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Birds – Rails & Crakes

Birds

Rails & Crakes
   Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
   Coot (Fulica atra)
   Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

Coot (Fulica atra), Lakeside, Doncaster.
Coot (Fulica atra), Lakeside, Doncaster.
Coot (Fulica atra), Lakeside, Doncaster.
Coot (Fulica atra), Clumber Park.
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Lakeside, Doncaster.
Moorhen )Gallinula chloropus), Clumber Park.
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus), Potteric Carr.

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Sunday 26th April 2026 to Rossington Colliery Tip 21 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 20th April 2026 to Broomhill Flash 10:30am 14 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 8 April 2026 to Owston at 1.30 pm 7 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Friday 3rd April 2026 at 6.30pm Thorpe Marsh nature reserve. 1 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 26th March at Parklands Club 7-9.30pm. 24 March 2026

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Colletes sp. - Hatfield Moor (3/8/25) Catoptria pinella - Kirk Smeaton

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From the viewing platform, Bemptonn Cliffs P1040756-002 Microscope: Smith, Beck & Beck, London. DSS Winter Programme 1950-51 No. 14 Passion Flower Passiflora sp. 1991 Little Gebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Lakeside, Doncaster. Anthocharis cardamines- Orange-tip (male), Austerfield. Idaea biselata - Small Fan-footed Wave, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield. Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyrimidalis), Edlington Pit Wood. Earophila badiata - Shoulder Stripe, Woodside Nurseries, Austerfield.
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