Showing posts with label Year List 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year List 2015. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Year List 2015- the final figure!

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So it's just gone 7pm on New Year's Eve, so I think it's safe to say I won't be adding any new birds to the "year list...
Monday, 28 December 2015

Carsington Water Year Tick

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I was out at Carsington Water yesterday with Jayne, with the hope of adding another species to the "year list". As you can probab...
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, 16 November 2015

Year List update

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This weekend has been very good for birdwatching, with 3 new species added to the Year List, in addition to the Black-necked Grebe mentione...
Saturday, 14 November 2015

Scarborough Birding

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The weather wasn't good enough for any ringing again this weekend, so instead Jayne and I decided to drive across to Scarborough to look...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015

CRAG MARTIN!!!

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When I looked at the national bird sightings on the Bird Guides website ( see here )  on Sunday, I saw a record of a Crag Martin that had b...
Friday, 30 October 2015

Whinlatter Forest Park - Cumbria

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Jayne and I have just had a couple of days in Keswick in the Lake District. During our time, we visited the Forestry Commission's Whinla...
Saturday, 10 October 2015

Black Tern

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After a morning's ringing, I drove across to Thrybergh Country Park, with Jayne, to see a Black Tern that had been reported on the Bird...
Monday, 5 October 2015

London Birds

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I was in London with Jayne, for the weekend, and whilst there I managed to add a couple more birds to the Year List, namely Ring-necked Para...
Thursday, 3 September 2015

RSPB Old Moor

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I had a day at RSPB Old Moor today in search of a Great White Egret , that has been present for a few weeks. After a few hours, and quite a ...
Thursday, 27 August 2015

RSPB Frampton Marsh

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I had a drive over to Lincolnshire today to see if I could see a Red-footed Falcon at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's Willow Tree Fe...
Friday, 21 August 2015

Derbyshire Osprey

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News on the Bird Guides website that there were a couple of Ospreys at Ogston Reservoir, made me decide to pop across there earlier in the...
Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Ring-billed Gull

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Last year I was lucky enough to be in Hampshire, where I spotted a beautiful adult Ring-billed Gull (see post here ). Well, a first summer ...
Friday, 7 August 2015

SABINE'S GULL!!!

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When news of an adult, inland Sabine's Gull  at Pennington Flash in Greater Manchester appeared on Birdguides earlier this week (see her...
Sunday, 2 August 2015

Year List tops 150

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After a week away in Norfolk I thought it was about time I updated the Year List, especially as I've managed to reach the 150 mark again...
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Unseasonable Siskin

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On Sunday evening, whilst having tea, I glanced out of the window and noticed this beauty feeding on the sunflower hearts- a male Siskin ! ...
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 ...
Saturday, 20 June 2015

RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

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I've been keen to see Swallowtail butterflies and Norfolk Hawker dragonflies for several years now, but both species have a very restr...
Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Year List Update and a new Dragonfly

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This week is half term, which means I've had a bit of time to get out and about to do some birdwatching and increase my "year list...
Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Deep Dale

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On Monday it was a bank holiday, and the weather was bright and sunny, so I went out to Deep Dale in the Peak District for a walk with  my...