The newest version of the UK Red List has been announced and there are many of our favourite species have since joined the list. The report named, Birds of Conservation Concern 5 by some of the UK's leading bird conservation organisations, which assesses 245 regularly occurring species. 70 of the 245 species which were assessed … Continue reading New UK Red List
My love for Spurn and the surrounding area just grows more and more each year having only gone for the first time a couple of years ago. But saying that, there's been a lot of contraversy around the development of the area, but as they say you cannot judge a book by its cover! Having … Continue reading YWT: Spurn Safari
The honeybee is under threat, posing a catastrophe to the earth’s ecosystem and life as we know it. Without honeybee pollination, we’d lose on average 70 out of 100 crop species that feed 90% of our population. According to the University of Reading, the honeybee population has halved in the last 20 years, with climate … Continue reading Guest Blog: A mission to save the Honeybee
Being a first language Welsh speaker and learning English later on in my childhood, aswell as having the benefit of speaking to the media and local birders through Welsh. Welsh names for wildlife, birds, in particular, has always been something I have been proud of knowing and often times that make me laugh or think … Continue reading Wonderful Welsh Bird Names
At the end of February, I made the impromptu decision to go out to Israel for two weeks at the beginning of March for birding, but to also experience the Champions of the Flyway event, and to also see Dan. I left at 12 on the 17th and made the long coach journey to London … Continue reading Israel 2018
Between 8th and the 15th of March, myself and Katie visited southern Portugal, mainly the Algarve area. It's an area very familiar to me as I've visited numerous times, each time bring a new species and new places to visit. Day One - Lagos We arrived the day before and our first actual day we decided … Continue reading Southern Portugal 2018
It's always worth checking through wintering flocks of wildfowl for some abnormal or unusual birds. An example of this came yesterday when an unusual duck was feeding with the Eurasian Wigeon flock at Penclacwydd. With the strong winds, it was difficult to get much detail on the bird as the flock continued to feed behind … Continue reading Eurasian Wigeon x Northern Shoveler Hybrid
A species that I've been keeping my eye on for some time is the Common Eider, below are two examples of intersex birds. Intersex, in a nutshell, is a female bird overtime developing male features this then results in female birds being mistaken for hybrid birds as they don't conform to what we usually expect … Continue reading Intersex Common Eiders
If you visit Wales, the one bird you are guaranteed to see is the red kite. Found throughout Wales, the red kite has become a national bird for Wales, but it wasn't always the case. Around the turn of this century, there were an estimated 10 pairs left in Wales, mainly in the mid-wales area. … Continue reading Wales’ Red Kites
Feeding the birds is a fun activity for children to get involved in, it's a way they can clearly see what they're doing is good by the birds eating and coming to the garden. There's a lot of different things you can make for your garden birds - the funest and messiest is definitely making … Continue reading Kids: Bird treat making
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