Showing posts with label Lapwing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lapwing. Show all posts
Monday, 31 August 2026

Linacre First - Green Sandpiper!

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 Before I write this blog, I need to clarify something about the title. I was at Linacre this morning, and saw MY first ever Green Sandpipe...
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, 4 July 2025

Butterfly Update

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 Over the last week or two I've been out and about looking for a few new summer butterflies. The first were seen at Barbrook Pools (form...
Monday, 3 April 2023

RSPB Winterbourne Downs - 2nd April 2023

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 Jayne and I have had a few days down in Wiltshire, visiting a few new sites and  seeing some nice birds. Our first new site was RSPB Winter...
Thursday, 19 August 2021

Pacific Golden Plover and Black Stork!!

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 Yesterday I had a drive over to RSPB Frampton Marsh to see a couple of nice birds:  Pacific Golden Plover (lifer!) and Black Stork (Brit...
Sunday, 23 April 2017

Birthday Lifer

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It was my birthday this weekend, so I travelled up to Teesdale and RSPB Bempton Cliffs with my family for a couple of days. High on my wish...
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Friday, 14 April 2017

Big Moor Year ticks

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Jayne and I had a couple of hours on Big Moor this afternoon. It was pretty blustery, but we walked from the road up to the old reservoir an...
Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Common and Jack Snipe

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I spent a few hours at RSPB Old Moor in Barnsley today. Whilst there I spent the majority of the time watching Common and Jack Snipe from...
Friday, 10 June 2016

Derbyshire Red Kite

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Last night, following a text from my nephew, Luke, I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours watching a Red Kite at a site in North Derbyshi...
Thursday, 3 September 2015

RSPB Old Moor

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I had a day at RSPB Old Moor today in search of a Great White Egret , that has been present for a few weeks. After a few hours, and quite a ...
Saturday, 14 February 2015

North East trip adds to the Year List

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Although the weather wasn't great yesterday, we decided to have a trip to the coast. We decided on Tynemouth near Newcastle, as this mea...
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Saturday, 17 January 2015

Great Grey Shrike - Beeley Moor

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Great Grey Shrikes appear in Derbyshire most winters, and one has been reported on the Birdguides website since December, so I decided to ...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013

Storm damage and duck counting at Linacre

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Following the heavy winds last week I was interested to see whether the woods at Linacre had suffered much damage. Luckily, the answer was ...
Saturday, 19 October 2013

Winter visitors arrive and patch tick

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No ringing today because of the wet and windy weather early on, so instead I went off to Linacre for 3 hours walking around all 3 reservoirs...
Friday, 31 August 2012

Old Moor - 31st August 2012

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News of a Red-necked Phalarope at RSPB Old Moor yesterday got my "twitching instinct" going and so I drove over for a few hours ...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

RSPB Old Moor- 13th August 2012

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I had a trip over to RSPB Old Moor on Monday with my nephew and niece. We managed to see a good range of birds and insects and I added 2 ne...