Showing posts with label Curlew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curlew. Show all posts
Sunday, 19 April 2026

Up to the Peaks!

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 Every year, Jayne and I have a drive out into the Peaks to catch up with a couple of very special summer migrants; Wheatear and Ring Ouzel...
Friday, 30 May 2025

Northumberland Dip!!

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 Whilst in Northumberland, I had a coupe of early morning visits to Lindisfarne to see if I could spot an American Golden Plover , that had ...
Sunday, 1 December 2024

Donna Nook - 1st December 2024

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 It's been five years, since Jayne and I were last at the Atlantic Grey Seal breeding reserve at Donna Nook, in Lincolnshire (see post ...
Saturday, 12 November 2022

Pied Wheatear!!

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 A first winter male Pied Wheatear turned up in a skate park in Whitley Bay last week, so, after a week of umming and ahhing (!) Jayne and I...
Sunday, 18 April 2021

Linacre Ringing and Nest Recording

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 This weekend I've had two visits to Linacre, once for the first ringing session there since September 2020, and once for the first nest...
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,...
Friday, 27 October 2017

Half Term Birding- October 2017

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Jayne and I have been away for a few days, visiting Pitlochry in Scotland, Musselburgh Lagoons near Edinburgh, Stag Rocks at Bamburgh, East ...
Friday, 4 August 2017

RSPB Ryan's Field and Hayle Estuary

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Every time we're down in Cornwall Jayne and I like to pay a visit to  the RSPB reserve at Hayle Estuary and nearby Ryan's Field. We...
Sunday, 23 April 2017

Birthday Lifer

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It was my birthday this weekend, so I travelled up to Teesdale and RSPB Bempton Cliffs with my family for a couple of days. High on my wish...
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Friday, 14 April 2017

Big Moor Year ticks

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Jayne and I had a couple of hours on Big Moor this afternoon. It was pretty blustery, but we walked from the road up to the old reservoir an...
Sunday, 14 August 2016

Isle of Wight Birds - Part 2

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Since my last post about the bird life of the Isle of Wight (see here ), Jayne and I have managed to see a few more species, and get a few m...
Friday, 10 June 2016

Derbyshire Red Kite

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Last night, following a text from my nephew, Luke, I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours watching a Red Kite at a site in North Derbyshi...
Friday, 1 April 2016

Linacre Sightings - 1st April 2016

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It's the first day of a new month, so I decided to have a couple of hours down at Linacre to see what was about. Luke was with me again,...
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Year List 2015- the final figure!

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So it's just gone 7pm on New Year's Eve, so I think it's safe to say I won't be adding any new birds to the "year list...
Saturday, 14 February 2015

North East trip adds to the Year List

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Although the weather wasn't great yesterday, we decided to have a trip to the coast. We decided on Tynemouth near Newcastle, as this mea...
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Monday, 7 April 2014

More Linacre nests

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Hot on the heels of the Tawny Owl nesting record on Saturday, I decided to go back down to Linacre yesterday morning for a couple of hours ...
Saturday, 23 November 2013

Starling Murmaration

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For several years now, Jayne and I have been talking about visiting a Starling roost/murmaration. There are several to be found around the ...