Showing posts with label Woodcock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodcock. Show all posts
Saturday, 13 June 2026

Nightjars, Woodcock, White Stork and a Peregrine!

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 The four birds in today's title were all seen in the last 24 hours in my home county of Derbyshire! The first bird, Nightjar (170), wa...
Saturday, 7 March 2026

Common Scoter!

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 I've only managed 3 visits to Linacre this year (!), so I was very keen to get down this morning. Honestly, I was hoping for some Whoop...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Year List Update

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 Over the last few weeks, Jayne and I have added several new birds to the Year List.  The first species were Wood Warbler (163) and Grey Pa...
Saturday, 17 February 2024

Linacre Visit and Ringing - February 2024

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 On 4th February, I had a walk around all three reservoirs at Linacre. It was 9 degrees, grey and overcast. Birds seen/heard were: Song Thru...
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 ...
Sunday, 7 March 2021

Linacre Reservoirs - 6th March 2021

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 Yesterday was my first visit to Linacre of March. I arrived on site at 6.45am and spent two hours walking around all three reservoirs.  As ...
Sunday, 12 January 2020

Year List Update

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Last week, Luke and I visited Linacre (see here ). Whilst there, I managed to add several birds to my "year list" (numbers 61 - 71...
Monday, 6 January 2020

Linacre - 5th January 2020

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Luke and I had our first visit to Linacre on Sunday morning, and it turned out to be a very good trip with some really interesting records. ...
Monday, 24 June 2019

Year List Update

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On Friday I was out with the Chesterfield RSPB Group at Clumber Park for the annual Nightjar Walk. We started off at the Chapel, where w...
Tuesday, 7 August 2018

Year List update

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Back in June I took part in Chesterfield RSPB's annual evening walk around Clumber Park. We had a few hours walking around the park, bef...
Sunday, 18 June 2017

Year List Update - 4 new species

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Over the last couple of weeks the "year listing" has slowed down some what, but despite this, I've managed to add 4 new specie...
Sunday, 26 June 2016

Nightjars and Woodcock

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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...
Sunday, 22 November 2015

Linacre Ringing - Redwings,Woodcock and more Shag photos.

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After all the excitement of yesterday's new bird at Linacre I was back down there again this morning, this time with the Sorby Breck Rin...
Monday, 29 June 2015

Year List Update

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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 ...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014

RSPB Nightjar Walk

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On Friday I spent 4 hours in Clumber Park with several members of the Chesterfield RSPB Group , on our annual trip to see the Woodcocks and...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Linacre WeBS - Januray 2014

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The first WeBS walk of 2014 turned out to be a wet one with heavy rain throughout. Thankfully, however, the 2 members of the Chesterfield ...
Saturday, 22 June 2013

Nightjar Walk - Clumber Park

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Every year, at about this time, I join up with Chesterfield RSPB group to lead an evening walk around the National Trust's property of...
Sunday, 14 April 2013

Empty nestboxes, WeBS Walk, summer migrants and a new bird!

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This weekend's visit to Linacre was pretty busy with the first check of the nest boxes and the monthly  WeBS Walk . Added to this, I als...
Monday, 24 December 2012

Quiet Linacre

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No ringing this weekend due to a combination of heavy, persistent rain (Saturday) and wind (Sunday). Instead I had a couple of hours walking...
Sunday, 17 June 2012

Nightjars and Woodcocks

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Friday evening saw me and 5 others spending  a few hours in Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire on the Chesterfield RSPB's annual visit to ...