Showing posts with label Blackcap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackcap. Show all posts
Monday, 20 July 2026

Seven Hours at Linacre!

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 Yesterday (19th), I had a couple of visits to Linacre. The first, from 06.00 - 09.30, was a ringing session, with 3 other members of Sorby ...
Sunday, 28 June 2026

Linacre Ringing and a new Moth!

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 This morning I was down at Linacre, with 3 other members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group , for our first mist netting session since 2nd May 20...
Friday, 26 June 2026

Fledgling Blackcap

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 It isn't often that I do a post for one species, but last night, whilst out  looking for a Lesser Emperor dragonfly at Pebley Pond (no...
Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Linacre - 7th April 2026

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 This morning was my first visit to Linacre since our week away. I had a walk around all three reservoirs, and added two new species to the ...
Monday, 25 August 2025

Linacre WeBS and Ringing

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 This week, I have been down to Linacre a couple of times to carry out this month's WeBS count and for a ringing session. The WeBS count...
Monday, 14 July 2025

Linacre Ringing - 13th July 2025

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Yesterday, we had a fantastic ringing session down at Linacre, where we ringed 54 birds of 11 species, including 4 summer migrants. Birds ri...
Sunday, 6 July 2025

Linacre 5th July 2025- A new Hoverfly!

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 I had 2 hours down at Linacre yesterday morning. It was 18 degrees and overcast, but a few sunny spells enticed some butterflies out. I als...
Saturday, 19 April 2025

Linacre - 19th April 2025

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 I had a couple of hours at Linacre this afternoon. It was 15 degrees, but overcast and a few sunny spells. Despite this, I managed to recor...
Sunday, 6 April 2025

Linacre 5th April 2025

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 We've had a couple of weeks of warm, sunny weather, so, having a free afternoon, I popped down to Linacre to see if I could see the fir...
Friday, 1 November 2024

Cornwall Ringing

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 Yesterday morning (31st), Luke and I were up early visiting a private ringing site in the Nanjizal Valley in West Cornwall ( West Cornwall ...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Linacre Birds and Ringing - 2 new species!

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 Last week, 9th and 11th, I had my first walk and ringing session at Linacre since returning from holiday (more of that in future posts).  O...
Sunday, 30 June 2024

Linacre - 30th June 2024

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 It hasn't been a great summer for butterflies so far, but a walk around Linacre this morning got me two new species for the year, along...
Sunday, 12 May 2024

Linacre Update - 11th May 2024

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 Yesterday morning I went down to Linacre to carry out this month's WeBS count, and to catch up with the nestboxes. The WeBS count was,...
Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Linacre Nestboxes - 4th and 6th May 2024

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 Over the weekend, I was down at Linacre with other members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group , to carry out another check of the nestboxes. We h...
Sunday, 7 April 2024

Year List Update - 7th April 2024

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 It's been a few weeks since I updated the "Year List", and, since then, I've added a few new species. First was the Ring-...
Saturday, 6 April 2024

Linacre WeBS - 6th April 2024

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 The second visit to Linacre this week was this morning, when I carried out this month's WeBS count. It was 13 degrees when I arrived a...

Linacre 2nd April 2024

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 This week, I've managed a couple of trips to Linacre, recording my first butterflies of 2024 and a few more summer migrants. Tuesday...
Friday, 13 October 2023

Linacre Ringing - 8th October 2024

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Last weekend, we had a ringing session down at Linacre. We arrived at 6.45am, and, by 11am, we had ringed 47 new birds of 8 species. Birds r...
Sunday, 3 September 2023

Linacre Ringing - 2nd September 2023

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 Yesterday morning I was down at Linacre, from 05.45 - 10.00, for a ringing session, with 2 other members of  Sorby Breck Ringing Group . It...
Monday, 28 August 2023

Linacre WeBS - 28th August 2023

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 I carried out the monthly WeBS count this morning. It was warm and sunny and a really enjoyable walk around all three reservoirs. Birds see...