Showing posts with label Red Admiral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Admiral. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 August 2026

Four New Birds

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Before we came away, a good friend shared an excellent place to see Stone Curlew , so yesterday afternoon, I set out to have a look at the s...
Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Linacre - 11th August 2026

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 Today was my first visit to Linacre since the end of July (!). I was very pleased to meet a reader of this blog, in the car park. Hello to ...
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 ...
Sunday, 28 June 2026

Linacre Ringing and a new Moth!

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 This morning I was down at Linacre, with 3 other members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group , for our first mist netting session since 2nd May 20...
Sunday, 21 June 2026

Linacre Lifer!

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 I didn't really think that this weekend could get any better, after yesterday's lifer. But, this afternoon, after having spent time...
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...
Monday, 25 August 2025

Linacre WeBS and Ringing

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 This week, I have been down to Linacre a couple of times to carry out this month's WeBS count and for a ringing session. The WeBS count...
Thursday, 31 July 2025

Another new species for Linacre!

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 I've had a couple of 2-hour visits to Linacre this week and managed to record lots of insects, including a new species! The first walk,...
Sunday, 27 July 2025

Big Moor Dragons - 26th July 2025

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Yesterday, Jayne and I had a walk up to Little Barbrook Reservoir on Big Moor. We went to look for dragonflies, and managed to see a couple ...
Sunday, 15 September 2024

Linacre Butterflies - 14th September 2024

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 At this time of the year, whenever the sun comes out, I like to get down to Linacre to see if there are any insects about, just in case it...
Saturday, 31 August 2024

Linacre - 31st August 2024

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 Based on the year so far, this afternoon's walk around Linacre, was by far the best one for insects this summer. In total, I saw 7 diff...
Monday, 20 May 2024

Linacre Nestboxes - 19th May 2024

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 Last week's visit to Linacre was very successful, with 43 active nests found. I was back down again yesterday, and am very pleased to s...
Sunday, 15 October 2023

Linacre WeBS - 15th October 2023

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There was a real autumnal, if not wintery, feel to the air at Linacre this morning, as I arrived just before 7am, for the monthly WeBS coun...

Lesser Yellowlegs!!!!

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 This weekend, Jayne and I went across to RSPB Frampton Marsh to try and see a couple of North American waders, that have been present for ...
Saturday, 7 October 2023

Rufford Gulls - 7th October 2023

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 In a couple of hours at Rufford this afternoon ( in 21 degree heat!!) I had my highest number of Black-headed Gulls this season - with 62 ...
Sunday, 10 September 2023

Linacre - 10th September 2023

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 After a week of high temperatures well into the high 20s, it was really nice to walk around Linacre this morning in a still-quite-warm 19 d...
Saturday, 12 August 2023

RSPB Minsmere - 9th August 2023

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 On Wednesday, Jayne and I had 3 hours at RSPB Minsmere . We got there just after 6am, and walked around the main scrape area, before finish...
Saturday, 15 July 2023

The Gulls are Back!!

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 Late this morning, I had a drive across to Rufford for the first visit since March, looking for the returning Black-headed Gulls . I was in...
Saturday, 8 July 2023

Linacre 8th July 2023 - a new species!!

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I had news yesterday that the first Silver-washed Fritillaries and White-letter Hairstreaks of the year had been reported at Linacre (than...