Showing posts with label Year List 2025. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year List 2025. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Year List 2025 - The final total

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 Over the last two days, I've managed to add another 2 species to my "Year List" for 2025, namely Purple Sandpiper (209) and...
Monday, 29 December 2025

Year List Update - 29th December 2025

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 Yesterday, Luke and I went across to Lincolnshire to add a few new species to this year's Year List. We started off at Tongue End, wher...
Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Year List Update - 23rd December 2025

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 Yesterday, Luke and I had a few hours birding in Nottinghamshire. Despite the grey, dreary conditions, we added two new species to our  Yea...
Saturday, 20 December 2025

Alexandrine Parakeets

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Back in May, I saw a piece on Springwatch, about parakeets in Graves Park, Sheffield. I knew that Ring-necked were present in decent number...
Monday, 27 October 2025

Spurn Point - 25th October 2025

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 On Saturday, Jayne and I went over to Spurn Point NNR to visit our nephew, who is volunteering there. Whilst there, we had an eight and a h...
Sunday, 5 October 2025

Red-backed Shrike

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This weekend, Jayne and I were don on Norfolk. We spent yesterday in Norwich, and then went up to the north coast for a spot of birding toda...
Saturday, 13 September 2025

Derbyshire Dotterel!

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 This afternoon, I spotted a record of a Dotterel (197), that had been found on Burbage Moor (on the Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border). Ja...
Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Grey Phalarope - 2nd September 2025

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 Normal service was resumed today, as Jayne and I set out "twitching" again! This time, we headed up to Edderthorpe Flash, near Ba...
Sunday, 24 August 2025

RSPB Frampton Marsh - 22nd August 2025

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 Every year, at about this time, Jayne and I drive over to RSPB Frampton Marsh to catch up with a few passage waders, that can be seen, at t...
Sunday, 17 August 2025

Oban - 9th - 16th August 2025

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 After our week in Anstruther, Jayne and I drove across to Oban, to meet up with the rest of the family. Whilst there, in between the touris...
Monday, 4 August 2025

Year List Update - 4th August 2025

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 Jayne and I are up in Scotland for a couple of weeks. On the drive up, we stopped off at Musselburgh Lagoons, near Edinburgh, to look for s...
Sunday, 20 July 2025

Year List Update - 20th July 2025

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As always, at this time of the year, the Year List slows down, as most of the easier-to-find species have been recorded. I have, however, ma...
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...
Friday, 30 May 2025

Northumberland Dip!!

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 Whilst in Northumberland, I had a coupe of early morning visits to Lindisfarne to see if I could spot an American Golden Plover , that had ...
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Northumberland - 25th May 2025

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 Jayne and I have just spent a few days up in Northumberland. Whilst there, we added another few species to the year's "Year List...
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...
Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Derbyshire Hoopoe!!

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News came out on Bird Guides yesterday that a Hoopoe  (162) had been discovered near Bolsover, Derbyshire. I couldn't get over then, but...