Numerous Notable Numenius
Over the summer I have once again been busy working on the Curlew Country project trying to reverse population declines …
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There is a roving Spanish Dunlin…..
Just received another postcard, this time of YELLOW T67 1,142kms SSW in NW Spain (1,142kms). It was originally ringed just …
Done-in by Dunlin!
Last night was pretty amazing! I have been ringing waders at Ynyslas National Nature Reserve for 35 years now and …
Russian roulette…
We’ve recently received another exciting Jack Snipe recovery, this time from RUSSIA!! Unfortunately this one was also found dead, most …
Cracking Finnish!
On Thursday night Jane and I popped down to Ynyslas on the high tides for a session dazzling waders. There …
Tree-mendous
Silvia and I headed out this afternoon, to a site where a flock of Yellowhammers, Chaffinches and Tree Sparrow were …
Going Hungary isn’t good for you…!
Well not if you’re a Woodcock anyway. Relative newbie, Chris Griffiths, has just had his first Woodcock recovery and it’s …
I don’t want your help thanks!
As part of our ongoing Curlew research I paid a visit to Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust’s Dolydd Hafren reserve last night …
Au revoir Jack…
We’ve just received one of those bittersweet recoveries – the group’s first foreign Jack Snipe recovery (from France), unfortunately though …
Black suns, big bills and bitten fingers – let the hawing begin!
Today marked the first day of catching Hawfinches at Dolgellau in the excellent company of Hawfinch maestro Dave Smith and …
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A Norwegian visitor
On Monday Silvia and I were trying (unsuccessfully) to ring Waxwings at a site just down the road where there …
Hawfinch and Dipper RAS submissions for 2016 finished!
Inputting all the ringing and re-sighting records for our two RAS (Retrapping Adults for Survival) projects is always a bit …
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