Showing posts with label Waxwing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waxwing. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Year List 2025 - The final total

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 Over the last two days, I've managed to add another 2 species to my "Year List" for 2025, namely Purple Sandpiper (209) and...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Hassop Waxwings

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 After my walk around Linacre yesterday, Jayne and I drove cross to Hassop Station near Bakewell to see the 250+ Waxwings  (42) that had bee...
Saturday, 4 November 2023

Scotland Trip - October 2023

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 Jayne and I have just returned from a family break in Pitlochry. Whilst there, we saw a few new birds and some lovely Red Squirrels. We vis...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Year List Update

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It's been quite a while since I last updated the blog, so here's a post about the bird species I've seen since then. The first...
Sunday, 13 January 2019

Year List - 100 species +

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This weekend I've managed to add 3 new species to the "year list". The first new species, Waxwing , was added yesterday, when ...
Saturday, 3 February 2018

Linacre - 3rd February 2018

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Luke and I had a couple of hours out at Holmebrook Valley CP and Linacre this morning. Despite persistent drizzle, and a little bit of sleet...
Monday, 30 January 2017

Colour-ringed Waxwing

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I was driving past Sheepbridge Business Centre in Chesterfield yesterday, when I spotted the familiar silhouette of a Waxwing perched up in...
Saturday, 21 January 2017

Linacre Sightings and Chesterfield Waxwings

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It was a cold (2 degrees), grey and miserable morning when I arrived at Linacre this morning with Luke. We had an hour and a half walking ar...
Sunday, 8 January 2017

New Year Ringing, Waxwings and Year Ticks

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I know its not quite the new year now, but today was the first opportunity I had to get out ringing in 2017, hence the title of today's ...
Monday, 2 January 2017

Sheffield Waxwings

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I was out early this morning down on Queen's Road in Sheffield to "tick" some Waxwings for the "Year List". 300 had ...
Friday, 18 November 2016

Waxwing in Chesterfield

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For the last few weeks there has been an increasing numbers of Waxwings being reported on Birdguides . There were a couple of reports in De...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Waxwing

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I haven't had any new additions to the Year List for a while, so when news of a Waxwing at RSPB Old Moor came through on the BirdGuides...
Monday, 21 January 2013

Waxwings over

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Just a quick blog to say that whilst clearing snow from my car and the driveway a flock of approximately 40 Waxwings flew over the house an...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

25 Year Ticks

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The best thing about birding at the start of a new year is that just about anything you see is a "year tick". Today I went out bir...
Monday, 31 December 2012

2012 Ringing and Year List Totals

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Following on from this morning's Linacre roundup I thought I should spend some time looking at my ringing and "year listing" a...
Sunday, 11 November 2012

Return of the Waxwings

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Some years Britain sees a big influx of   Waxwings from Northern Europe, usually when the berry crop has been poor. This winter seems to be...
Sunday, 3 April 2011

Waxwings in Cutthorpe

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Driving up to Linacre this morning I thought I'd stop off in Cutthorpe to check if there were any Waxwings still about. As luck would h...
Monday, 3 January 2011

WAXWINGS!!!!

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This morning, whilst watching a small flock of Redwings, Blackbirds  and Fieldfares, which were feeding on the Hawthorn berries behind my g...