A recap on the migratory journey of 'HV' - a English satelite-tagged juvenile female Montagu's Harrier. She started her journey on August 28th and on the evening of 30 Aug she roosted in the Wash, Lincolnshire.
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Buckton (E Yorks) & Clopton (Cambs) patcher/ringer, overall migration addict.
HV has now reached Marakesh, Morocco. She roosted last night in a green river valley. She is going to be facing the harsh reality of proper desert soon.
HV made it!!!! She arrived on the Moroccan Coast late last night and roosted in the mountains, phew! Today she continued and is now nearing the High Atlas Mountains. AMAZING !
Montagu's Harrier HV.... as scary as it gets, latest position at 1630hrs, been over the sea 3 hours, oh my, stress.... COME ON !
Montagu's Harrier update. English female HV is now through the Pyrenees, she has added Spain to her travel list and is lining up for the daunting Mediterranean crossing... continue west and then through Gibraltar? or a sooner but longer sea crossing...
Montagu's Harrier HV is crossing the Pyrenees this evening at 10,000ft!
Montagu's Harrier is not an easy species to protect in the UK, as the RSPB's Mark Thomas discusses in this week's episode of The BirdGuides Podcast!
50 years since the first and only previous record - and in the same place. Greenish Warbler caught and ringed at Buckton today. An hour ahead of the rain and on the cliff top and new in. Video by Jeff Clarke.
At last! Commonest rare not seen. Star bird. Pechora Pipit baby! Pic Matt Mellor.
Couldn't get any closer! Pulp at Route du Rock, St Malo, France. Oh yeh!
Excellent start to the ringing season at Clopton, South Cambridgeshire- 500 warblers from 6 visits with record numbers of Sedge & Reed Warblers. Willow, Grasshopper, Garden and Lesser Whitethroat increasing and first passage Redstart yesterday. @CambsBirdClub
A few days at Lake Neusiedl, Austria seeing my longtime friend Harry Vilkaitis. Great birding!
Nice few hours at Buckton over the weekend with Pete Middleton, 600+ passerines in the stubbles including Lap Bunt, 130+ Corn Bunts, 100 Yellowhammer, 350 Linnet, Water Rail, Stonechat, Fieldfare, Peregrine etc.
Great short break to the Netherlands, saw the Spectacled Eider and waterbirds galore.
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Love getting recoveries, Sedge Warbler I ringed at Clopton, Cambs on 11 Aug 24 - retrapped 11 days later in France. Amazingly whilst I was at another site near Nantes (only a few km away) catching passage Sedge Warblers in a reedbed on the same day - so close!
Family trip to the Natural History Museum today to see the Birds - brilliant & bizzare exhibition.
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Pallas's Warbler, Buckton Oct 2022, 2nd ever ringed here, such a beauty.
Never forgotten, just read the words on the right. Be more Roy.
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Perfect day at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social Little Auks, Hume's Warbler, Thrush arrivals in snow flurries, Shorelarks and productive team mtg.
Update by Dan Gornall on our Yellow-browed warbler project "1) Mainland Shetland > Carmel Head, Anglesey 2) Lundy > Lower Moors, Scilly. Especially interesting southerly re-orientation from Shetland. Many thanks to the ringers & birders who reported these". 📸Reg Thorpe. @alexanderlees.bsky.social
