Showing posts with label Mute Swan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mute Swan. Show all posts
Monday, 7 September 2026

RSPB Old Moor - 5th September 2026

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Jayne and I had a trip over to RSPB Old Moor, on Saturday. We had a few hours there, and managed to add another couple of species to the Yea...
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, ...
Friday, 24 July 2026

Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 24th July 2026

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 Jayne and I had a walk around YSP today, and added a new species for the year, saw 3 ringed Mute Swans and managed a beautiful picture of a...
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 ...
Saturday, 21 March 2026

Rufford - End of the Season

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 Last weekend (14th) I had my last trip of the winter to Rufford. Unfortunately, there were only 2 Black-headed Gulls present (both 1st win...
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...
Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Rufford Visit - 2nd September 2025

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 Yesterday, I had my first visit to Rufford for a couple of weeks. It was bright sunshine (with a few rain showers) and 20 degrees, and ther...
Thursday, 21 August 2025

Rufford Gulls - 20th August 2025

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 After a couple of weeks away, I had a 2 hour visit to Rufford yesterday afternoon. There were approximately 75 Black-headed Gulls present ...
Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Pennington Flash - 12th January 2025

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 Jayne had an appointment in Stockport on Sunday, so, after dropping her off, I drove across to Pennington Flash. The main lake was 95% froz...
Sunday, 22 September 2024

Soggy Rufford!!

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 I didn't go to Rufford last weekend, because of the heavy rain, so I really wanted to get back across today. I went, and ironically, it...
Thursday, 22 August 2024

Rufford - 2 new gulls and 3 cygnets!

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 Tuesday's visit to Rufford was a great one, with sightings of 9 darviced Black-headed Gulls , including 2 new birds. In addition, the (...
Saturday, 6 April 2024

Linacre WeBS - 6th April 2024

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 The second visit to Linacre this week was this morning, when I carried out this month's WeBS count. It was 13 degrees when I arrived a...

Linacre 2nd April 2024

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 This week, I've managed a couple of trips to Linacre, recording my first butterflies of 2024 and a few more summer migrants. Tuesday...
Monday, 1 April 2024

Linacre 24th and 29th March 2024

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 I had a couple of visits to Linacre in the last few days of March. It was quite quiet on both occasions, but I did manage to see a few summ...