Showing posts with label Whitethroat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Whitethroat. Show all posts
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Whimbrel, Wheatear and Whitethroat!

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 Over the last few days, down here in Suffolk, I've seen a few birds, including the three species listed in the title. The first bird, W...
Sunday, 23 August 2026

RSPB Minsmere - 22nd August 2026

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 Yesterday, Jayne and I had an early morning visit to RSPB Minsmere . We had three hours on site (6.30am - 9.30am), and added a new butterfl...
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Sunday, 26 April 2026

Year List Update and a Lifer!

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Today has been a pretty great day, in terms of Year List species, and a very nice, completely unexpected "lifer". The day started ...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

Two more Ticks

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Our base in Northumberland was at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park, on the outskirts of Amble and Ashington. The lake is a great place, espe...
Saturday, 12 August 2023

Westleton Heath - 10th August 2023

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 On Thursday, I popped down to Westleton Heath to catch up with the last species I wanted to see whilst down in Suffolk, the Dartford Warble...
Saturday, 23 April 2022

Wales - 15th - 22nd April 2022

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 Jayne and I have just spent a week in Llanbedrog, North Wales. Although primarily a family break, we did manage to do some birding, and add...
Monday, 3 May 2021

Linacre Nestboxes - 3rd May 2021

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 It's been a couple of weeks since I last checked the nestboxes at Linacre, so I popped down for a couple of hours this morning, before ...
Friday, 15 May 2020

Year List Update - 15th May 2020

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I last updated my year list back in February (see here ). At the time, I had recorded 91 species in the UK, and was looking forward to an E...
Monday, 9 September 2019

Linacre ringing - 8th September 2019

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I didn't manage to get any ringing in at Linacre in July and August, but I was down there on Sunday with 4 other members of Sorby Breck ...
Monday, 1 July 2019

Linacre Ringing and Insects - 30th June 2019

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I haven't done any mist netting at Linacre since the end of March, so yesterday morning I was down there with 3 other members of the Sor...
Sunday, 5 May 2019

Linacre Nestboxes - 4th May 2019

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Luke and I had 2 hours at Linacre checking the nestboxes for the BTO Nest Record Scheme yesterday. Things had moved on very nicely since la...
Monday, 7 August 2017

French-ringed Reed Warbler

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Yesterday I was out for my first ringing session in a while at Poolsbrook Marsh, with 5 other members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group . We ar...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017

RSPB Marazion Marsh

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Jayne and I spent a couple of hours at Marazion Beach and RSPB Marazion Marsh near Penzance on Sunday morning. We started off by walking...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Red-footed Falcon!!

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News of a 1st summer male Red-footed Falcon on Dunwich Heath on Tuesday evening had me up early (again!) this morning, to see if I could ca...
Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Linacre WeBS - 21st May 2017

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I spent two hours at Linacre on Sunday, carrying out this month's BTO WeBS walk. The following birds were recorded: Mallard (46; 33 ad...
Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Smashing Sunday

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Four years ago, during the London Olympics, the British athletes celebrated what was called Super Saturday, when lots of medals were won. At...
Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Poolsbrook Marsh - 24th July 2016

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Every summer I go out ringing with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Poolsbrook Marsh. We were out there again at the weekend, and managed to ri...
Monday, 20 June 2016

Linacre Ringing, a new damselfly and a Year Ticks

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Yesterday saw the first mist netting session at Linacre since April with 3 members, including me, from Sorby Breck Ringing Group. To say it ...
Sunday, 15 May 2016

Year List Update

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I've managed to add a few new species to this year's Year List over the last few weeks, so I thought I'd better write a short p...
Sunday, 16 August 2015

Linacre Ringing- 8th August 2015

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As I was driving down to Cornwall last weekend, 4 members of the Sorby Breck Ringing Group were ringing at Linacre. They had an amazing few...