After an inspiring zoom with RSPB Ribble Estuary Joel Ashton ๐๐ณ๐ Kate Fox Steve Stansfield ๐๐บ๐ฆ we are off counting birds for the #bigschoolsbirdwatch Chorley St James Year 6 Chorley St James
Buzzing!! What a bird ๐คฉ a nice surprise on a windy walk this afternoon! ๐บ๐ฆ๐ Bardsey Lodge & Bird Obs RareBirdAlertUK
Successful BTO Youth beach clean at Chesil Beach with Dorset Wildlife Trust yesterday!
We all collected a total of 16kg of marine litter within just over an hour๐ง
However, we did find some treasures like mermaids purses from 3 species of shark and ray ๐คฉ Hannah Westhenry Kate Fox
Show notes for #BirdersTwitter S4E1 are live ๐ฅ
Feat: Scott Reid Paul French Martin Collinson #BLM Rob Little UKbirdingpins ๐ Jonathan Holliday David DarrellLambert Kate Fox Spurn Bird Observatory and Marc Hughes GET SOME!
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Male Hen Harrier, 4 Spoonbills, 147 Avocet kicking off 2024 #LytchettBay year list with David White Kate Fox from #LytchettBay View ian ballam birdsofpooleharbour Dorset Bird Club
Tim Mackrill sophieraworth BBC News (UK) @twamers nyrak62 Youโre a great ambassador Tim, and the value of the radio tracking is immenseโฆ even around Poole Harbour birdsofpooleharbour Kate Fox
What a weekend with BTO! England bird camp Friday - Sunday and the 90th anniversary squeezed in on Saturday! So honoured to be part of this incredible organisation - not to mention opportunities like hosting a Q+A with juliet vickery and Frank Gardner with Kate Fox ๐ฎ
During visits to some spectacular places, Kate Fox has been lucky enough to assist with some seabird monitoring and shares her enjoyment of it for #MondayMotivation โฌ๏ธ
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Shaun Robson Terry Elborn Ian Lewis Aspen Silvaana birdsofpooleharbour Seb Elwood Adam Day Sean Walls Kate Fox And prizes, my favourite bird Wilsonโs BOP & the award from being โTurkey of the Groupโ (aka Stoate award)
My year is complete. Prizes at last night's ringing group AGM. 'A Shrikingly good ale, with added bite' from Lanuis excubitor brewery ๐คฃ Thanks all Terry Elborn Ian Lewis Aspen Silvaana birdsofpooleharbour Seb Elwood Adam Day @Winter_Semaya Sean Walls Kate Fox et al
HOOPOE!!! Didn't expect to find this with Kate Fox this afternoon on Bardsey!! The bird was mobile but luckily showed well for a few seconds! ๐บ๐ฆ๐ Bardsey Lodge & Bird Obs RareBirdAlertUK
SELF-FOUND CORNCRAKE!!! Buzzing to find this Corncrake which was crexing from the Withies, a lifer!! โ
A few radio messages later I got Ed Betteridge Kate Fox Steve Stansfield ๐๐บ๐ฆ onto the bird calling! First on Bardsey since 2018, weโre off to a flying start to the season! ๐ฅ
A first for me (well, since my school U16 Basketball team became York area champions, eons ago): an awards ceremony!
I'll be proud to represent everyone involved in #InspiringComms about BTO work, esp. Training colleagues Jenny Donelan & Kate Fox.
Train-Crane on route ๐
Last but not least - and despite the high winds delaying 'move date' - Kate Fox and the ๐บ๐ฆ๐ Bardsey Lodge & Bird Obs team are back on Bardsey and meeting Manx Shearwaters already!
We asked what the best thing about island life, with seabirds, is?๐ค
Over to: Bardsey!๐
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