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Ruffled Feathers: The wonder of Whimbrels in common have we
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Monday, 11 May 2015. The wonder of Whimbrels in common have we. Over the past week or two Mid Wales Ringers and the Pembrokeshire Ringing Group have once again been targeting some of the many Whimbrel that pass through West Wales at this time every year on spring migration. From their wintering areas in West Africa. To more northerly breeding grounds. It is a bit disappointing that we have not had any sightings on the breedi...
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Ruffled Feathers: July 2015
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Geolocation, geolocation, geolocation. Female Nightjar on nest. Photo © Jacques Turner-Moss. One of this year's nests in South Wales was very close to a major track upgrade and, whilst I was sure the passing lorries etc wouldn't disturb the birds during the day as long as a suitable buffer zone was instigated, the earthmovers did need to get quite close! As the map above shows the bird in question didn'...
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Ruffled Feathers: November 2014
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Sunday, 30 November 2014. This morning Andre and I headed down to Aberystwyth to try netting at a new site we had received permission for just the night before - in fact there was a big welcome waiting for us when we turned up! A quick reccy revealed a couple of interesting net locations and the potential to catch the odd bird. Don't look back in anger! And safely release it outside. The curse has lifted. The second field lo...
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Ruffled Feathers: Romania 2015 - part 1
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Saturday, 18 July 2015. Romania 2015 - part 1. With so many awesome species out here it's difficult to choose which photos to post, so below are a small selection of some of the birds that have stood out for me. 21 July 2015 at 09:52. Great work you are doing out there mate. Anything that can be done to stop their farmland bird species going the same way as ours is vitally important. Weather looks a bit better than h...Pleas...
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Ruffled Feathers: December 2014
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Only 2 more Redwings were added to the catch, but it was nice to get to see them in daylight! The aptly named 'red wing'. While the light was fading yesterday evening and we were thinking of packing up, a few Tawny Owls started to call very near to where we had set the nets up! A quick change of call on the iPod and we soon had a male and female Tawny Owl in the net! Monday, 29 December 2014. At ti...
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Ruffled Feathers: March 2015
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Saturday, 28 March 2015. Despite our best efforts, Little Owls are hard to come by in this neck of the woods. So I was delighted to find a pair roosting in a small hole in an organic orchard where I was working today. Thursday, 26 March 2015. No pain, no gain! A sad end to a cracking bird. Oh, forgot to say - the nest box was in a wood in Naresto, Arendal, Norway! This recovery raises a couple of interesting questions. W...
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Ruffled Feathers: Not something you see every day!
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Friday, 26 June 2015. Not something you see every day! Whilst driving back from Nightjar surveying in South Wales this morning I spotted a Curlew in very atypical habitat! There is only one reason I can think of why a Curlew might stand on a gate. Yeah, that was it! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mid Wales Ringing Group. No images may be downloaded or used without our express permission. A' Permit Holders :-. Sarah Parr...
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Ruffled Feathers: Isle of Man visitor
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Isle of Man visitor. To be honest I'm pretty jealous of the Manx Chough ringers now as we are struggling to find colour combinations to continue our Welsh study and that extra leg would more than triple their availability! Please feel free to leave a comment on any of the posts featured. All comments are moderated however so may take a short time to appear. Unsuitable comments will be deleted. Morocc...
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Ruffled Feathers: May 2015
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Some of the results, achievements and highlights of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group. Monday, 11 May 2015. The wonder of Whimbrels in common have we. Over the past week or two Mid Wales Ringers and the Pembrokeshire Ringing Group have once again been targeting some of the many Whimbrel that pass through West Wales at this time every year on spring migration. From their wintering areas in West Africa. To more northerly breeding grounds. It is a bit disappointing that we have not had any sightings on the breedi...