
1. Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Kilnsea – June 1996
2. Booted Warbler, etc,. Spurn – Sept. 1996.
3. Blyth's Reed Warbler crowd - Flamborough - Sept. 1996
4. Cattle Egret, Moorends - Oct. 1996
5. Ortolan Bunting, East Newton - Aug. 1997
6. Wryneck, RSPB Bempton Cliffs - Aug. 1997
7. Pied Wheatear, Kilnsea - Oct. 1997
8. Desert Wheatear, Flamborough - April 1998
9. Tawny Pipit, Spurn - Sept. 1998
10. Rustic Bunting, etc., Spurn - Sept. 1998
11. Marsh Sandpipers, RSPB Fairburn Ings - Aug. 1999
12. Little Bunting, Shepley - Feb, 2000
13. Desert Warbler, Easington – May 2000
14. Isabelline Shrike, Kilnsea – Nov. 2000
15. Bobolink, Kilnsea – Oct. 2001
16. Ross's Gull, Scarborough – March 2002
17. Red-rumped Swallow, Hull – April 2002
18. Marsh Sandpiper, RSPB Blacktoft Sands - July 2002
19. White-throated Sparrow, Flamborough - Oct. 2002
20. Richard's Pipit, Birley Edge – Feb. 2003
21. Taiga Flycatcher, Flamborough.– April 2003
22. Bonaparte's Gull, RSPB Fairburn Ings – May 2003
23. Great Spotted Cuckoo, Spurn – July 2003
24. Bonelli's Warbler, Spurn – Sept. 2003
25. Common Rosefinch, Hunmanby – June 2004
26. Baird's Sandpiper, Flamborough – Sept. 2004
27. White's Thrush, Easington – Oct. 2004
28. Sabine's Gull, Knottingly – July 2005
29. Lesser Grey Shrike 1, Spurn – Sept. 2005
30. Lesser Grey Shrike 2, Spurn – Sept. 2005
31. Northern Long-tailed Tit, Easington – Oct. 2005
32. Laughing Gull, Barton, Nr. Featherstone – Oct. 2005
33. American Robin, Bingley – Jan. 2007
34. Pacific Diver, Farnham. – Jan. 2007
35. Black-throated Thrush, Buckton – March 2007
36. Bee-eater, East Newton – May 2007
37. Spotted Sandpiper, Swillington – May 2007
38. Roller, Skeffling – July 2007
39. Brown Flycatcher, Flamborough – Oct. 2007
40. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Kilnsea – Oct. 2007
41. Red-flanked Bluetail, Flamborough – Oct. 2007
Disc 2
1. Black-bellied Dipper, Watton - Feb. 2008
2. Woodchat Shrike, North Anston – May 2008
3. Glossy Ibis, Allerton Bywater – Aug. 2008
4. Black Stork, Spurn, etc. – Sept. 2008
5. Brown Shrike, Flamborough – Sept. 2008
6. Amur Falcon, Tophill Low – Sept. 2008
7. Pied Wheatear, Reighton/Bempton - Nov. 2008
8. Two-barred Crossbill, Stokesley – Nov. 2008
9. King Eider , Flamborough – Feb. 2009
10. Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Hatfield Moors – May 2009
11. Marsh Warbler, Kilnsea – May 2009
12. Collared Pratincole, Pulfin High Eske – July 2000
13. Woodchat Shrike, Easington – Sept. 2009
14. Short-toed lark, Spurn – Sept. 2009
15. Spotted Crake, Edderthorpe Flash – Sept. 2009
16. Red-flanked Bluetails, Spurn/Bempton – Oct. 2009
17. Ferruginous Duck, Pugney's CP. – Dec. 2009
18. Black-throated Thrush, Newholm – Jan.2010
19. Broad-billed Sandpiper, RSPB Old Moor – May 2010
20. Savi's Warbler, RSPB Old Moor – May 2010
21. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Kilnsea – Aug. 2010
22. Olivaceous Warbler, Flamborough – Sept. 2010
23. Brown Flycatcher, Buckton - Sept. 2010
24. Western Bonelli's Warbler, RSPB Bempton Cliffs – Sept. 2010
25. Squacco Heron, Kilnsea – Sept. 2010
26. Ring-billed Gull, Sands Lane GP – Dec. 2010
27. Rustic Bunting, Filey – May 2011
28. Least Sandpiper, RSPB Old Moor – May 2011
29. Marsh Sandpiper, RSPB Blacktoft Sands – June 2011
30. Isabelline Wheatear, Spurn – Nov. 2011
31. Pied Wheatear, Spurn – Nov. 2011
32. Desert Wheatear, RSPB Bempton Cliffs – Nov. 2011
33. Northern Long-tailed Tit, Luddenden Dean – Feb. 2012
34. Roller, Aldborough – June 2012
35. Marsh Warbler, RSPB Blacktoft Sands – June 2012
Volume 2 of Rare Birds in Yorkshire covers the period between 2013 - 2020 and this 2 disc set has a running time of approximately 229 minutes.
List of featured species:
Disc 1
1. Baikal Teal, Flamborough – April 2013
2. Rock Thrush, Kilnsea – April 2013
3. Two-barred Crossbills - Broomhead - Aug. 2013
4. Great Snipe, Kilnsea - Sept. 2013
5. Common Rosefinch, Carnaby - Nov. 2013
6. Ivory Gull, Patrington - Nov. 2013
7. Hoopoe, Beverley - May 2014
8. Terek Sandpiper, Kilnsea - Aug. 2014
9. Masked Shrike, Kilnsea - Sept. 2014
10. Isabelline Shrike, Kilnsea - Oct. 2014
11. Great Grey Shrike, Spurn - Oct. 2014
12. Hoopoe, Kilnsea - Oct. 2014
13. Rough-legged Buzzard, Bridlington – Oct. 2014
14. Eastern Crowned Warbler, Brotton – Oct. 2014
15. Citrine Wagtail, Danes Dyke – Nov. 2014
16. Eastern Black Redstart, Scalby – Dec. 2014
17. Blyth's Pipit, Calder Wetands – Dec. 2014
18. Little Bustard, Fraisthorpe - Dec. 2014
19. Black-bellied Dipper, Harpham - Feb. 2015
20. Gull-billed Tern, RSPB Old Moor – June 2015
21. Black Stork, Kilnsea.– Aug. 2015
22. Pied Wheatear, Spurn – Oct. 2015
23. Citrine Wagtail, Spurn – Oct. 2015
24. Little Bunting, Spurn – Oct. 2015
25. American Wigeon, Scalby Mills – Jan. 2016
26. Spotted Crake, North Cave Wetlands – Aug. 2016
27. Baird's Sandpiper, Hatfield Moors – Aug. 2016
28. Kentish Plover, Kilnsea – Sept. 2016
29. Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Hatfield Moors – Sept. 2016
30. Eastern Crowned Warbler, Bempton – Oct. 2016
31. Olive-backed Pipit, Easington – Oct. 2016
32. Paddyfield Warbler, Flamborough – Oct. 2016
33. Siberian Accentor, Easington – Oct. 2016
34. Isabelline Wheatear, Easington – Oct. 2016
35. Siberian Stonechat, Easington – Oct. 2016
36. Hume's Warbler, Flamborough - Oct. 2016
37. Eastern Black Redstart, Skinningrove – Oct. 2016
38. Pied Wheatear, Redcar – Oct. 2016
39. Brown Shrike, Spurn – Oct. 2016
40. Pallid Harrier, Welwick – Nov. 2016
Disc 2
1. Black-throated Thrush, Adwick Washlands - Jan. 2017
2. Pine Bunting, Dunnington – Feb. 2017
3. Siberian Stonechat, Flamborough – May 2017
4. Sabine's Gull, Nosterfield. – June 2017
5. Caspian Tern. Swillington – July 2017
6. Pacific Golden Plover, North Cave Wetlands – July 2017
7. Western Bonelli's Warbler, Easington - Aug. 2017
8. Long-billed Dowitcher, Kilnsea – Sept. 2017
9. Lesser Yellowlegs, Kilnsea – Dec. 2017
10. Desert Wheatear, Whitby – Dec. 2017
11. Purple Heron, Tophill Low – May 2018
12. Bluethroat, Kilnsea – May 2018
13. Rose-coloured Starling, Flamborough – May 2018
14. Greater Sandplover, Spurn – July 2018
15. Franklin's Gull, Scaling Dam – July 2018
16. Iberian Chiffchaff, South Kirkby – April 2019
17. Ferruginous Duck, South Kirkby – April 2019
18. Night Heron, Fairburn Ings – May 2019
19. Collared Flycatcher, Easington – May 2019
20. Brown Shrike, Cowden – May 2019
21. Great Reed Warbler, Wintersett – May 2019
22. Serin, Easington – May 2019
23. Rose-coloured Starling, Kilnsea - June 2019
24. Black-headed Bunting, Flamborough – June 2019
25. Gull-billed Tern, Adwick Washlands – July 2019
26. Glossy Ibis, Tophill Low – July 2019
27. Little Bustard, Methley – Aug. 2019
28. Little Crake, Blacktoft Sands – Sept. 2019
29. White-rumped Sandpiper, Tophill Low – Sept. 2019
30. Booted Warbler, Kilnsea – Oct. 2019
31. Red-eyed Vireo, Easington – Oct. 2019
32. Kentish Plover, Redcar – Nov. 2019
33. Hume's Warbler, Easington – Nov. 2019
34. Stejneger's Stonechat, Easington – Nov. 2019
35. Ring-necked Duck, South Kirkby – Nov. 2019
36. Red-backed Shrike, Spurn – May 2020
37. Lammergeier, Howden – July 2020
38. Wryneck, Kilnsea – Aug. 2020
39. Franklin's Gull, Redcar Tarn – Sept. 2020
40. Red-breasted Flycatcher, Flamborough – Sept. 2020
41. Red-flanked Bluetail, Kilnsea – Oct. 2020
42. Brown Shrike, North Elmsall - Oct. 2020
