Here I am on a miserable Sunday afternoon, mizzly, dank and grey with nothing on the telly, just the usual BBC propaganda, Sly News or tired old films. I got to thinking about the birding terminology, names and acronyms used in the world of birds …
Category: Another Bird Blog
All Fired Up…….
…… and somewhere to go. After the news on New Year’s Eve that Linnet AYD5167 had been ringed on North Ronaldsay Orkney it didn’t need much persuasion to get out ringing again. Even better, the forecast promised near zero wind and a bright morning th…
Great Result
Wow. We had had a great result from the Linnet mentioned on here a day or two ago. As suspected, ring number AYD5167 that Andy and I caught at Gulf Lane on 24th December had been ringed in Scotland. Better still, the Linnet location on 8th S…
Linnet Recap
Andy and I met up again on Thursday morning for another crack at the Linnets. The Linnets didn’t want to play ball and it could be that many or most of the 300 present were the same as on 24th December and would not be captured twice. So we caugh…
Mainly Men
With so much wind and rain in recent weeks there’s been little chance of getting to Gulf Lane. This is highly frustrating, even embarrassing, when a recent count realised 280+ Linnets on site compared to our miserly catch of just 30 birds for the whole…
A Tale Of Two Fieldfares
We don’t ring too many Fieldfares but on Friday came news of a Fieldfare that Andy and I ringed up at Oakenclough, Lancashire on the morning of 1st November 2017.“The morning followed the same pattern as the last two occasions here. There was a da…
Headline Birds
Friday. There was a frosty outlook and a cold south-easterly and I was ready for a spot of fresh air birding. Once again a hunting Barn Owl stole the morning headlines as it put on a short display over Stalmine Moss. Soon it was gone, back to roos…
Natural England’s Kill List
Following on from Wednesday’s post about the wholesale Killing of Ravens here is another troubling story. This also concerns Natural England. Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for E…
Scotland Leads The Way
Good morning folks. There is a health warning on the below. It will make you angry. From Rob Sheldon – RDS Conservation 11th December 2018 Rob Sheldon – RDS Conservation 11th December 2018.”Previous information on the subject of licensed Rav…
What A Week
Another week goes by. There was more rain and wind with no chance of another ringing session and little in the way of productive birding. But Sunday dawned much better and a promise of sunshine so I set off birding over Stalmine and Rawcliffe Moss…