10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2024

Research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has shown that predation by Foxes (of both eggs and chicks) is one of the most serious factors limiting the success of nesting Curlews. Her long beak indicates that she is a female An email to Tony Cross of the Mid Wales Ringing Group brought a speedy reply.

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Fox Badgers Finland Sweden 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Then it’s a matter of doing a little research on the internet to find who rang the bird you saw, and then emailing the details of your sighting. Once again I did my internet research and managed to contact the person who had ringed the gull. With luck you will get a speedy reply, telling you the bird’s history.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2024

A bird ringed near Helsinki, Finland, in October 1970 was found dead, 18 days later, in the Scottish west-coast town of Stranraer, a distance of 1,800km and a minimum speed of 100km per day. I’ve managed to see them, too, on their breeding grounds in Finland in summer. It’s when the rowan crop fails that they irrupt south.

Finland 197

Finland Estonia Bears Ireland 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. If you want to signal to your environment that you a.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. The obligatory group photo. Discussing important topics in small groups. Some delegates.

Finland 147

Finland Birds McDonalds 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Given the complexity of the research, the result feels like a bit of a letdown – “northern populations start migration earlier than southern populations, especially in autumn” The species name of the Chestnut-eared Bunting is fucata , from the Latin “fucare”, to paint red.

Eggs 194

Eggs Birds Bangladesh China 194