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Welcome to my blog all about my birdwatching, wild bird ringing activities and moth recording at Linacre Reservoirs, Derbyshire; in Great Britain and abroad.

Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Baird's Sandpiper!

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The incredible run of rare waders continued today, when a Baird's Sandpiper (197) was found at Redmires Reservoir, Sheffield. Another li...

Sunday, 13 September 2026

Redmires Reservoir

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It was 21 degrees this afternoon, and pretty sunny, so Jayne and I had a walk around Redmires Reservoirs, near Sheffield. The top two reser...

Linacre WeBS - 13th September 2026

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Today was this month's scheduled WeBS count, so I had a couple of hours (7am - 9am) down at Linacre. Unfortunately, all of last week...

Saturday, 12 September 2026

Another Derbyshire Tick - Pectoral Sandpiper x 2!

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News broke of not one, but two, juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers (196) at Carsington Water, Derbyshire, yesterday. Amazingly, I haven't se...

Monday, 7 September 2026

RSPB Old Moor - 5th September 2026

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Jayne and I had a trip over to RSPB Old Moor, on Saturday. We had a few hours there, and managed to add another couple of species to the Yea...

Sunday, 6 September 2026

Linacre - 5th September 2026

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As well as the excitement of the Greenshank and Green Sandpiper at Linacre yesterday, I also had quite a few other good sightings to share...

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Another Linacre Tick!

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The ongoing works at Linacre mean that the top reservoir has a lot of exposed mud. A few days ago I had my first ever Green Sandpiper for ...

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