Showing posts with label Common Sandpiper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Sandpiper. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, 27 August 2026

Four New Birds

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Before we came away, a good friend shared an excellent place to see Stone Curlew , so yesterday afternoon, I set out to have a look at the s...
Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Linacre - 11th August 2026

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 Today was my first visit to Linacre since the end of July (!). I was very pleased to meet a reader of this blog, in the car park. Hello to ...
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, 12 April 2026

End of the Trip

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 Saturday 4th April was our last day on Fuerteventura. We weren't being picked up until 5pm, so we spent the entire day walking around t...
Saturday, 11 April 2026

Island Tour - Part 8 - Isla de Lobos

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 After dropping off the car, Jayne and I had another two days in Corralejo. We decided to take a trip across to the nearby nature reserve of...
Sunday, 5 April 2026

Corralejo- March 28th and 29th

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 Jayne and I arrived in the resort of Corralejo on Saturday afternoon. We spent the rest of the day, and the Sunday in the resort. The first...
Sunday, 20 July 2025

Year List Update - 20th July 2025

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As always, at this time of the year, the Year List slows down, as most of the easier-to-find species have been recorded. I have, however, ma...
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, 28 April 2024

Linacre Nestboxes - 27th April 2024

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 Yesterday, I had my first visit of the year to check on the nestboxes at Linacre. The initial few boxes didn't bode well, but, by the e...
Saturday, 24 June 2023

Linacre - 24th June 2023

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 This morning I had three hours walking around Linacre, checking the nestboxes, carrying out this month's WeBS  count, and looking at th...
Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Dunham Massey - 1st May 2023

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 Yesterday, we had a family day out at the National Trust's Dunham Massey . Whilst there, I spotted two new species for the year: Ring-n...
Thursday, 14 April 2022

Summer Migrants Arrive

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 The sun was out at Linacre this morning and so were the birds! Between 8am and 10.30am I walked around all three Reservoirs and recorded 12...
Sunday, 11 April 2021

Sunshine and (Snow) Showers

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Today was this month's WeBS walk at Linacre. I had a wander round and recorded the following birds: Mallard (45), Mandarin (24), Coot...
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Colour-ringed Mediterranean Gulls - Cornwall 2019

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Last week, whilst in Cornwall I managed to see 2 colour-ringed Mediterranean Gulls on the RSPB's Hayle Estuary reserve.The first bird,...
Sunday, 5 May 2019

Linacre Nestboxes - 4th May 2019

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Luke and I had 2 hours at Linacre checking the nestboxes for the BTO Nest Record Scheme yesterday. Things had moved on very nicely since la...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Scotland - 19th April 2019

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Jayne and I are up in Scotland for a few days, and our first stop, on 19th, was Musselburgh Lagoons, near Edinburgh. We stopped off here to ...
Thursday, 23 August 2018

RSPB Old Moor - 22nd August 2018

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Luke and I spent yesterday morning at RSPB Old Moor . We had a few waders, including 1 "year tick" for me, and some very nice inse...