Fair Isle bird observatory caught and ringed 2 yellow-browed warblers yesterday. This one is also colour ringed so look out for black over red this autumn!
#birds
#birds
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Fair Isle bird observatory caught and ringed 2 yellow-browed warblers yesterday. This one is also colour ringed so look out for black over red this autumn!
#birds
#birds
Successful start to the 24th annual Marsh Tit colour-ringing census at Monks Wood (Cambs), with @martamaziarz.bsky.social. Thirteen new birds ringed and several colour-ringed adults re-sighted in first section of the wood. A notable year for acorns, & happy Jays. #ornithology
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Successful start to the 24th annual Marsh Tit colour-ringing census at Monks Wood (Cambs), with @martamaziarz.bsky.social. Thirteen new birds ringed and several colour-ringed adults re-sighted in first section of the wood. A notable year for acorns, & happy Jays. #ornithology
We ringed the Poole peregrines brood this morning. 4 healthy chicks (3 females and 1 male). Ringed, colour ringed, biometrics and DNA sampling. White on blue colour rings (DZ, HD, HF, HG). Thanks to Stonewater for access and my experienced ringing assistant Terry Elborn.
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We ringed the Poole peregrines brood this morning. 4 healthy chicks (3 females and 1 male). Ringed, colour ringed, biometrics and DNA sampling. White on blue colour rings (DZ, HD, HF, HG). Thanks to Stonewater for access and my experienced ringing assistant Terry Elborn.
March 19, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Lundy has its own postal service.
This is their new first class stamp commemorating the reestablished bird obs and includes a colour ringed bird !
This is their new first class stamp commemorating the reestablished bird obs and includes a colour ringed bird !
April 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lundy has its own postal service.
This is their new first class stamp commemorating the reestablished bird obs and includes a colour ringed bird !
This is their new first class stamp commemorating the reestablished bird obs and includes a colour ringed bird !
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Ringed Plover news for Dungeness Point (NNR)
The first pair of Ringed Plover which laid around 21 April have one young nearly fledging - however the pair have decided to relaid
The colour ringed male is now supervising the youngster and guarding the sitting female - what a trooper
# KentBirding
The first pair of Ringed Plover which laid around 21 April have one young nearly fledging - however the pair have decided to relaid
The colour ringed male is now supervising the youngster and guarding the sitting female - what a trooper
# KentBirding
June 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Ringed Plover news for Dungeness Point (NNR)
The first pair of Ringed Plover which laid around 21 April have one young nearly fledging - however the pair have decided to relaid
The colour ringed male is now supervising the youngster and guarding the sitting female - what a trooper
# KentBirding
The first pair of Ringed Plover which laid around 21 April have one young nearly fledging - however the pair have decided to relaid
The colour ringed male is now supervising the youngster and guarding the sitting female - what a trooper
# KentBirding
Common Gull caught by hand and colour-ringed on Monday in Kensington Gardens, London. @bh-wlbirding.bsky.social 🪶
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Common Gull caught by hand and colour-ringed on Monday in Kensington Gardens, London. @bh-wlbirding.bsky.social 🪶
Nice morning birding at Abberton Res with 51 GREAT EGRET inc 1 colour-ringed @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall Reserve, 27 SPOONBILL inc dutch-ringed bird, 4 BLACK TERN, 2 PEREGRINE, HOBBY, 3 KINGFISHER, GREY WAG, 3 MED GULL plus lots more. #essexbirding #birds #birding #wildlife
September 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nice morning birding at Abberton Res with 51 GREAT EGRET inc 1 colour-ringed @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall Reserve, 27 SPOONBILL inc dutch-ringed bird, 4 BLACK TERN, 2 PEREGRINE, HOBBY, 3 KINGFISHER, GREY WAG, 3 MED GULL plus lots more. #essexbirding #birds #birding #wildlife
Black-headed Gull at Marske 19/09/26 had been ringed 23/09/23 at nearby Seal Sands and then colour ringed at the River Vistula,
Poland 07/05/26 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Poland 07/05/26 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Black-headed Gull at Marske 19/09/26 had been ringed 23/09/23 at nearby Seal Sands and then colour ringed at the River Vistula,
Poland 07/05/26 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Poland 07/05/26 @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Purple Sandpiper 20+, Red-throated Diver & colour ringed Curlew ringed locally 2012 this morning on Hartlepool Headland.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
@teesbirds.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Purple Sandpiper 20+, Red-throated Diver & colour ringed Curlew ringed locally 2012 this morning on Hartlepool Headland.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Please enjoy the absolute perfection of the egg of the Common Ringed Plover
August 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Please enjoy the absolute perfection of the egg of the Common Ringed Plover
First colour-ringed Med of the autumn and it's a Red one! Definitely worth double points. 1 of 6 colour ringed birds on the Ceredigion coast (Llanon) this evening with @marcbuzzard.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
First colour-ringed Med of the autumn and it's a Red one! Definitely worth double points. 1 of 6 colour ringed birds on the Ceredigion coast (Llanon) this evening with @marcbuzzard.bsky.social
Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom adjacent:) Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom adjacent:) Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.
March 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom adjacent:) Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom adjacent:) Photo covers about 4cm, left to right.
A colour ringed Avocet seen this morning from Saltholme Hide at RSPB Saltholme.
Believed to be from Conder Green Lancashire ringed in 2023. Details sent off.
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Believed to be from Conder Green Lancashire ringed in 2023. Details sent off.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
May 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM
A colour ringed Avocet seen this morning from Saltholme Hide at RSPB Saltholme.
Believed to be from Conder Green Lancashire ringed in 2023. Details sent off.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Believed to be from Conder Green Lancashire ringed in 2023. Details sent off.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Trying to work out what the breeding 6-7 pairs of Ringed Plover are doing this spring on Dungeness Point
We have a colour ringed male which was ringed in Hampshire in 2017 and has returned for 4 years now to the Point to breed
Some pairs nest scraping - others incubating for 2 weeks
#KentBirding
We have a colour ringed male which was ringed in Hampshire in 2017 and has returned for 4 years now to the Point to breed
Some pairs nest scraping - others incubating for 2 weeks
#KentBirding
May 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Trying to work out what the breeding 6-7 pairs of Ringed Plover are doing this spring on Dungeness Point
We have a colour ringed male which was ringed in Hampshire in 2017 and has returned for 4 years now to the Point to breed
Some pairs nest scraping - others incubating for 2 weeks
#KentBirding
We have a colour ringed male which was ringed in Hampshire in 2017 and has returned for 4 years now to the Point to breed
Some pairs nest scraping - others incubating for 2 weeks
#KentBirding
28 Sep. Musselburgh. A different colour-ringed Pale-bellied Brent Goose with the long-staying bird; also 6W Little Gulls and 3W Arctic Skuas; 7 Ruff; adult Whooper Swan still. #BirdingLothian
September 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
28 Sep. Musselburgh. A different colour-ringed Pale-bellied Brent Goose with the long-staying bird; also 6W Little Gulls and 3W Arctic Skuas; 7 Ruff; adult Whooper Swan still. #BirdingLothian
Little Stint: At Traeth Dulas, Anglesey 16/09/25. Yesterday's colour ringed Common Ringed Plover was ringed as a chick north of Jade-Weser Port, Wilhelmshaven, Germany (coordinates: 53.5993 N, 8.1259 E) on 18/07/2025. Missed the details on a colour ringed Dunlin from the same scheme this morning.
September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Little Stint: At Traeth Dulas, Anglesey 16/09/25. Yesterday's colour ringed Common Ringed Plover was ringed as a chick north of Jade-Weser Port, Wilhelmshaven, Germany (coordinates: 53.5993 N, 8.1259 E) on 18/07/2025. Missed the details on a colour ringed Dunlin from the same scheme this morning.
Dunlin and a Sanderling comparing their jewellery at Boulmer today #birds #NEbirding
May 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Dunlin and a Sanderling comparing their jewellery at Boulmer today #birds #NEbirding
Colour-ringed Great Egret at Cors Caron (Tregaron Bog). Happy with that 🙂 @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Colour-ringed Great Egret at Cors Caron (Tregaron Bog). Happy with that 🙂 @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social
...350 Med Gulls, 6 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Arctic Skuas & a Bonxie the best thru on the sea.
97 birds ringed today of which 72 were Willow Warblers
97 birds ringed today of which 72 were Willow Warblers
August 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
...350 Med Gulls, 6 Balearic Shearwaters, 2 Arctic Skuas & a Bonxie the best thru on the sea.
97 birds ringed today of which 72 were Willow Warblers
97 birds ringed today of which 72 were Willow Warblers
A nice movement from this colour ringed Wigeon seen at Slimbridge Monday. Originally ringed just 26 days before in the Lower Derwent Valley. @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A nice movement from this colour ringed Wigeon seen at Slimbridge Monday. Originally ringed just 26 days before in the Lower Derwent Valley. @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social
Colour ringed Sandwich Tern this evening on Seaton Snook.
Green KKN ringed 18/06/2026 Scolt Head, Norfolk.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Green KKN ringed 18/06/2026 Scolt Head, Norfolk.
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July 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Colour ringed Sandwich Tern this evening on Seaton Snook.
Green KKN ringed 18/06/2026 Scolt Head, Norfolk.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Green KKN ringed 18/06/2026 Scolt Head, Norfolk.
@teesbirds.bsky.social
Great day @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today with @steveonhilbre.bsky.social. The run of Stonechats continues with 1 ringed & this colour ringed bird photographed on Middle Eye. Ringed in August 2026 on Mull!
March 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Great day @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today with @steveonhilbre.bsky.social. The run of Stonechats continues with 1 ringed & this colour ringed bird photographed on Middle Eye. Ringed in August 2026 on Mull!