10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2024

What I didn’t notice until I downloaded my photographs ( above and below ) was the fact that she had been colour ringed, with a red ring on her right leg, and green ring above yellow on her left leg. Her long beak indicates that she is a female An email to Tony Cross of the Mid Wales Ringing Group brought a speedy reply.

Fox 203

Fox Finland Badgers Eggs 203

Critter News

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. From Reuters.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Europe Rights Animal Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

With its striking combination of colour rings I suspected that it would be easy to find out more about this particular bird, and I was right. Jose Sanchez Cordero (the Luscinia banding group coordinator) kindly sent me this information, and he did ask me whether it was possible to catch the bird and untangle it.

Lithuania 130

Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. More on Species Accounts.

Bolivia 176

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

All of this leads to a longer life list, which is, after all, the entire point of bridwatching, right? If migration evolved many times in birds, then it would be worth asking if it evolved in birds more often than in other groups of vertebrates. Well, you know I’m only joking about the life list. Consider the implications.

Research 196

Research Humane Compassion New York 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume.

Albatross 279

Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279