BTO Armagh Region

Birdsong Walk Folly River, Armagh City Saturday 13th April Meet at Orchard Leisure Centre car-park (Folly Lane, BT60 1AT) at 10am for a birdsong walk along the wooded banks of the Folly River. All welcome! Please feel free to share details. @BTO_NIreland @BTO_Antrim

Stephen Hewitt's work on Buzzard play behaviour, following observations at Sheskinmore, is published in the Irish Birds journal sheskinmore.wordpress.com/2023/10/04/pla…

Sedge Warbler c3 🥚 One I hoped to find this season, a first for me 🥳 #Crowle #Lincolnshire #NestRecordScheme @_bto @paulasykes1971 @tonymcguire1966 @BirderSouth @ScarecrowNeste1 @Woolie_woo @RichieWinship @NigelButt3 @AndyWri99408508 @Nestfinders5978 @lonouri 23 May 2023

And a few more nests monitored for @BTO #NestRecordScheme in Northern Ireland this season. Blackcap, Song Thrush and Dunnock. Nest photos taken under licence. @BTO_NIreland

@BTO #NestRecordScheme

Thanks Claire! Together we monitored active Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Wren, Chaffinch, Blackbird and Blue Tit nests. A great day as always. Photos of the Willow and Sedgie nests, plus a bonus Bullfinch from Oxford Island. @BTO_NIreland

Our friends @PoMScheme are looking for volunteers to help with pollinator surveys in 1-km squares, especially in Wales and Northern Ireland. Find out more about the survey and how to help: ukpoms.org.uk/one-km-square-… Thank you!

2/2 Massive thanks to everyone who attended in the training events, persuaded others to attend, local BTO RRs for their support & all who have signed up for a site so far... Special thanks to @CarMFin @stevefyffe9 for their efforts!

Patrick, Catriona and I out this morning for our final Trail CES visit this year at Portmore Lough.

If you would like to find out more about the BTO Garden BirdWatch survey, a free online course takes place on 7th September. To put your skills to good use, a field trip (in Co. Tyrone) has been organised for 10th September. Details can be found here: bto.org/about-bto/nati…

I’m very excited to have started working for @_BTO on a new project to engage people in nature across Northern Ireland. More soon! Sooty shearwater and storm petrels from the ferry to Belfast this weekend

@jclarke48 Have noticed autumnal flocks of immature Starlings and Mistle Thrushes lately ... but meanwhile I still have a Wren nest and a Blackcap nest with nestlings!

📢 Last chance to book: Wader ID Course 🎓 Improve your identification of passage and winter waders in this two-part online course. Sessions available for the weeks commencing the 8th and 15th of August. 👉 Find out more and book here: bto.org/events #Ornithology

@birdgirlruns @BTO_Antrim @RSPBNI Good stuff - Chiffchaff it was then!

@BTO_Armagh @BTO_Antrim @RSPBNI I caught a glimpse so it must've been a chiffchaff. Unfortunately it wasn't singing for me!

Experts at @BTO_Armagh @BTO_Antrim @RSPBNI or anyone else is this alarm call a chiffchaff or willow warbler? Valley park in Glengormley.

💼 Job Vacancy: Breeding Bird Survey National Organiser We are looking for an enthusiastic National Organiser to run the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey (@BBS_birds) Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3IMXb0f #ConservationJobs #Ornithology