A Garden Full of Blue Tits - Since earning my C permit in August of this year, I have been ringing in my garden to see just how many birds eat the food. This week marked the 200th bir...

October - Firecrests, Cetti's.. - A* Water Rail.*..in the Pentood nets on the 31st, our first of the year... Maybe some effort with potter traps as we hear several around the Marshes... O...

Rødstrupe i Hallingdal vinterstid (des.-febr.) - Under hagefugltellingen i Hallingdal uke 5* 2024* ble det observert* 3 rødstruper* tiltross for en kald vinter. Derfor har jeg sett på forekomsten i Hall...

Grampian Ospreys in the Sun - * Ian Francis, Ewan Weston, Jenny Weston* Between 17 and 21 pairs of Ospreys are known to have nested in Aberdeenshire over the past eight years, though ...

UEARG 2023 Ringing Report - UEARG ringing report 2023 Code - Show All Code - Hide All Code - - Download Rmd UEARG ringing report 2023 Stephen Vickers 03 January ...

Polish marked birds - Dear All, We are receving many emails about Polish ringed or banded birds. We would like to remind you that the right place to report all Polish readin...

An Amazing Avocet and Recent Recoveries - A French ringed Avocet has just returned to the Allen Pool at the RSPB Leighton Moss and Morecambe Bay Reserve. This bird is in its 14th year and exclud...

Vlieland 10 Oktober 2020: De ringperiode in de maand der maanden. - Gisteren met de middagboort aangekomen op het eiland, meteen door naar de bagagevervoerder en daarna snel levensmiddelen inslaan voor de grote meute van ...

What makes for a long life? - Rob Robinson writes: I am sometimes asked the question: “How long do birds live?” The answer is, as to many good questions, “It depends”. The oldest known ...

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Vi er flyttet… - I efteråret 2018 blev denne blog fusioneret med DOF Fyns webside. Reklamer

Revtangen BO May 2018 - the BLOG has moved! - *To all our readers: Revtangen BO has released a brand new wedsite and FB-pages. We will continue the BLOG in English at our website here: * *http://revtang...

Fornebu i april - Her er et oppsamlings-heat over merkingen ved Lilløyplassen. Det ble merket 1., 2., 8., 15. og 29. april. 1.) 35 ble merket. Mest pilfink (9), og 5 hver av ...

- Dear Readers, Unfortunately, on 31/12/2016, Ivel Ringing Group closed. We will leave this blog as it is for the record. Group reports will continue to be a...

21.1.2018 - Great day! It looked very promissing when i arrived to the tip. After maybe few minutes of waiting i took a shoot:) with more than 350 birds!!! front r...

Ny hjemmeside og blok - Fremover vil blokken blive skrevet på den nye hjemmeside som kan findes på nedenstående link. http://www.dof.dk/fuglestation/gedser/ Gamle blokindlæg kan...

Eggciting News! - [image: WP_20150507_031] The gulls seem to be picking up the pace now down at the main study site for The Galloway Common Gull Study. After checking a se...

Kingfishers wings - Second year (age 5) after suspended moult, autumn Juvenile plumage

Godt nytt år - Kan begynne med å ønske dere alle et godt nytt år. Det har vært stille her lenge, men det skal det bli en forandring på. I 2014 skjedde det desverre ikke d...

14th October - It was a very windy morning with a force 5 gusting 6-7. The wind dropped by the afternoon and a few sheltered nets were opened. Half a dozen Goldcrests and...

Welcome back LBBG! - The spring is finally here and the first Lesser black-backed gulls (*Larus fuscus*) have started to return to their breeding areas. Also the roof-nesting ...

Bye Bye Blog - In 2006 I started this Blog to give an insight in to why we ring birds and to show people what i got up to while doing it. After 7 years it is now time fo...

Gulls, gulls, gulls... - Really should apologies for leaving you so long with that last post about Herring Gull races. It really was quite cruel. My offering this time is again sa...

Parrot Crossbill Invasion ! - You would have to have been living on the moon lately to not know that England appears to be experiencing a surge influx of large-billed Parrot type Crossb...

Americano to take away - Took my first flight in five years today and day tripped the American Coot at Loch Flemington near Inverness. I had a bit of history that had to be sett...

Phenotypic Divergence in Reed Buntings - A while back, I was taking some additional biometric data on Reed Buntings for a project being conducted by a friend, Júlio Neto - I mentioned it in this p...

Long time….no….blog! - I’ve been abandoning the old blog of late, not because I’ve stopped ringing – mainly due to not having the time to update it due to work, travel, keeping...

Spring has sprung - At last we have had a couple of mist netting sessions for any migrants that may be about, finally showing that Spring has sprung. The first session was at W...

Swallow to Malta - Nice to see one of our Swallows controlled in Malta. http://btoringing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/return-of-hirundo.html

Quality not Quantity! - I would just like to apologise for the complete lack of posting lately, mainly due to a mass concentrated effort on my 3rd Year Honours Project at Bangor U...

1cy female Starling - Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire, UK - Sexed by iris colour; aged by the rather round-tipped tail feathers and uppertail coverts.

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