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Welcome to my blog all about my birdwatching, wild bird ringing activities and moth recording at Linacre Reservoirs, Derbyshire; in Great Britain and abroad.

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Record Cormorant numbers and first Pied Wagtail of 2014

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No ringing on Sunday, so instead, I went for a quick walk around Linacre. Nothing stunning to report, but numbers of water birds had started...

Saturday, 27 September 2014

House Sparrow ringing- new for the year

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House Sparrow is a species that I don't ring very often (my last was in August 2013), so I was very pleased when one turned up in the ...

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Blue Tit recovery

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This year, was a bumper year in the nest boxes at Linacre, with 232 birds ringed. Yesterday, I received an email from David from the ringing...

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Black Redstart

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Black Redstarts are very uncommon birds in Derbyshire, so when news of a summering bird at a site just 30 minutes from home, came out in Ju...

Saturday, 13 September 2014

More Mipits and a (near) record Goose Count

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After last week's success ringing my first Meadow Pipit of 2014 I was very pleased to hear that we were heading back up to a moorland...

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Linacre WeBS and Ringing

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This weekend saw two visits to Linacre Reservoirs. The first visit, on Saturday morning, to carry out the September WeBS walk, followed by ...

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Avenue Ringing x 2

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As the title of today's post suggests, I've had two ringing sessions at The Avenue this week. The first, on Sunday, was an early mo...

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