Showing posts with label Great-crested Grebe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great-crested Grebe. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 September 2026

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...
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...
Monday, 8 June 2026

Linacre Nestboxes 2026 - The results are in!

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Since the end of April, several members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group have been monitoring the nestboxes at Linacre, for the BTO's Nest ...
Monday, 29 December 2025

Linacre WeBS - 27th December 2025

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 I wasn't able to get down to Linacre earlier this month for the WeBS walk, so Jayne and I popped down on 27th to do it. It was a grey,...
Sunday, 3 March 2024

Linacre - 2nd March 2024

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 Yesterday saw me down at Linacre for my first visit of March. It was a chilly 3 degrees, with a mixture of rain and sleet, but the sight of...
Wednesday, 28 February 2024

Linacre Mega!!

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 Yesterday (27th), I received a message from the volunteer rangers letting me know that there was a swan species on the middle reservoirs. U...
Saturday, 9 December 2023

Linacre - 2nd December 2023

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 Last Saturday, I had a few hours down at Linacre. It was a relatively quiet walk, until the end, when I spotted 80 Teal on the middle reser...
Sunday, 19 November 2023

Linacre WeBS - 19th November 2023

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 Today was the day for this month's WeBS walk around Linacre. I had a couple of hours, walking around all three reservoirs, recording ju...
Saturday, 18 November 2023

Welcome Back P519!

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 It's been a couple of weeks since my last visit to Rufford, and I'm very pleased to say that this time there were Black-headed Gull...
Sunday, 24 September 2023

Linacre WeBS - September 2023

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 I was down at Linacre yesterday morning for this month's WeBS count. I had a good walk around all three reservoirs, and recorded some ...
Tuesday, 6 September 2022

Linacre Insects - 4th September 2022

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 It was 21 degrees on Sunday, so I had a couple of hours around Linacre to see which insects were still flying. It started well, with a Red ...
Saturday, 27 February 2021

Linacre Reservoir - 27th February 2021

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 It was a bright, sunny and calm morning this morning, with a temperature of just 1 degree at 7am, as I arrived at Linacre. I spent 2 hours ...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Linacre WeBS - 11th July 2020

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On Saturday, I walked around all three reservoirs for this moth's WeBS count. Highlights for me were a pair of Great-crested Grebes wi...
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Tuesday, 24 December 2019

Linacre WeBS - 15th December 2019

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Linacre's December WeBS walk was quite a quiet affair with the following birds seen: Mallard (80), Tufted Duck (just 4!), Mandarin Duck ...
Saturday, 23 November 2019

Linacre WeBS - 23rd November 2019

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For the first time this month here's a blog that actually involves Linacre Reservoirs, and not too many Black-headed Gulls!! I spent a...
Sunday, 27 October 2019

Linacre WeBS - 27th October 2019

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Ringing at Linacre was cancelled this morning dur to strong winds, so instead, Sarah, Robin and I walked around all three reservoirs and car...
Saturday, 28 September 2019

Linacre WeBS - 28th September 2019

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I was down at Linacre birdwatching for the first time this month (!) and carried out the monthly WeBS count. It was quite quiet, but, as al...
Saturday, 8 June 2019

Linacre Birds and Insects - 2nd June 2019

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Last Sunday I got up early and had a couple of hours walking around all 3 reservoirs of Linacre. It was a lovely morning, and I managed to r...
Sunday, 7 April 2019

Linacre Bird News - 7th April 2019

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Luke and I were at Linacre this morning for a walk around all 3 reservoirs. We recorded the following waterbirds: Mallard (37), Tufted Duck ...
Sunday, 3 March 2019

Linacre - 2nd March 2019

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Luke and I had a couple of hours at Linacre yesterday morning, hoping to see, or hear, our first spring migrants. Unfortunately, we didn...