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Claire Mulvey

@shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social

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Birds, wildlife, outdoors, trainee bird ringer, amateur wildlife photographer, Chemistry teacher, Shropshire Ornithological Society Trustee (views are my own). Shropshire, UK

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Shropshire Ornithological Society @sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social · 10d

Our next talk is by the brilliant Ric Morris and it’s going to be fantastic!

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · 17d

Lovely aren’t they! 🍄 🍄‍🟫

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · 17d

Various fungi on my recent adventures.

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Sep 28

No I don’t but maybe our paths will cross in the future. We share a name and a hobby! 😂

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Sep 28

I’m not sure. Why do you think I’d know her?

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Sep 28

Stunning photos Tom!

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Sep 28

Some of the 40 birds that we ringed under licence in Shropshire this morning. #shropshire_birding @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Sep 28

Misty Shropshire skies at dawn this morning.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Aug 20

Apply to join BTO's Youth Advisory Panel👉 bit.ly/_YAPVolunteer

If you're aged 16-24, passionate about nature and people’s engagement in the natural world, then this is your chance to have a positive impact.

📆 Applications close on Sunday 7 September. We look forward to hearing from everyone!

A group of young people are looking into the distance, with countryside around them. Wording alongside reads: BTO Youth. Join Our Youth Advisory Panel! Scan the QR code to find out more and apply. A QR code sits to the right of the wording.

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 7

It doesn’t get much better than a nightjar! Ringed under licence.

@westmidlandsrg.bsky.social #nightjar #birdringing

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 5

Helping to ring and monitor 4 beautiful Barn Owls in Shropshire today. Last year the brood didn’t survive due to the wet weather, so it was lovely to have a better outcome this year. Ringed and monitored under licence.

#owls #BarnOwls #Shropshirebirding

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 1

Haha

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 1

I can’t reply directly to you anymore Rhys. Speak to my agent 😂

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is great, and I got quoted!

Shropshire Ornithological Society @sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social · Aug 1

Good to see our bioacoustics project with Harper Adams and the River Severn Partnership featured in the BBC today: on the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social #shropshirebirding

Harper Adams University birdsong project expands in county

The software uses solar power and AI, before researchers at the university analyse the data.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Aug 1

I know, it’s great isn’t it!

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 31

I was really lucky to help ring two Barn Owl chicks today, a male and a female. Shropshire. Ringed under licence.
#barnowls #shropshirebirding

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 26

I know!

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BTO Shropshire @btoshropshire.bsky.social · Jul 26

150 species for a garden in an inland county is a very impressive achievement, no wonder Tom's house is known as the Salop Observatory. Congratulations, Tom!

Tom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · Jul 26

Yesterday morning was a stunner at #salopobs and came complete with a #vismig Whimbrel whistling SW, at the end of a night of 4 #nocmig schinzii Dunlin and an 💥AVOCET💥 Garden tick 150 and the 9th species of wader this month 😎 #ukbirding

Dawn over the arable and the distant misty Wrekin, from the front gate of salopobs

Spectrogram of the distinctive calls of an Avocet flying over at 2202 on 24th July

Screenshot of the wader list at salopobs for July 2025 - 43 individuals of 9 species

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 26

Ringing Nightjar chicks under licence with @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 22

This was a hugely exciting thing to be part of. What a bird! @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

Shropshire Ornithological Society @sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks to @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social for their support and expertise with this.

#shropshirebirds #birdringing #shropshire #waders

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great to be part of this ringing session at the weekend. Thank you @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social

West Midlands Ringing Group @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social · Jul 22

A session at Venus Pool at the weekend with @sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social
8 Reed Warbler
2 Cettis Warbler
4 Blackcap
1 Robin
1 Garden warbler
7 Chiffchaff
1 Wren
Great to see recently fledged Cetti's warbler, showing recent breeding success
An absence of recaptures was unusual? #birdringing

Cettis Warbler showing 10 tail feathers, unique in British breeding birds

Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Shropshire Ornithological Society (@sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social)

Shropshire Ornithological Society (SOS) is a charity, founded in 1955. Encouraging the study and protection of birds in Shropshire (UK) and elsewhere.

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Claire Mulvey @shropshirebirdlass.bsky.social · Jul 18

We can spell 😂

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