The @marshawards.bsky.social for Local Ornithology goes to The Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group! This group’s ornithological and conservational efforts in their area are commendable, including their work radio-tagging Jack Snipe, their bird ringing studies & book publication.
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 10: 176 birds including 2 Oriental Greenfinch (p1), 86 Black-faced, 30 Little & 4 Pine Buntings, 10 Siberian Rubythroat, 8 Daurian Redstart, 3 Siberian Accentor, Water Pipit (p2), Azure Tit & Nutcracker www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 9: 584 birds ringed including 300 Black-faced & 205 Little Buntings, 1 Siberian Rubythroat, 6 Red-flanked Bluetail, 5 Siberian Accentor, 4 Dusky & 3 Pallas's Warblers, 3 Daurian Redstart & 1 Common Rosefinch (photo)
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 8: 196 birds incl 7 Siberian Accentor (p1), Daurian Jackdaw, 2 Red-throated Thrush (p2), Hume's Warbler, Azure Tit (p3), Taiga Flycatcher, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (p4), 8 Daurian Redstart & 6 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 7: 89 birds including Siberian Pipit (p1), Dusky Thrush (p2), Pallid Harrier, Nutcracker, Red-flanked Bluetail, Rustic (p3) & 2 Lapland Buntings (p4), 2 Azure Tit, 33 Pallas's Warbler & 12 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 6: 175 birds incl Pallid Harrier (p1), Long-eared Owl (p2), 2 Chough (p3), Red-throated Thrush (p4), 43 Pallas's & 11 Yellow-browed Warbler, 34 Daurian Redstart, 36 Siberian Rubythroat, 24 Red-flanked Bluetail www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 5: 238 birds incl White-crowned Penduline Tit (p1), Pallas's Reed Bunting, Red-throated & White's Thrush, 83 Black-faced Bunting, 14 Daurian Redstart, 6 Siberian Rubythroat & 11 Long-tailed Tit (p2) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 4: 196 birds incl: 29 Pallas's, 9 Yellow-browed, 2 Radde's, Hume's (p1), Pallas's Grasshopper & Thick-billed Warblers (p2), 25 Siberian Rubythroat, 3 Red-flanked Bluetail, 2 Azure Tit (p3) & Pallas's Reed Bunting (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 3: brief session due to rain: 78 birds incl 20 Black-faced Bunting, 9 Siberian Rubythroat, 4 Dusky (p1), 4 Pallas's & 1 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (p2), 2 Daurian Redstart, Eyebrowed Thrush (p3) & White's Thrush (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Second day at Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia 440 new birds incl 205 Black-faced, 74 Little & 26 Pine Bunting (p1), 5 Siberian Rubythroat, 5 Red-flanked Bluetail (p2), 4 Olive-backed Pipit, 1 Nutcracker (p3) & 1 Red-throated Thrush (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
First day at Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia 106 new birds incl 27 Black-faced Bunting (p1), 19 Little Bunting, 5 Daurian Redstart (p2), 4 Pine Bunting, 4 Siberian Rubythroat (p3), 2 Red-flanked Bluetail, 1 Amur Falcon (p4) & 1 Taiga Flycatcher www.facebook.com/share/19STrQ... #BelvideRingers
75 species in Smestow Valley #westmidsalldayer including Barn, Little & Tawny Owls, Red Kite, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Swift, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Common & Lesser Whitethroats & Willow Warbler @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
The autumn edition of the regular West Midlands All Day Birdwatch occurs on Saturday 5th Sept. Sites in Staffs, Warks, Worcs + West Mids are invited to participate & see how many species can be recorded in the day. Always an information snapshot of the region #WestMidsAllDayer
Adult & juvenile Roseate Tern at Blithfield Reservoir #Staffs this afternoon. Also juvenile Little Gull present.
@runnelstone.bsky.social Hi Steve, how are conditions looking for potential seabird passage at Pendeen or elsewhere for this Saturday please? Thank you 😀
Today we are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our President, Bill Oddie. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time www.westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk/posts/a-trib...
Mediterranean Gull at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton this morning @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Night Heron still at Dosthill Pit #Staffs 04:45 at least @birdergaz.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
I never expected to see Long-tailed Shrike so soon after being unable to try for the Fife bird. Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire 19/07/26 @birdergaz.bsky.social
On Friday 10th July we will be at the Global Birdfair: we're giving an 'Owl Workshop' from 11:00am & a 'Whinchat podcast' from 2:30pm on our ongoing research into Jack Snipe behaviour, local movements & migration @globalbirdfair.bsky.social
Purple Heron at Shapwick Heath NNR this afternoon plus White Admiral & Brimstone #Somerset @birdergaz.bsky.social
39 House Martin nests at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton: 30+ occupied by House Martins & 1+ by House Sparrows #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Great to see this year's first brood of young House Sparrows in the garden being fed by their parents. Red listed, the British population has declined by c70% since the 1970s (RSPB) #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Goldfinch visiting my garden. Red on face extending well behind eye & black rictal bristles around bill tend to indicate male, red not as extensive & brown rictal bristles for female (rictus is a bird's gape) #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) at Formby Point, Lancashire, today #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #BMIG #myriapod
