Showing posts with label Spotted Flycatcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spotted Flycatcher. Show all posts
Friday, 24 July 2026

Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 24th July 2026

›
 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...
Sunday, 20 July 2025

Year List Update - 20th July 2025

›
As always, at this time of the year, the Year List slows down, as most of the easier-to-find species have been recorded. I have, however, ma...
Thursday, 30 May 2024

Spotted Flycatcher - 30th May 2024

›
 Today is our last full day in West Sussex, and this morning, we popped across to the National Trust's Petworth House. We arrived a litt...
Sunday, 14 May 2023

Deep Dale - 14th May 2023

›
 The weather played ball today (20 degrees and sunny) so Jayne and I set off up Deep Dale for a walk. Whilst there, we spotted 4 species of ...
Saturday, 6 June 2020

Lathkill Dale - 6th June 2020

›
Jayne and I went for a walk along Lathkill Dale today. The weather wasn't great, with strong winds and lots of cloud, but we did get a f...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Linacre Update - 20th May 2020

›
I had a walk around Linacre with my nephew, Luke, on 20th May. The weather was warm and sunny and we got some great views of some of the ins...
Monday, 26 June 2017

Spotted Flycatcher

›
I was up in Ripley, North Yorkshire at the weekend enjoying my son's wedding(!). In a quiet moment, I had a walk around the village wher...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

Nightjars and Woodcock

›
Every year, at the end of June, I lead a walk for the Chesterfield RSPB Group around Clumber Park , to see Woodcock and Nightjar . We were...
Monday, 29 June 2015

Year List Update

›
I was out at Clumber Park on Friday evening with the Chesterfield RSPB Group for the annual Nightjar Walk. We met at 7pm and had a short ...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Menorcan Birds

›
Our family holiday this year took us to Menorca. This was our first visit to the Mediterranean island and we were very pleased with the 30+ ...
Monday, 20 May 2013

Linacre nest update- 19th May 2013

›
I think I can count on one hand the number of times I visit Linacre in a T-shirt. Sunday 19th was just one of those days, as the temperature...
Saturday, 26 May 2012

2 Year ticks, 3 pulli ringed and 3 new eggs.

›
I woke up early this morning, so I decided to pop up to Linacre to refill the feeders in the new ringing site. They were all completely empt...
Monday, 13 June 2011

Linacre WeBS Walk - 11th and 12th June 2011

›
This month's WeBS walk results are a combination of  two walks, the first by Mandy and Vicky on Saturday and the second by me on Sunday ...
Saturday, 11 June 2011

Clumber Park - 10th June 2011

›
As a birdwatcher, there are certain events that I look forward to every year, such as the first returning summer migrants or winter thrushes...
Saturday, 28 May 2011

Padley Gorge - 28th May 2011

›
Had a short walk down the gorge this afternoon with Jayne. Despite the fact that it was quite late in the day we still managed to find some ...
Sunday, 17 April 2011

Barbrook Plantation - 17th April 2011

›
After my early morning visit to Linacre I popped up to Barbrook Plantation, a small area of woodland on the edge of moorland in the Peak Dis...