10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. A few years ago I helped with the BTO’s Turtle Dove Survey.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
It takes a different approach from the Weidensaul and Kaufman books, but it is excellent and impressive in every way, and about as stunning a production as some of the migrations it describes. A “broad spectrum,” indeed. The page or two of text for each bird has some good stuff, not all pertaining to migration.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2021
For most species, the breeding season ends by the end of June and the majority of songbirds are silent and invisible now. It will take you along the oxbow lake (not used for fish production and the entrance is not restricted) and through a pasture with scattered bushes (there’s no shade). mi, to the Vrbovski turnoff.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2018
My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. The reservoir is surrounded by traditional farming landscape, adding the European Turtle Dove and the Ortolan Bunting to the scene. Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. eBird bar chart. #4
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. Five years ago, I observed Dalmatian Pelicans breeding on purpose-built platforms.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2022
But your reason to check the canyon is a White-throated Dipper that breeds there and with some luck, you may even encounter a Rock Bunting. This is a very productive area of mostly open or semi-open habitats , where birds are numerous and easy to spot. Other species include Grey Wagtail and Marsh Tit.
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