Showing posts with label House Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House Martin. 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...
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 ...
Saturday, 18 July 2026

Rufford - 18th July 2026

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 I had a few hours free this afternoon, so I had my second visit of the "autumn" to Rufford CP. The number of Black-headed Gulls ...
Friday, 10 July 2026

Welcome back 200H

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 After school today, Jayne and I had our first visit of the "autumn/winter" period to Rufford. The temperature was a scorching 32 ...
Monday, 4 May 2026

Year List Update - 4th May 2026

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 Over the Bank Holiday Weekend, I managed to add a few more species to the Year List, taking the total so far to 154 species. The first spec...

Linacre Update - 3rd May 2026

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 I've been down to Linacre a couple of times over the weekend, once for ringing and once for a quick walk around and a check of the nest...
Sunday, 12 April 2026

Waders, Gulls, Summer Migrants and a few Ducks!

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I had a few free hours yesterday afternoon, so I popped down to Ogston Reservoir to see what was about. As a member of the Ogston Bird Club ...
Friday, 10 April 2026

And they're back..!!

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 I was down at Linacre this morning to carry out the first nestbox check of 2026. It was a mixed bag, as always, with 7 nests with eggs in t...
Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Island Tour - Part 3- Morro Jable

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 Our last stop on 30th March was the seaside resort of Morro Jable, on the south coast of the island. We parked on the outskirts of the reso...
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...
Saturday, 12 April 2025

New Forest, Poole Harbour and RSPB Arne

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 After our visit to Salisbury, Jayne and I spent the next four days in The New Forest and Poole Harbour/Swanage area. Whilst there we added ...
Sunday, 15 September 2024

Linacre Butterflies - 14th September 2024

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 At this time of the year, whenever the sun comes out, I like to get down to Linacre to see if there are any insects about, just in case it...
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, 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...
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-...
Sunday, 10 September 2023

Linacre - 10th September 2023

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 After a week of high temperatures well into the high 20s, it was really nice to walk around Linacre this morning in a still-quite-warm 19 d...
Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Rufford Gulls - 15th August 2023

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 I had my first August visit to Rufford yesterday, to check on the gulls. After my last visit, at the end of July, gull numbers had picked u...
Saturday, 22 July 2023

Linacre Insects - 22nd July 2023

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 It stopped raining for an hour this afternoon (!), so I popped down to Linacre to see what was about. I only walked around the bottom reser...