After undertaking years of training, bird ringers are in a privileged position to be able to catch birds. The information gathered through ringing is used to help answer some of the big questions in ornithology, such as why populations are changing and what routes birds take on their migrations. Most of the time, bird ringing is encountered through television programmes like Springwatch. A ringing demonstration at a local nature reserve or even the ringing demonstration at the Birdfair. Here at BTO HQ, w.

Thursday, 25 January 2018. Over the next 90 minutes, at least 5 Short-eared Owls quartered over the grassland, coming much closer than they did on Friday, and being out earlier the light was so much better. Saturday, 20 January 2018. Any day you see an owl is a good one! Just as we were about to leave, a Barn Owl began hunting by the car park, but the light really had gone for photography by that point. Monday, 8 January 2018. Saturday, 14 October 2017.

A baby goldfinch and a baby Robyn. Into my 38th week of pregnancy and I was off work, resting, reading, cleaning; all those things you do in the last few weeks before all hell breaks loose. That weekend Robyn Evelyn came into our world bottom first. Friday, 24 July 2015.

Ilka burd tak up a pea an pit doun a fether! So the story of Rashiecoat. What bird do you think has pit doun a fether. Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Bee-eating birds and wood-eating wasps. A very cool wasp ID guide. I am thinking this could be Dolichovespula saxonica. Someone got some good pics here. Tuesday, 4 August 2015.