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What colour tells us about bird health in human-dominated landscapes The post When kestrels turn pale appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
When we wanted to leave for today?s count, Sarah and Selina came already back from Kabeltromlen. They were pretty wet and did not open the nets because of a rain shower. Flo, Gabriel and I waited before...
Observation Today the observation went a little diffrent, as we had a guest observer doing the morning observation! Jes used to be an observer in the 70s and had alot of stories to share! Ringmærkning The...
Ringmærkningen/Ringing: Although we were not so happy this morning because we needed to shut down the nets not even an hour after opening, it turned out to be not such a bad day. And in the net-shutting...
Moths caught in the traps This night 29 species were able to find the traps. There were some really interesting ones, another Pale Pinion (Alliance-stenugle). A Lunar Underwing (Halvmåne Jordfarvugle,...
I think we may be up for a very good autumn around Nordre Øyeren. As I wrote yesterday there are lots of ducks and geese using Svellet – the ducks (mostly Teal) are feeding there whilst the geese come into rest but are feeding on nearby harvest fields. Yesterday I discovered one of the fields that the geese (primarily Barnacles) are using and here there were also many raptors and Cranes. I assume there is lots of spilt corn which the geese and Cranes like but also rodents because the raptors (3 juvenile Marsh Harriers and at least 9 Common Buzzards) seemed to have no problem finding food. The harriers were quartering the field but the Buzzards were mostly just walking around and pouncing on prey. At least one juvenile Peregrine and 2 Hobbies were also in the area and it was particularly birdy. Amongst the geese was an interesting Canada Goose that I first noticed flying in when it was noticeably darker and slightly smaller than its compatriots but once on the field it was more difficult to find and the raptors, and my search for something rare, took my attention and I never formed an opinion on the goose. I was hoping to find a harrier other than a Marsh but failed although I am sure that with regular coverage something else will turn up. I also expect that Rough-legged Buzzards will soon discover the field as they migrate through the area. There are rather surprisingly still some unharvested fields as well and one of these clearly also had a lot of rodents as another two Marsh Harriers were constantly hunting over it. Both these birds were second calendar birds – a male and a female. If the stubble fields remain as stubble (i.e they don’t get ploughed this autumn) then they could continue to attract both geese and raptors until November or December depending on the weather. The passage of proper wild geese has yet to start and if Pink-feet discover these fields then there could be many thousands of geese still to come. Numbers of waders using Svellet have fallen dramatically but a Black-tailed Godwit was briefly present as was the Little Gull and terns so there is still non-waterfowl potential. A Great White Egret was also present nearby but only visible very distantly. 2cy male Marsh Harrier (sivhauk) with a Hooded Crown (kråke). The dark secondary feathers are remaining juvenile feathers whilst the grey feathers are adult feathers 2 1cy/juvenile Marsh Harriers in the birdy field having a rest from their quartering 2cy female Marsh Harrier. Two generations of secondaries are clearly visible the 2cy male quartering the unharvest field many hundreds of Barnacle (hvitkinngjess) and some Greylags (grågjess) on their way from the field where they had been feeding to Svellet for a rest this Common Buzzard (musvåk) was hovering over the unharvested field whereas those using the stubble field were mostly just walking around the interesting Canada Goose. It has a dark breast and darker flanks compared to the normal feral Canadas and is also slightly smaller. It is possible that it is a wild bird but there are also feral birds of other subspecies and strange hybrids knocking around in Holland so it is impossible to know especially with only these grainy photos a late(ish) Red-backed Shrike (tornskate)
For most of my life, I didn’t notice trees. Sure, I saw them, but nothing registered. My conscious brain didn’t take note of anything about them. I was so preoccupied with the rest of life that...
I dag startede dagen stille og roligt med ringmærkning ved kabeltromlen hvor det skiftede mht. de net der var mest aktivitet i. Vi fangede mest munke og gransangere, men så ellers et fint bredt udvalg...
Ringing It was still a bit windy in the garden so we were rather surprised that the first round was pretty good. After it slowed down quite fast and we also got some rounds without birds. A nice surprise...
Observation Gustav stod troligt op i morges tidligt kl. 6 for at konstatere, at regnvejret var kommet til hukket som lovet. Dette betød aflyst observation, men til gengæld mulighed for at sove en smule...
Moths caught in the traps This night brought 22 species. Of one moth sitting on the wall I thought it was the Silver Y (Gammaugle) a common moth for this time of the year, but Gerd said have...
12. sep. 2025 kl. 23:55
The Audubon Florida team goes above and beyond to protect sea, shore, and wading birds around the state’s vast coastline. Many team members bring years of hands-on experience studying a variety of...
12. sep. 2025 kl. 02:00
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12. sep. 2025 kl. 00:13
GREENWICH, CT—The Greenwich Audubon Center’s historic Mead House has been restored, a milestone achievement in a greater effort to restore the full campus. Supporters celebrated in August with a...
Today we have some exciting belated news to share with you! On 10th of August this year, Simon Kiesé spotted an interesting tern at Grenen. After extensive analysis, it is now clear that it was a Roseate...
Rødhals/ Robin Ringing: The day started very windy but the wind slowed a little bit down during the morning. As expected, this did not bring many birds. Today Grace went to the migration count again...
Moths caught today Despite the strong wind during the night still 25 species in and around the traps. We had a few moths that are probably migrating moths. One was the Cotton Bollworm(Kriger...
Migration: This morning was very windy, so instead of staying out on the exposed point, we moved to the side of the old building to shelter and stay warm. This meant our view of the ocean wasn?t...
Observation Gårsdagens vejrudsigt lovede så meget regn at morgenobservationen potentielt ikke ville kune gennemføres. Vi stod selvfølgelig alligevel op til tiden, for at tjekke om det regnede. Og...
Our conservation team recorded nearly nine inches of rain in August, which is roughly seven percent below our average for August rainfall. 18690 Last year, our summer wet season was very wet, but...
During the Bird Race on Saturday we had a strange black & white duck. First seen asleep with Mallards we hoped it was a Shelduck which we needed for our list but when it eventually showed more of itself it clearly wasn’t. We dismissed it as a domestic duck type although when we saw it again on Monday I began to think that a hybrid Mallard x Common Eider was more likely and took some footage. There are not many people who share my interest in hybrid ducks and I don’t think anyone else has spent any time on it (I also suspect it has been around a while). A hybrid between Mallard and Common Eider sounds an unlikely combination and indeed it is with only one report of a possible female fromNorway (although I would say that bird is another hybrid combo) and just a few documented birds to find on the web although a male at Seahouses, Northumberland is well known. Based on my photos I feel confident the bird is indeed this hybrid combo with body shape, head and bill shape matching other reported birds. not a great photo but I am confident this is a male hybrid between Common Eider (ærfugl) and Mallard (stokkand). The jizz of the bird especially head shape and the rear end short wings are closer to Eider than Mallard and match photos on eBird. The bill pattern with a black nail also matches other birds as do the light grey tertials (visible in the video). Plumage varies greatly between hybrids but this birds plumage also looks good for a mix between the two species even though it does not match other birds. It would have been nice to document it in flight and also out of the water. The Pallid Harrier we had was seen migrating past the lighthouse, first flying NE and later migrating out to the SSW. It was scope views only and wasn’t photographed but a hunting Hen Harrier was and this of course led to some confusion and suspicion…. Two Bird Theories are always good but as the Hen Harrier was seen again after the Pallid disappeared out to sea then I think it was a Two Bird Fact 😇. I managed some photos of the Hen. Hen Harrier (myrhauk) - a 1st year male if I am not mistaken Back home I have looked for the Taiga Beans a couple of times. On Tuesday I found only 72 on a different field to previously (but again one that has been used in previous years) but on Wednesday found none so perhaps they have moved on already after only two weeks but if that is the case then it will be 2-3 weeks earlier than normal. I counted 72 Taiga Beans but despite the field looking flat they were difficult to count and birds could disappear so there may have been more but definitely not 129 Water levels in Svellet are still low with lots of mud and shallow water and many thousands of ducks and geese. There were very few waders today but two Marsh Harriers and a White-tailed Eagle may have been responsible for that. A single juvenile Little Gull, 2 Arctic and 2 Common Terns were nice but I always feel there should be far more terns here. this male Kingfisher (isfugl) was a nice surprise along the Glomma River this colour ringed Common Sandpiper (strandsnipe) would appear to have been ringed in Norway as the combination of yellow flag on left leg and red ring on right is a Norwegian thing. Finding out more details though is proving hard work though... We also saw a Greenshank with the same red and yellow ring combo but were unable to read the code we came a bit late to the lunar eclipse and missed the blood moon part of a flock of 19 Nutcrackers (nøttekråke) that headed out to sea some also landed in the bushes by the lighthouse. I am unsure whether they were of the slender-billed siberian subspecies or the resident thicker billed subspecies that we have around Oslo distant Red Kite b(rødglente) being pursued by Hooded Crows (kråke) we had a few Stonechats (svartstrupe) and the species has bred at Lista this year.
I denne tid byder Tryggelev Nor på en masse vadefugle, ænder og rovfugle. Ofte ses fiskeørnen styrtdykke efter en fisk i noret og rovterne med store unger plejer...
I Fugleværnsfondens lille reservat Gulstav Mose på Sydlangeland og i de nærliggende gærdselsskove raster i denne tid mange småfugle, inden turen går videre...
11. sep. 2025 kl. 09:00
When the first Common Swifts started to leave their breeding site in front of my window in Uppsala, Sweden, I also started my road trip down south-west towards the UK. My trip, by car and ferry was much shorter than the Swifts’ migration to southern Africa, though it did not take me much less time. [...] The post Understanding migratory movements of Swifts: presenting novel insights on the migration of three Swift species appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
When community comes together to support bird conservation, we are rewarded with hope. Hope that our combined efforts will make a difference. How can a local community group impact sea and...
