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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: April 2014
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Thursday, 24 April 2014. Easter bunny has been busy. Last year I monitored Pied Flycatchers at Aber. This species is very helpful by using nestboxes, which have kindly been provided for them for many years by Geoff Gibbs. Compared with our previous visit at the start of April, where we did some repairs to the boxes and checked them all for any early nest building, the woods were a lot quieter. The relative l...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: AFON & BTO Young Birders Workshop
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Sunday, 20 April 2014. AFON and BTO Young Birders Workshop. When I heard about the Young Birders Workshop, I knew I had to attend! It was held at the BTO head office in Thetford, which is a LONG way from Bangor! I hate Sat Nav, so was quite happy to be playing navigator. We arrived about 9am, which gave us some time to network before the event started. I was busy chatting to Peter about AFON when I got sligh...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: Sweden... Part 1
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Monday, 26 May 2014. Sweden. Part 1. I’ve been on Öland for almost a month now, and I don’t know where to begin! I’ve been kept pre-occupied with birds, birds and birds (and maybe a snake or moose hunt! So I guess blog writing has taken a back seat. Ryd, our local site. Great pond for dragonflies and amphibians! So, what am I doing here? My first Collared Flycatcher! It’s very difficult sometimes to stay f...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: May 2014
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Monday, 26 May 2014. Sweden. Part 1. I’ve been on Öland for almost a month now, and I don’t know where to begin! I’ve been kept pre-occupied with birds, birds and birds (and maybe a snake or moose hunt! So I guess blog writing has taken a back seat. Ryd, our local site. Great pond for dragonflies and amphibians! So, what am I doing here? My first Collared Flycatcher! It’s very difficult sometimes to stay f...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: February 2014
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Monday, 17 February 2014. 4 species in one SCAN catch! The last SCAN weekend of the 13/14 season didn't get off to a great start. Steve e-mailed to say that our intended Saturday catch was off due to the birds not being around (and the weather being more than a bit eurgh! Archie, Sally and Heather, all eager to get out and play! Wish, showing her support for the Reds! With a few people on lookout to see where th...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: January 2014
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Wednesday, 22 January 2014. 2013 Ringing Review (part 1). Well, this is my first blog! There are many reasons for why I've decided to start keeping a blog, but the main one is to keep track of my birding and share it with other interested parties. So, here's a rundown of my bird ringing highlights of 2013:. Total birds ringed - 777. Total species ringed - 50. Ringing sessions attended - 23. With a little help, w...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: Easter bunny has been busy
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Thursday, 24 April 2014. Easter bunny has been busy. Last year I monitored Pied Flycatchers at Aber. This species is very helpful by using nestboxes, which have kindly been provided for them for many years by Geoff Gibbs. Compared with our previous visit at the start of April, where we did some repairs to the boxes and checked them all for any early nest building, the woods were a lot quieter. The relative l...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: March 2014
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Sunday, 9 March 2014. Due to the unpredictable Welsh weather recently (well, the past 4 months really! We've barely been out on ringing trips. Another e-mail at lunchtime confirmed ringing as YES, so off we went to Arthurs, picking up Conor and Jaani en route. Photo by Conor John. I had a feeling that I might be getting some extraction practice today, and I wasn't wrong! We also almost had a Sparrowhawk, that de...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: Sweden... Part 2
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Wednesday, 6 August 2014. Sweden. Part 2. As promised, the peak of our season hit us like a tidal wave! And due to a late season, it happened towards the end of the field season, meaning that we were still doing fieldwork the day before we left! My last post was (I think! Before we had any babies. Well, we had plenty by the end of the season! Welcome to the world, little one! By this time, we were only visiting ...
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog: Last ringing session before I leave
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WelshLassy - Birding Blog. Follow my progress as a Trainee Bird Ringer, based in North Wales. Sunday, 20 April 2014. Last ringing session before I leave. We caught one last year on Anglesey but I didn't ring it, so yet another ringing tick for my list! They are really big compared to other warblers, so hopefully I will remember this next time! Overall we caught 41 birds:. Chiff Chaff - 9. Willow Warbler - 8. Blue Tit - 3. And singles of Great Tit, Garden Warbler, Blackbird, Robin and Long Tailed Tit.