Showing posts with label Black-headed Gull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black-headed Gull. Show all posts
Monday, 31 August 2026

Linacre First - Green Sandpiper!

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 Before I write this blog, I need to clarify something about the title. I was at Linacre this morning, and saw MY first ever Green Sandpipe...

Three Ringed Gulls at Rufford!

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I know that the title of this post wouldn't come as a surprise to regular readers, as I often blog about ringed gulls here. The reason I...
Sunday, 16 August 2026

South Gare - 15th August 2026

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After my trip to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper , I drove up to South Gare, near Redcar (where I'd twitched a Brown Booby back in 2023...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

Rufford Gulls - 12th August 2026

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 Yesterday, on the way back from Blacktoft Sands, Jayne and I had a quick, half an hour stop, at Rufford. It was very sunny and 32 degrees, ...
Monday, 3 August 2026

Rufford Gulls - 2nd August 2026

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 Yesterday, I had a quick 45 minute visit to Rufford. Gull numbers had increased to c.40 Black-headed Gulls, and included the first juvenile...
Friday, 10 July 2026

Welcome back 200H

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 After school today, Jayne and I had our first visit of the "autumn/winter" period to Rufford. The temperature was a scorching 32 ...
Sunday, 12 April 2026

Waders, Gulls, Summer Migrants and a few Ducks!

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I had a few free hours yesterday afternoon, so I popped down to Ogston Reservoir to see what was about. As a member of the Ogston Bird Club ...
Thursday, 9 April 2026

RSPB St Aidan's - 9th April 2026

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 Today, Jayne and I made our annual visit to RSPB St Aidan's to add a few new birds to this year's Year List. Our first new bird, Ce...
Saturday, 21 March 2026

Rufford - End of the Season

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 Last weekend (14th) I had my last trip of the winter to Rufford. Unfortunately, there were only 2 Black-headed Gulls present (both 1st win...
Sunday, 8 March 2026

Two Gulls!

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 Over the last couple of weekends I've managed to see a few more of our ringed Black-headed Gulls , at Rufford, and at King's Mill R...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

Rufford Gulls - Two Visits

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 So far this month, I've had a couple of visits to Rufford, to look at the gulls (1st and 17th). My visit on the 1st was quite quiet, wi...
Sunday, 15 February 2026

Iceland Gull

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 Hot on the heels of yesterday's trip to Scarborough, Jayne and I were out again today, adding another 3 species to the Year List. The f...