BTO Bird Ringing – 'Demog Blog': Barn Owls and severe weather
Reports of dead ringed Barn Owls are continuing to arrive at BTO HQ and this January's total may reach the record of 81 birds that was set last January during another unusually severe winter. Snow cover makes it especially difficult for ...
BTO Bird Ringing – 'Demog Blog': Unexpected Shag High-dive (USH)
Colour ring Blue USH! This bird can now be identifed as a shag ringed as a chick this year on the Isle of May, Fife, some 620km from Dover! Thanks to Philip Smith for letting us know and also being able to show these cracking pictures. ...
BTO Bird Ringing – 'Demog Blog': Swedish birds legs
Jim Duncan sent a photograph of a colour- ringed bird showing only the metal and white ring , which wasn't enough to identify the individual. He very kindly returned the next day only to get a photograph of a different colour- ringed bird ! ...
BTO Bird Ringing – 'Demog Blog': Sedge Warblers in Senegal
These birds were controlled by ringers from the Aranzadi Scheme (Spain). This is what bird ringing is all about, ringers from different countries mapping the home range of migrant birds across the continents! During 2009 an impressive 22399 Sedge Warblers ..
The RSPB: Celebrate Springwatch at RSPB Weymouth Wetlands
On Thursday, June 3, there's a guided walk to learn the names, uses and folklore of the wonderful variety of wildflowers at Radipole Lake, as part of Dorset Wildflower Week. The Springwatch weekend proper gets underway on ...
Nature of Dorset: Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
Standing out so would normally make them a prime target for predators but those wasp-like markings are enough to warn off any bird looking for a quick snack fearing a sting in the tail. In reality, this beetle is a wasp mimic and is totally harmless ...
FKNK officials acquitted of breaching bird-ringing laws
The FKNK council members standing outside the court. Lino Farrugia, secretary-general, is second from the right Officials from the Federation for Hunting & Conservation (FKNK) wee yesterday acquitted from charges of breaching bird-ringing regulations by the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Appeals Court acquits FKNK council members
Officials of the Federation for Hunting & Conservation - Malta (FKNK) have been acquitted by the Court of Criminal Appeal from charges of breaching bird-ringing regulations, the FKNK said.
This Bird Sells A Flockload Of Newspapers | The Enthusiast
Proving that tabloids aren't just interested in human breasts, the Mail devoted a full page of its print edition to a picture of a rare white-breasted bird from East Dorset . Back in 2004, a stunning blue-breasted ...
Dorset-15th April 2010 | UK UFO Sightings
I really didnt know what to do because it was defintly not a plane or a bird if anyone has any sort of explanation for this please tell. No one really cares because we cant do anything about them but this time it was really weird. ..
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