06.55 hrs 9f 1m goosander on common bank lodge lower burgh meadow 3m 2f bullfinch 07.45 2 curlew over calling. tawny owl roosting ivy cover tree path down to birk lodge. kingfisher top lodge dipper on river ellerbeck good numbers of rabbits several tree rats and single calling yellowhammer. arley re...

as me and my 2IC had the day off together we were up bright and early with the intention of going ringing at one of our sites but the rain gods decided otherwise so a bit of a walkabout was decided on wildlife records in walk order A6 @kem mill lane pr raven overhead. old spur of canal 15+ lottis al...

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0700 to 0900hrs two hours in duxbury woods near the green bridge in search of wednesdays hawfinch but nothing doing even played mp3 of hawfinch calls off to aggy res 0930 to 1100hrs no sign of wednesdays gadwall either seeing as everybody is counting species this year thought id have a bit of a coun...

25 mallard 5 tufties 2 gcgs and single male gadwall in with the mallard on aggy res 7 mandarin 3pr teal 3 woodcock 4 snipe and single green sand all arley reserve allso calling willow tit and bullfinch

male lesser spotted calling in duxbury woods near green bridge end of woods small mixed flock of chaffinch and brambling on edge of wood near golfclub carpark but the star bird was a single hawfinch seen from above as it flew though the trees as i desended the steps near green bridge back into the w...

in the name of the wee man whats wrong with the tables at birk they get the birds in. they get people stopping to watch the birds. JOB DONE just because they dont look right for your photos does it really matter that much if the subject is on a bird table and not a branch what would you do if the bi...

hi guys in respect of your rodent problem gary and brian think its a hoose moose im still sticking to my id of rattus no matter whos right or wrong if you contact the council they will send out a pest control officer and he should be able to id the rodent from droppings left better to be safe than s...

YES that looks very much like a young brown rat going off the snout and the scaly looking tail and no its not CUTE its a disease carrying expert that can hospitilise you if your not carefull with leptospirol jaundice (rat catchers yellows) take care round the area where you have seen the rat and if ...

NEIL the neck collar on the pinky will be a darvic ring made up of multi layers of strong plastic usually two different colours and then the top layer engraved to reveal the contrasting colour in either letters numbers or both this needs to be light so as not to adversley affect the birds natural be...

just had a count up 925 for the year one of my best years for a good few years and a day still to go weather not good for tom though 925 THATS BIRDS RINGED THIS YEAR

most of the records during that era come from birds that where shot as the victorians were fond of if its shot its history if its missed its a mystery

with regard to the blackbill blabis they could just as easy be locally bred birds as black bills are one of the ageing criteria for blabis putting these birds as first winter birds and should start to change colour into jan/feb the main way of telling far eastern blabis is in the hand taking wing me...

single bird seen this evening [19/08/11] @19.32 hrs over field at rear of my daughters house at swansey road whittle le woods grandaughter missed it to busy playing on her trampoline

11 Birds screaming in fighter jet formation over smallholding in clayton green @20.38hrs tonight 12/08/11