Showing posts with label Woodpigeon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Woodpigeon. Show all posts
Monday, 26 June 2017

Spotted Flycatcher

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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...
Saturday, 15 October 2016

Linacre Ringing - 15th October 2016

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Weather conditions for ringing were perfect this morning, and with good numbers of Redwing being ringed by members of The Group last weeke...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Garden Finches and a juvenile Woodpigeon

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I watch and record the birds in my garden every week for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme . I don't blog about the results often, b...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

Snowy Garden adds two new species

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Last night brought a few hours of snow to the garden, the first proper snow of the winter so far, and meant that I woke up to this lovely, i...
Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Garden Lesser Redpoll

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The number of birds coming to the feeders in my garden has started to increase again in the last few weeks. When I got home from work this a...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Garden Youngsters

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The nice thing about watching the garden birds at this time of the year, is the fact that young birds start to fledge from nearby nests and ...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

Garden birds in the snow.

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We've had a bit of snow here over the last few days, so I've been watching the garden intently to see if we got any different visito...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Garden Mega!!

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I don't blog that much about the birds in my garden, but today's an exception because I had a "mega" bird in - a Great-spo...
Sunday, 29 December 2013

Garden Birding - a few surprises

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Every week I record the wildlife that uses the garden, as part of the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme. The recording runs from Sunday to ...
Sunday, 14 July 2013

Warbler ringing and a pulli tick

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After a couple of weeks away from ringing I managed to get out this morning with the Group to the Avenue Washlands in Chesterfield. After ...
Saturday, 23 March 2013

Return of the snow!

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Last weekend I was walking around Linacre hoping to see my first summer migrants. This weekend I'm sitting at home looking at a very sno...
Sunday, 20 January 2013

Snowy weekend

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It's been a snowy weekend here in Derbyshire, so unfortunately both ringing and birding at Linacre have had to be put on hold. Thankfull...
Monday, 24 September 2012

New site and lots of birds.

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This morning's ringing session with the Sorby Breck Ringing Group took place at a new site, a private garden in Wingerworth in Chesterf...
Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Garden News - 31st May 2011

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It's now over 10 years since I started recording the wildlife in my garden for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme. At the beginning ...
Saturday, 26 March 2011

Garden News - 26th March 2011

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When I arrived back from the moors this morning I was watching the Goldfinch , Chaffinch and Woodpigeons in the garden when I spotted thes...
Sunday, 13 February 2011

Garden News - 13th February 2011

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Just a quick update with a new "year tick" from the garden in the shape of a Siskin . The bird, a male, was spotted with approxima...
Sunday, 23 January 2011

Garden news - 23rd January 2011

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One of the best things about birdwatching is that you can do it "anytime, anyplace, anywhere". The garden therefore, is always a g...
Monday, 27 December 2010

Garden Birdwatching- 27th December 2010

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With a break from school and more time at home due to the Chritsmas celebrations I've been concentrating my birdwatching efforts on the ...