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Birds, Butterflies, Birds, Beasties, Birds, Moths,(VC15) Birds, Nature and occasionally other stuff..
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After 8 years & 400 Black-headed Gulls caught & ringed at Center Parcs Sherwood, on Saturday we had our first ever control. Not got the full details yet but we do know it was ringed in June 2003 making it 22 years old.
Ringed under BTO licence.
#ornithology #birdringing #gulls #colourringing
Ringed under BTO licence.
#ornithology #birdringing #gulls #colourringing
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
After 8 years & 400 Black-headed Gulls caught & ringed at Center Parcs Sherwood, on Saturday we had our first ever control. Not got the full details yet but we do know it was ringed in June 2003 making it 22 years old.
Ringed under BTO licence.
#ornithology #birdringing #gulls #colourringing
Ringed under BTO licence.
#ornithology #birdringing #gulls #colourringing
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Ten Years in West Dorset is less a blog post, more a chapter in my life. Hopefully an inspiration for those who prefer the paths less trodden. Bit of an epic, so well done if you get through it all.
#DorsetBirds
#DorsetBirds
Ten Years in West Dorset
This mega-post has been in prep for a while. Essentially it is a potted summary of ten years birdwatching in West Dorset, between 2015 ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ten Years in West Dorset is less a blog post, more a chapter in my life. Hopefully an inspiration for those who prefer the paths less trodden. Bit of an epic, so well done if you get through it all.
#DorsetBirds
#DorsetBirds
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A million mile Manxie...? I will never not be in awe of the ocean distances travelled by a bird weighing the same as three large bananas. News from #Uruguay, @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social and other parts of #NorthWales in @northwaleslive.bsky.social. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
Travelling Shearwaters never cease to impress
While we shiver in shorter days, Manx Shearwaters that left their nest burrows on Ynys Enlli/Bardsey just 10 weeks ago are rafting off the South American coast. The Bird Observatory reports one...
www.birdnotes.wales
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A million mile Manxie...? I will never not be in awe of the ocean distances travelled by a bird weighing the same as three large bananas. News from #Uruguay, @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social and other parts of #NorthWales in @northwaleslive.bsky.social. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/travell...
A Kittiwake from the Farne Islands. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A Kittiwake from the Farne Islands. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
Well, that's a first I've just got Quetzal in a game of scrabble..😄
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well, that's a first I've just got Quetzal in a game of scrabble..😄
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Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
Great Pied Hoverfly , Volucella pellucens checking me out as i'm walking through its territory. #BlueSkyArtShow #Small
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Great Pied Hoverfly , Volucella pellucens checking me out as i'm walking through its territory. #BlueSkyArtShow #Small
Female Stonechat. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Female Stonechat. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdOnAWire
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Perfectly normal British country scene... #BioInvasions
A video from earlier in the autumn during some particularly heavy Pheasant migration in Highland! #highlandbirds
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Perfectly normal British country scene... #BioInvasions
Not the usual view of a Buff-tip. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Not the usual view of a Buff-tip. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When i were younger i welcomed Mr Wogan every morning on the old wireless thingy, now a few days of said Wogan , is just pants. #teammoth
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When i were younger i welcomed Mr Wogan every morning on the old wireless thingy, now a few days of said Wogan , is just pants. #teammoth
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Stoked to have controlled this #Firecrest in the 'wild' area of @londonzoo.bsky.social. It had been ringed at @landguardbo.bsky.social in October and is almost certainly a continental migrant. It is one of only ~6 Firecrests that have travelled over 100km in the UK #Londonbirds #birdinging #BTO
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Stoked to have controlled this #Firecrest in the 'wild' area of @londonzoo.bsky.social. It had been ringed at @landguardbo.bsky.social in October and is almost certainly a continental migrant. It is one of only ~6 Firecrests that have travelled over 100km in the UK #Londonbirds #birdinging #BTO
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Dorothy Hodges' remarkable book 'The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee' (1952) has seasonal colour charts to identify which flowers the pollen comes from
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Dorothy Hodges' remarkable book 'The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee' (1952) has seasonal colour charts to identify which flowers the pollen comes from
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Wondering if anyone can confirm the left as Aglossa pinguinalis and the second as Eudonia lacustrata?
06/2025 Norfolk
06/2025 Norfolk
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wondering if anyone can confirm the left as Aglossa pinguinalis and the second as Eudonia lacustrata?
06/2025 Norfolk
06/2025 Norfolk
Back to last Spring for #WildWebsWednesday with a Female Orange tip.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Back to last Spring for #WildWebsWednesday with a Female Orange tip.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Avian influenza from poultry farms blamed for the deaths of around 35,000 Common Cranes - that’s about 10% of the wintering population in the area. 🪶
Grues mortes de l'influenza aviaire : les ornithologues soupçonnent les élevages industriels
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Grues mortes de la grippe aviaire : les ornithologues soupçonnent les élevages industriels
Alors que la grippe aviaire a tué des milliers de grues cendrées depuis un mois, les autorités craignent pour les volailles. Des ornithologues soupçonnent, au contraire, les élevages industriels d’êtr...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Avian influenza from poultry farms blamed for the deaths of around 35,000 Common Cranes - that’s about 10% of the wintering population in the area. 🪶
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A Beech Tree that looks like its looking at me with Chameleon eyes. #thicktrunktuesday
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A Beech Tree that looks like its looking at me with Chameleon eyes. #thicktrunktuesday
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM