Wasn't expecting to find frogspawn on a Hawthorn branch whilst checking nest boxes RSPB Bempton Cliffs this afternoon. Any ideas what might have predated it? Dan Lombard

Seabird monitoring

Save the dates - #Migweek '21 is ON! 9th to 17th October: lots of ringing demos, walks, international and local talks, vismig and seawatch drop-ins and more at various locations - As always, ALL FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! Details to follow soon..... #allforbirdsbirdsforall

From 8 weeks to 8 months

The results are in for this years Tree Sparrow breeding season RSPB Bempton Cliffs... a total of 263 chicks successfully fledged from 48 active boxes. After a poor start to the season we were on track for a bumper year until a Weasel worked out there were easy meals to be had

A Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) that was trapped, ringed and Motus-tagged on Öland on the 6th of October (shown on the photo below) was detected again a week later when it passed several Motus stations in NW Germany. #birdmigration #ottenby #animaltracking

Just received the details of a colour ringed Cormorant at Flamborough last summer... turns out it was ringed two months prior at Wallnau nature reserve in northern Germany! Have recorded plenty of UK colour ringed Shag here but this was the first Cormorant, and its foreign too.

Fantastic 10day ringing trip to Greece at the wonderful Cape Tenaro Birder has come to an end which saw us record 442 birds of 33 sp in that period. Highlights include Rüppell's, Eastern Orphean & Bonelli's Warbler, Collared Flycatcher, multiple Wryneck and Hoopoe & a bonus Hawfinch

Here they come UK birdwatchers! Strong departure of birds on bird radar in the Waddensea. All heading towards UK, #migration, Trektellen.org, Bart Hoekstra (@barthoekstra.bsky.social)

📢EPIC JOB ALERT: #RSPBScience is looking for ~40 seasonal Research Assistant & Senior Research Assistants for the 2023 fieldwork season! From #Seabirds to Ring Ouzels, Turtle Doves to Hen Harriers, please check out the webpage & apply! bit.ly/3uW8GfO #Ornithology

Details of two Goldcrest caught RSPB Bempton Cliffs during October #migweek 2023; the first (red) originally ringed on Skagen, Denmark on 23rd September 780km away and the second (yellow) ringed here & then recaught 7 days later in Great Stukeley in Cambridgeshire 198km away. Cool!

Just learnt that one of the Blackcap we tagged here RSPB Bempton Cliffs on 21st October last year as part of a UK-wide project to understand the migration ecology of this species was detected in the Netherlands nine days later and then arrived in Germany on 4th November. Awesome data

Bempton's second Red-flanked Bluetail following one in 2009. Found by the lovable Richard Cope. Great bird for #migweek and continues a run of awesome birds for the reserve this autumn

Lesser Yellowlegs still showing well at Filey Dams up until 19.20 at least BirdGuides

Song Sparrow showed well this morning, singing from the large willow at the top of the reedbed behind Thornwick Cafe