Showing posts with label Little Egret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Egret. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 May 2026

Four New Ticks

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 On Thursday, Jayne and I went out to Calke Abbey for a visit. Afterwards, we followed up on a tip, and visited Newton Solney to see two ...
Sunday, 19 April 2026

RSPB Blacktoft Sands - 12th April 2026

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 Last Sunday, Jayne and I went across to RSPB Blacktoft Sands to try and add a few more species to the Year List. We were very successful, ...
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...
Friday, 30 May 2025

Northumberland Dip!!

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 Whilst in Northumberland, I had a coupe of early morning visits to Lindisfarne to see if I could spot an American Golden Plover , that had ...
Sunday, 4 May 2025

Little Egret in Bakewell

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 I very rarely post about a single species, especially one that is now relatively common in Derbyshire, but last week's encounter with a...
Sunday, 28 January 2024

Year List Update - 28th January 2024

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 This last week, I've managed to add three new species to the Year List. The first species, Dipper (102), was added last Sunday, when 1...
Saturday, 6 January 2024

Northumberland - Days 4 and 5

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 During our last few days in Northumberland, we managed to add a few more birds to the "Year List", with trips to Alnmouth and Que...
Sunday, 5 March 2023

Pallas's Warbler!!!

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 Yesterday, Jayne and I went down to Attenborough NR on the outskirts of Nottingham, to see a Pallas's Warbler (99)that has been resent ...
Sunday, 16 October 2022

Clumber Mute Swans - 16th October 2022

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Jayne and I had a lovely walk around the main lake at Clumber Park this afternoon. Gull numbers were beginning to build up (200+ Black-heade...
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, 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...
Thursday, 23 August 2018

RSPB Old Moor - 22nd August 2018

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Luke and I spent yesterday morning at RSPB Old Moor . We had a few waders, including 1 "year tick" for me, and some very nice inse...
Saturday, 7 October 2017

Year List Update - 7th October 2017

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I haven't update  my 2017 "Year List" since August.  There haven't been too many additions since then, but I have added Sh...
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...
Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Minsmere again!!

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RSPB Minsmere really is a wonderful place, so I popped down again yesterday morning at 5:30am, and spent 3 and a half hours walking around t...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Black-winged Stilts

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I haven't seen a Black-winged Stilt in the UK for many years, not since "Sammy", the resident, and possibly escaped, bird tha...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

RSPB Titchwell

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Whenever Jayne and I are in Norfolk we like to visit the Titchwell RSPB Reserve . We spent 3 hours there this afternoon, and had some excell...
Sunday, 14 August 2016

Isle of Wight Birds - Part 2

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Since my last post about the bird life of the Isle of Wight (see here ), Jayne and I have managed to see a few more species, and get a few m...
Saturday, 13 August 2016

Bembridge and St Helen's Duver

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The first time we visited the Isle of Wight we stayed in Bembridge, and enjoyed many walks along the harbour and St Helen's Duver . Duri...