Showing posts with label Sand Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sand Martin. Show all posts
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, 10 April 2026

And they're back..!!

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 I was down at Linacre this morning to carry out the first nestbox check of 2026. It was a mixed bag, as always, with 7 nests with eggs in t...
Thursday, 9 April 2026

RSPB St Aidan's - 9th April 2026

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 Today, Jayne and I made our annual visit to RSPB St Aidan's to add a few new birds to this year's Year List. Our first new bird, Ce...

Island Tour - Part 6 - El Embalse de los Monlinos

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Thursday 1st April was the last day that Jayne and I had the hire car, so we set out to visit a nearby reservoir, namely El Embalse de los M...
Sunday, 28 April 2024

Linacre Nestboxes - 27th April 2024

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 Yesterday, I had my first visit of the year to check on the nestboxes at Linacre. The initial few boxes didn't bode well, but, by the e...
Sunday, 7 April 2024

Year List Update - 7th April 2024

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 It's been a few weeks since I updated the "Year List", and, since then, I've added a few new species. First was the Ring-...
Saturday, 1 July 2023

Yorkshire Black-winged Stilts

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 This year has seen a large influx of Black-winged Stilts , with at least 3 pairs so far known to be breeding (2 at RSPB Frampton Marsh) and...
Friday, 14 April 2023

Linacre - 14th April 2023

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I was down at Linacre this morning from 7am - 11am taking a first check of the year nestboxes (thanks to Antony and Pete for your support!) ...
Sunday, 11 April 2021

Sunshine and (Snow) Showers

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Today was this month's WeBS walk at Linacre. I had a wander round and recorded the following birds: Mallard (45), Mandarin (24), Coot...
Thursday, 8 April 2021

Linacre Nestboxes - 7th April 2021

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 Yesterday I went down to Linacre to meet up with some of the regular Severn Trent volunteers (thanks everyone, it was great to meet you all...
Saturday, 27 April 2019

Scotland - The Last Few Days

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My last post about my recent Scotland trip is one covering a few days, and several different places. The first place is a forest called Al...
Monday, 15 April 2019

Year List Update- 14th April 2019

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It's been over a month since I last updated the year list, and, since then, I've added quite a few new species, including a "li...
Sunday, 14 April 2019

Linacre Nestboxes and Summer Migrants - 14th April 2019

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Luke and I were down at Linacre this morning to have the first check of the nestboxes for the BTO's Nest Record Scheme . We went around ...
Saturday, 7 April 2018

Rutland Water - 5th April 2018

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Luke and I went to Rutland Water Nature Reserve on Thursday to catch up with the Ospreys that had returned to breed on the reserve. We spe...
Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Linacre Nestboxes - a first visit

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Over the weekend, and yesterday, I paid my first visit of 2017 to monitor the nestboxes at Linacre. I had a feeling they'd be further on...
Monday, 3 April 2017

Derbyshire Cattle Egret!!

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According to The Birds of Derbyshire, Cattle Egret is a "very rare vagrant" in the county, with just 7 previous records in 1966, ...
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...
Monday, 28 March 2016

Happier news- Summer Migrants return

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Following on from yesterday's sad post about the demise of one of the juvenile/2nd calendar year Shags, I am very pleased to be able to ...
Sunday, 17 May 2015

Linacre WeBS - May 2015

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This weekend was the allocated time for May's WeBS walk, so a big thank you to Mandy and Carmella from the Chesterfield RSPB Group for...
Sunday, 5 April 2015

Summer Migrants...at last!

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The weather this spring has been, to put it nicely, poor! Cold, northerly winds and rain have meant that few summer migrants have managed to...