Showing posts with label Redshank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Redshank. Show all posts
Sunday, 16 August 2026

South Gare - 15th August 2026

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After my trip to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper , I drove up to South Gare, near Redcar (where I'd twitched a Brown Booby back in 2023...
Sunday, 31 May 2026

RSPB Frampton Marsh - 31st May 2026

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 Today, Jayne and I had a trip across to RSPB Frampton Marsh. We had a great walk around the reserve, adding three new species to the Year L...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Linacre Birds and Ringing - 2 new species!

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 Last week, 9th and 11th, I had my first walk and ringing session at Linacre since returning from holiday (more of that in future posts).  O...
Saturday, 12 November 2022

Pied Wheatear!!

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 A first winter male Pied Wheatear turned up in a skate park in Whitley Bay last week, so, after a week of umming and ahhing (!) Jayne and I...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Stag Rocks - 2nd January 2022

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Jayne and I were still up in Northumberland on the 2nd, so we had a few hours at Stag Rocks aka Harkess Rocks, near Bamburgh. When we got th...
Monday, 5 April 2021

Red-necked Grebe - Carsington 2nd April 2021

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Jayne and I went to Carsington on Friday and had a few hours walking around the dam wall, Stones Island and Hide area. The highlight of the ...
Saturday, 15 July 2017

Whitby and Scarborough

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Last weekend I was up in Whitby and Scarborough with the family. Whitby was quite quiet Birdwise, but I did spot a well known Herring Gull ,...
Thursday, 20 April 2017

Three New Birds

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I was up at Carsington Water for a couple of hours on Tuesday evening (18th) walking around Stones Island. I was on my annual "wagtail...
Monday, 23 January 2017

Scarborough Birds

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I was in Scarborough yesterday, with Jayne and Lydia. It was sunny, for an hour or so at least, but cold. Whilst there I managed some nice b...
Monday, 19 December 2016

Wader Ringing

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Since I started ringing back in September 2011 I've always concentrated on passerines, simply because these are the types of birds that ...
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Year List 2015- the final figure!

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So it's just gone 7pm on New Year's Eve, so I think it's safe to say I won't be adding any new birds to the "year list...
Saturday, 14 November 2015

Scarborough Birding

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The weather wasn't good enough for any ringing again this weekend, so instead Jayne and I decided to drive across to Scarborough to look...
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, 26 April 2014

Yellow Wagtails at Carsington

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This time last year I went up to Carsington Water to see some passage Yellow Wagtails. I've been checking Birdguides all week, and spott...
Wednesday, 30 October 2013

North Berwick and Bamburgh

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Last day in Scotland today, so I got up early (again) and had a couple of hours on the beaches at North Berwick . The sun was just rising as...
Monday, 28 October 2013

Aberlady Bay and Gullane Bents

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I'm up in North Berwick for a few days, so this morning I got up early and drove across to Aberlady Bay in search of a Snow Goose that...
Friday, 4 January 2013

Carsington Water - January 2013

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Following on from yesterday's excursion I spent a few hours out at Carsington Water today. The weather wasn't great, but I had a sh...
Sunday, 28 October 2012

North Berwick birding

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I'm away in North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland, for a few days and had my first bird watching walk this morning. I was out for a co...
Monday, 20 February 2012

Waders, waders and yet more waders!

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After yesterday's excitement at North Shields I had a drive up to one of my favourite birding spots, St Mary's Island in Whitley Ba...