The Friday evening RSPB/British Birds birders lecture will be given by none other than Lars Svensson! A household name to every birder in Europe, we cannot wait to welcome Lars to Spurn this autumn!

The project suffered major setbacks like covid, and took a lot of dedication from Rafa, Elza and Dachi. We're over the moon seeing how this labour of love is being received.

Massive thx to British Birds Charitable Trust & Vogelbescherming NL' IJsvogelfonds for funding this effort! 3/3

Important and informative article in the latest issue of BB, documenting the rapid and stark disappearance of Willow Tits from former stronghold just up the road in Barnsley Birders area. Hat tip to Geoff Carr Sophie Pinder & Jeff Lunn

Pleased to contribute some more Holkham heron observations in BB this month

We’re lucky to see Willow Tits locally. But in this study in the latest British Birds the population went from 70 territories to zero in a few years. No suggestion that habitat change or competition from other species was the cause. What’s going on I wonder?

In BB this month

BBeye: In praise of subspecies by Andy Stoddart

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📷Andy Stoddart
Siberian Chiffchaff’ Phylloscopus collybita tristis, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, November 2021.

In BB this month:

Sarah Stone’s Unseen Worlds: a rare collection of 18th century ornithological watercolours
By Errol Fuller and Craig Finch

Woolston Eyes: from wasteland to wetland
By Brian Martin

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In BB this month

Short notes on
➡️'Birds named after people' with contributions from Anthony S. Cheke, David Norman and Jon Dunn
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➡️Sky-pointing by herons by Andrew Bloomfield
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📷Andrew Bloomfield AndyBloomfield

In BB this month

Interesting paper on Johann Friedrich Naumann and the advance of ornithology by Karl Schulze-Hagen and Tim Birkhead

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📷M. Nishimura
Naumann’s Thrush Turdus naumanni, Kyoto, Japan, March 2009.

In BB this month

Apparent ‘Pale Iceland Redpolls’ in Norfolk by Andy Stoddart

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📷Andy Stoddart
Pale Iceland Redpoll

In BB this month:

The rapid extinction of Willow Tits in a post-industrial landscape Geoff Carr, Jeff Lunn and Sophie Pinder
Geoff Carr

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📷Francis C. Franklin
Willow Tit, Greater Manchester, February 2014.

Our new paper in BB - shows that of the 5 genetically confirmed Moltoni's Warblers from Britain, 2 are assignable to mainland Italian population and 3 to Mediterranean Islands. Tess Thom Shannon
Fair Isle has one of each.

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In BB this month

Regular features News & comment and Recent Reports
Many thanks to Russ Malin Maddy Hine Harry Hussey Barry Nightingale for your continued support.

📷David Tipling Lr B-b Gull
📷Roger Riddington ‘Holboell’s Red-necked Grebe’

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In BB this month

The British Birds Charitable Trust has increased the maximum amount it makes available in grants to young birders, from £250 to £500. It has been awarding grants to young birders since 2014.Deadline: end of June 2024

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In BB this month:

Vagrant ‘Subalpine Warblers’ in northwest Europe by J. Martin Collinson, Thom J. Shannon and Tereza Senfeld

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📷Georgia Platt
Male Western Subalpine Warbler, Fair Isle, May 2023.

Chris, Candice and Gary our Global Birdfair Bird Ringing team checking out our new site in preparation for their ringing demonstration at the fair. Fabulous habitat, are you a ringer and want to help RSPB West Midland Bird Club BTO British Birds

Wind-blown?
Please look out for flocks of Black-tailed Godwits in strange places - and check for colour-rings.
Blog from 21 March 2017 🎂7⃣
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