Showing posts with label Kingfisher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kingfisher. Show all posts
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...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

Rufford Gulls - 12th August 2026

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 Yesterday, on the way back from Blacktoft Sands, Jayne and I had a quick, half an hour stop, at Rufford. It was very sunny and 32 degrees, ...
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 ...
Sunday, 15 February 2026

Linacre - 8th February 2026

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 Last weekend (8th), I went down to Linacre and walked around all three reservoirs. All was as normal, but I did manage to get my highest co...
Sunday, 16 November 2025

Linacre Ringing and WeBS

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 On 26th October, I was down at Linacre for a ringing session. We managed to catch 61 birds, including our first Redwing of the winter (a j...
Saturday, 20 September 2025

Rufford - 20th September 2025

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 Today's visit to Rufford was a little damp (!), but it did have lead to my highest ever count of Mute Swans , and records of 3 darvic-r...
Sunday, 8 September 2024

Rufford Gulls - 3rd September 2024

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 Last Tuesday was the last day of the summer holidays, so I popped to Rufford to get my first September visit to the Black-headed Gulls . I ...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Linacre - 1st January 2024

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 I was out at Linacre first thing yesterday to get my first count of 2024. The day started wet and windy, but it soon dried up, and the sun ...
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...
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 ...
Sunday, 30 July 2023

Mannington Gardens - 30th July 2023

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 After our walk in Holt Country Park, we drove across to Mannington Gardens. We had a walk around the grounds and spotted some nice wildlife...
Saturday, 15 April 2023

Year List update - 15th April 2023

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 Over the last week or so I've had a few trips to catch up with a few more "year ticks", taking this year's total to 132. ...
Saturday, 8 October 2022

Linacre WeBS Count - 8th October 2022

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 This morning I carried out October's WeBS count at Linacre. It was a perfect autumnal morning, with dry, bright, still conditions and j...
Sunday, 9 January 2022

Linacre - 7th January 2022

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 It was cold (3 degrees) and there were snow flurries as I arrived at Linacre on Friday for my first visit of 2022. I spent two hours on sit...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

Linacre WeBS - 15th November 2020

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 This month's WeBS walk was my first visit to Linacre in November. As is usual at this tine of the year, there were good numbers of wat...
Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Linacre - 12th August 2020

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 The temperature was a cracking 27 degrees again today, so I decided to have a couple of hours down at Linacre to see which insects I could ...
Saturday, 25 January 2020

Linacre WeBS - 25th January 2020

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I carried out the first Linacre WeBS count of the year this morning. The weather was very still and grey, with a temperature of 7 degrees. ...
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,...
Sunday, 17 February 2019

Linacre WeBS - February 2019

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This month's WeBS count took place yesterday morning, and the following birds were counted; Mallard 64, Mandarin Duck 28, Tufted Duck ...