Kate Fox
@birdingfox.bsky.social
Nature addict from Dorset 🦊 ringer at Carey Ringing Station 🐦 Former Calf of Man Estate Warden, Bardsey Bird Obs AW, BTO Training Officer & LTV at WWT Slimbridge & Spurn Bird Obs 🦆 (She/Her)
Overnight rain and wind wasn’t favourable for migration today at Carey with little around but a late afternoon Dartford Warbler was a nice surprise being the 2nd of the autumn here. #dorsetbirds
The first Lesser Redpoll of the autumn the highlight this morning amongst a steady catch of Chiffchaff and a few Redwing. #dorsetbirds
The first Redwing of the year caught this morning with a small numbers moving overhead! #dorsetbirds
A huge songbird trapping site has been shut down in northern Italy, according to the Committee Against Bird Slaughter:
Huge Pied Flycatcher trapping site shut down in Italy
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter estimates that hundreds of birds were being caught every day.
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This Merlin was a nice surprise from the Middlebere Hide this evening.A dinky dose of danger if you’re an unsuspecting passerine! Another sign of the shifting seasons in the harbour 🍂🐦 @edjbetteridge.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Don't miss the first Youth Out in Nature Summit on 26 September at RSPB Newport Wetlands! Join us for FREE! Sign up at www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @rspbcymru.bsky.social
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology@btobirds.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are pleased to announce our first Youth Out in Nature Summit at RSPB Newport Wetlands 🏴 on 26 Sept. Our BTO Youth Volunteers have been working with the RSPB Youth Council to provide this unique opportunity - sign up today! www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @rspb.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social
The Goosander gang was a nice addition to a trip to the Brands Bay hide with @edjbetteridge.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Studland Birds@studlandbirds.bsky.social · last mo.9 Goosander, an erratic studland goodie in front of the Brands Bay hide now Found by @birdingfox.bsky.social & @edjbetteridge.bsky.social
New job alert🪶 Research assistant to support research on Willow Tit demographics. Must have a BTO ringing licence at C level or above Location: Midlands and North of England Duration: Oct-Nov 2026 Deadline: This Wednesday Sept 9th Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... 📷Ben Andrew
This week's high counts: 829 Shag (23rd), 211 Swallow (26th) & 86 White Wagtail (29th). Also first autumn Goldcrest (25th) & Teal (29th). Personal favourite: using the drone to survey Purple Sandpipers in their hidden cave. @manxheritage.bsky.social @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social #ukbirding
Another quality evening at Brands Bay and Jerry’s Point with @edjbetteridge.bsky.social. Great to find a Little Stint among Ringo flock, and a juv Kittiwake in the bay. Also a presumed foreign colour ringed GBB Gull with metal ring on tibia, although frustratingly distant! @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Ed Betteridge@edjbetteridge.bsky.social · 2mo agoA productive afternoon at Brands Bay, Studland with @birdingfox.bsky.social with a fly through Wood Sand, ad Roseate Tern with 18+ Common and 50+ Sandwich Terns, Whimbrel, 230+ Med Gull, c25 Knot, 7 Greenshank and 2 Wigeon. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
A productive afternoon at Brands Bay, Studland with @birdingfox.bsky.social with a fly through Wood Sand, ad Roseate Tern with 18+ Common and 50+ Sandwich Terns, Whimbrel, 230+ Med Gull, c25 Knot, 7 Greenshank and 2 Wigeon. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
For the second year running, Zitting Cisticolas have successfully bred at Walberswick NNR in Suffolk — with at least three broods and seven juveniles recorded this summer. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/news/zitting... 📸Dave Nurney
A white European Nightjar photographed in Norway has left birders stunned:
White nightjar seen in Norway
An extraordinary-looking white European Nightjar was photographed recently in southern Norway.
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Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New Osprey paper alert!! Birds of Poole Harbour’s first peer-reviewed paper is published today in the @britishecologicalsociety.org's @animalecology.bsky.social in collaboration with the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/bophs-first-...
Ever wondered how we might attract gulls and terns to new breeding sites, such as a tern raft? See the Solent Seascape Project's post here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1HYu... to read about how @rspbengland.bsky.social uses decoys to attract birds! #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
4 Ospreys, 1 with a fish + WT Eagle in the first 15 mins of our Ham Common Pop-up today. We’ll be there until 1 today plus lots of other dates this month. www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/ham-co... @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Ham Common Osprey and Eagle Watches
The Ham Common Osprey and Eagle Watches are back!
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First Grasshopper Warbler of the Autumn ringed in the Lower Piddle Valley yesterday morning by @edjbetteridge.bsky.social and @birdingfox.bsky.social
@edjbetteridge.bsky.social and @birdingfox.bsky.social had a great morning ringing in the Lower Piddle Valley this AM with 108 new birds ringed, including the first Sedge Warbler of the Autumn and an amazing 34 Greenfinch, many juv's. Wing of juv male Greenfinch (left) and female (right)
The first 2026 Breeding Success records have been submitted to SMP! These include positive records for Common Tern and Black-headed Gull. We look forward to seeing more records as the season advances. Don't forget to submit yours! #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Earlier this season RSPB Arne kindly allowed us to install a monitoring camera on a branch we know Ospreys like to land on to help us read ring numbers. Last night a Nightjar used it as a song perch just as the full moon was rising. Atmospheric! @peter-purbeck.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Recent weather: fog to start, but brightened up to sunny and Green! A Green Warbler was trapped and ringed at the Observatory yesterday morning - if accepted by BBRC this will constitute the first record for the Isle of Man! @manxheritage.bsky.social @manxwildlifetrust.bsky.social #ukbirding
Good work @edjbetteridge.bsky.social and @birdingfox.bsky.social with 2 rare Dorset moths this AM with Dotted Fan-foot and a Scarce Merveille De Jour at @careyssecretgarden.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Just submitted my 17 AON from Livermere Lake. All sites, big and small, really make an important contribution to SMP. If you see inland breeding gulls and terns, please make an effort to count the number of nests, and ideally young birds and submit to SMP.
UK Seabird Monitoring Programme@smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe've received data submissions for 16 of the 25 core SMP species in 2026 so far. Currently, Black Guillemot, Fulmar, and Herring Gull form the top three. How long will Black Guillemot hold the top spot!? Don't forget to submit your data! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Into the wetland with the Spoonbill… Both parents feed chicks by regurgitating food. Fledglings (nicknamed teaspoons 😭) grow fast, and their spoon-shaped bills start to form even before they leave the nest. #SpringStories
We will soon be asking for help with re-sighting colour ringed individuals across Wareham Forest and Morden Bog. If you do see any in the meantime and have pictures, please let us know! warehamstonechatras@gmail.com. For more info on Retrapping Adults for Survival- www.bto.org/get-involved...
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Welcome to the Wareham Stonechat RAS Project page. We’ve been busy surveying stonechats and other heathland species. Please consider following us and look out for updates. Here is a stonechat nest found as part of the surveys so far. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
This afternoon North Yorkshire Police announced the suspicious disappearance of young male White-tailed Eagle G834, the first to fledge from Dorset in centuries. This eagle was special for multiple reasons, not only his historic status but also wowing visitors & school children around Poole Harbour
