Showing posts with label Willow Warbler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Willow Warbler. Show all posts
Sunday, 28 June 2026

Linacre Ringing and a new Moth!

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 This morning I was down at Linacre, with 3 other members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group , for our first mist netting session since 2nd May 20...
Saturday, 11 April 2026

Island Tour - Part 7 - Barranco de la Torre

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 After our trip to the Molinos Reservoir, we drove across the island to Barranco de la Torre. By the time we arrived, it was 2.30pm, and qui...
Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Linacre - 7th April 2026

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 This morning was my first visit to Linacre since our week away. I had a walk around all three reservoirs, and added two new species to the ...
Monday, 25 August 2025

Linacre WeBS and Ringing

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 This week, I have been down to Linacre a couple of times to carry out this month's WeBS count and for a ringing session. The WeBS count...
Monday, 14 July 2025

Linacre Ringing - 13th July 2025

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Yesterday, we had a fantastic ringing session down at Linacre, where we ringed 54 birds of 11 species, including 4 summer migrants. Birds ri...
Sunday, 22 June 2025

Linacre WeBS and Insects

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 This month's WeBS count took place yesterday, and whilst there, a few butterflies, 1 species of moth and two damselfly species were als...
Saturday, 19 April 2025

Linacre - 19th April 2025

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 I had a couple of hours at Linacre this afternoon. It was 15 degrees, but overcast and a few sunny spells. Despite this, I managed to recor...
Saturday, 12 April 2025

New Forest, Poole Harbour and RSPB Arne

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 After our visit to Salisbury, Jayne and I spent the next four days in The New Forest and Poole Harbour/Swanage area. Whilst there we added ...
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...
Sunday, 12 May 2024

Linacre Update - 11th May 2024

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 Yesterday morning I went down to Linacre to carry out this month's WeBS count, and to catch up with the nestboxes. The WeBS count was,...
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, 6 April 2024

Linacre WeBS - 6th April 2024

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 The second visit to Linacre this week was this morning, when I carried out this month's WeBS count. It was 13 degrees when I arrived a...

Linacre 2nd April 2024

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 This week, I've managed a couple of trips to Linacre, recording my first butterflies of 2024 and a few more summer migrants. Tuesday...
Friday, 1 September 2023

Linacre - 31st August 2023

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 It was the last day of meteorological summer yesterday, and I had 3 hours down at Linacre. There were several species of butterfly and drag...
Saturday, 24 June 2023

Derbyshire Woodcock and Nightjar - 21st June 2023

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 On Wednesday, Jayne and I went out with our friend Stewart from Derbyshire Bird Tours in the search for Nightjar and Woodcock . We met up ...
Thursday, 6 April 2023

Linacre - 6th April 2023

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 After a short drive to a site in Nottinghamshire to see breeding plumaged Black-necked Grebes (124) (7 birds seen) and a single Little Ring...
Thursday, 14 April 2022

Summer Migrants Arrive

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 The sun was out at Linacre this morning and so were the birds! Between 8am and 10.30am I walked around all three Reservoirs and recorded 12...
Friday, 23 July 2021

Linacre Ringing - 18th July 2021

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Last Sunday I was down at Linacre for a mist netting session with Sorby Breck Ringing Group . It was our first session since May, and we man...
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 ...
Sunday, 18 April 2021

Linacre Ringing and Nest Recording

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 This weekend I've had two visits to Linacre, once for the first ringing session there since September 2020, and once for the first nest...