Showing posts with label House Sparrow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label House Sparrow. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 June 2019

Garden Ringing - 15th June 2019

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I haven't done any ringing in my garden since March, so this morning I decided to get the net out for a few hours (05:45 - 09.00). My ma...
Monday, 26 June 2017

Spotted Flycatcher

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I was up in Ripley, North Yorkshire at the weekend enjoying my son's wedding(!). In a quiet moment, I had a walk around the village wher...
Monday, 2 January 2017

Sheffield Waxwings

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I was out early this morning down on Queen's Road in Sheffield to "tick" some Waxwings for the "Year List". 300 had ...
Sunday, 13 November 2016

Ringing and Linacre

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No ringing last week because of the weather, but I managed to get out this morning with David from The Group . We had a couple of hours at a...
Monday, 18 April 2016

House Sparrow Nest

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As well as the Starling nest box I also have a House Sparrow Terrace on the side of my house. It was used last year, and I managed to ring...
Sunday, 10 April 2016

Ringing and Nesting

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I haven't been out ringing since the end of March, what with one thing or another, so it was really nice to get out this morning for a f...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Garden Finches and a juvenile Woodpigeon

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I watch and record the birds in my garden every week for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme . I don't blog about the results often, b...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

Ringing News- 27th February 2016

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I was out ringing yesterday morning with 4 members of the Sorby Breck Ringing Group . We were at the private garden site in Sheffield, an in...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

Snowy Garden adds two new species

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Last night brought a few hours of snow to the garden, the first proper snow of the winter so far, and meant that I woke up to this lovely, i...
Monday, 14 December 2015

Sheffield Ringing

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After 3 weekends of wind and rain, which has put pay to any ideas of ringing, I managed to get out again yesterday with 3 other members of T...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Garden Lesser Redpoll

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The number of birds coming to the feeders in my garden has started to increase again in the last few weeks. When I got home from work this a...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Garden Youngsters

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The nice thing about watching the garden birds at this time of the year, is the fact that young birds start to fledge from nearby nests and ...
Monday, 18 May 2015

House Sparrow ringing

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I've had a House Sparrow terrace nestbox on the side of my house for several years, but have had very little success in attracting bird...
Saturday, 4 April 2015

New Ringing Site

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After a week of cold, windy weather, and a distinct lack of ringing activity, I managed to get out for a few hours with Ray and Alan from So...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

Garden visitors

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Whilst sitting having breakfast, and watching the birds for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme this morning,  I was lucky enough to spot...
Sunday, 15 February 2015

Another ringing tick!

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I was out at the private site ringing yesterday morning with The Group . We caught 20 birds, and this number included my second "ringin...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

Garden birds in the snow.

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We've had a bit of snow here over the last few days, so I've been watching the garden intently to see if we got any different visito...
Sunday, 2 November 2014

Garden Brambling

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Whilst watching the birds in the garden this morning for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme , I noticed my first Brambling of the winter...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Garden Mega!!

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I don't blog that much about the birds in my garden, but today's an exception because I had a "mega" bird in - a Great-spo...
Saturday, 27 September 2014

House Sparrow ringing- new for the year

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House Sparrow is a species  that I don't ring very often (my last was in August 2013), so I was very pleased when one turned up in the ...