Showing posts with label Grey Heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Heron. 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, 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...
Thursday, 22 August 2024

Linacre WeBS - August 2024

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 I carried out this month's WeBS count at Linacre yesterday. As always at this time of the year, it was pretty quiet. Unfortunately, the...
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 ...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Greater Sand Plover

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 Yesterday, I drove across to Redcar beach to see a Greater Sand Plover that had arrived last week. Luckily, there were about a dozen peopl...
Thursday, 8 April 2021

Linacre Nestboxes - 7th April 2021

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 Yesterday I went down to Linacre to meet up with some of the regular Severn Trent volunteers (thanks everyone, it was great to meet you all...
Sunday, 18 October 2020

Linacre WeBS - 17th October 2020

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Yesterday I had a couple of hours at Linacre to carry out this month's WeBS walk. There had been a notable increase in duck numbers, an...
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, 19 January 2019

Linacre WeBS January 2018

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This weekend was the date for the first BTO WeBS count of 2019. Luke and I had two hours down at Linacre this morning recording the followi...
Sunday, 6 January 2019

Rother Valley Smew

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On Thursday 3rd I popped across to Rother Valley CP to see if I could catch up with a female Smew that had been reported on the Nature Rese...
Monday, 22 October 2018

Linacre WeBS - 21st October 2018

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Yesterday morning Luke and I were down at Linacre to carry out this month's WeBS count. We had a very successful few hours recording ou...
Saturday, 8 September 2018

Linacre WeBS - 8th September 2018

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This morning, Luke and I had a quick walk around all three reservoirs at Linacre, recording the following water birds: Mallard (58), Tufted...
Sunday, 17 June 2018

Linacre WeBS - 16th June 2018

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Luke and I were down at Linacre yesterday to carry out June's WeBS walk. We had 2 hours on site and recorded the following: Mallard (7...
Sunday, 15 October 2017

Linacre Ringing - 15th October 2017

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It wasn't a great morning weather wise today, but we ( Sorby Breck Ringing Group ) managed to get out to Linacre for a few hours ringing...
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...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017

RSPB Marazion Marsh

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Jayne and I spent a couple of hours at Marazion Beach and RSPB Marazion Marsh near Penzance on Sunday morning. We started off by walking...
Friday, 17 February 2017

Mute Swan 691

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Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Mute Swan sighting, today's blog gives details of.... you've guessed it, another darviced Mute Sw...
Saturday, 4 February 2017

Linacre - 4th February 2017

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Luke and I made our first visit to Linacre for February  this morning. It was cold (0 degrees on arrival), dry, bright and sunny, and we wal...
Saturday, 7 January 2017

Linacre - 7th January 2017

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Today was my first walk around all 3 reservoirs at Linacre for 2017. I arrived at 7.45am, just as it was getting light, and spent 2 hours on...