Steph Trapp

A mad final week of #wader gps tagging with @UniExeCEC and @Fingalcoco - 75 tags deployed at 3 sites on curlew, redshank, oyc and black-tailed godwit. Phenomenal effort from the whole team braving the snow and ice with big smiles from start to finish. Bunch of heroes! ☃️🥶🫡

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After >20 years of tracking, our ringed black-tailed godwits have revealed that the autumn and winter sites used by juveniles are (nearly always) the ones they will use throughout their lives. New @AnimalEcology paper (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…) and #wadertales blog:

One of our Dublin juvs from last season has ditched Ireland in favour of Devon - spotted here one month after capture in Oct 2022, and back again this winter. Thanks @ironfists67 for posting your sighting! @McIntosh_Aimee @EcologicalKrc @Luke_ozharris @Josh_LJenkins @StuBearhop

@ironfists67 Thanks Richard - it is Irish, ringed as a juvenile in October 2022 in Fingal, north Co. Dublin and re-sighted at South Huish for the first time in November 22.

I think it's Irish, I've submitted the sighting

Redshank at South Huish marsh, South Devon. 17/02/24. I've searched the internet trying to find information and failed. I would be interested to know where the bird was ringed if anyone has any ideas.

Oystercatcher THE at Kilcrea , Donabate, Co. Dublin during the week. Ringed in January 2022 as a juvenile on nearby Portrane beach.

@katrinarosheen @OxfordBiology @JNCC_UK Wooooo congratulations!!🥳🥳

Really excited to have just started my postdoc on shearwaters at @OxfordBiology as part of the #ProcBe project in collaboration with the @JNCC_UK 🎉 I get to do some cool science and spend more time with the Manxys 🥹

Presenting my first ever poster at #EOU2023 - some early analysis on links between winter range urbanisation and migratory behaviour in oystercatchers 🏙 @StuBearhop @xav

Taking a step towards better protection of nature at North Bull Island, Dub. A refuge to thousands of wintering waterbirds, nesting birds, unique plants, seals, snails, amphibians etc. Certainly worth protecting! Tell @DubCityCouncil your thoughts on it. irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/0…

@ljohnsbirding1 @ornitela @StuBearhop @EcologicalKrc @XavHarrison @Fingalcoco All of them have gps tags, and most also have blue colour rings and white flag with black three-letter code (sorry not the clearest picture!)

@mindtheTrapp @ornitela @StuBearhop @EcologicalKrc @XavHarrison @Fingalcoco Are these just colour-ringed or Sat tagged?

Seeing a great range of migration destinations in this season's @ornitela tagged oystercatchers. All but one have now left our #Dublin winter study sites and will be getting ready to breed 🐣 @StuBearhop @EcologicalKrc @XavHarrison @Fingalcoco

Much less picturesque #fieldwork this time around, habitat quality #sampling in each of our selected protected estuaries 🌊 Though sunshine and above 0 temperatures are an absolute treat ☀️ @mindtheTrapp @ExeterMarine

@kiwibyrne Thanks for the record! 🙂

Oystercatcher PUH ringed as adult off The Island Golf Club, Donabate in Dec 2021. My re-sighting is the first, seen approx. 2km NW in fields adjoining Broadmeadow Beach on 24th January 2023. Thanks to @mindtheTrapp for details.

Frozen jellyfish on the estuary this morning. #brrr 🥶

Unrealistically proud of you guys for smashing out the last couple days of fieldwork and getting all the tags deployed for all the different species and areas being monitored @Sharon75569682 @mindtheTrapp @josiethebirder ❄️💙

The aim is to investigate the birds' winter use of terrestrial and urban habitats outside the boundaries of Protected Areas in north Co. Dublin and the Dublin Bay #Biosphere.🐥 All catching and tagging undertaken with the correct licenses.

A mad final week of #wader gps tagging with @UniExeCEC and @Fingalcoco - 75 tags deployed at 3 sites on curlew, redshank, oyc and black-tailed godwit. Phenomenal effort from the whole team braving the snow and ice with big smiles from start to finish. Bunch of heroes! ☃️🥶🫡

And it’s now night-time wader #Dublin catching ⁦@Fingalcoco⁩ ⁦@UniExeCEC⁩ ⁦@StuBearhop⁩ ⁦@mindtheTrapp⁩

The look of absolute love 🧡 A very successful day for our oyster catcher #ringing and #tagging mission! Hopefully tonight mist netting at the same location will bring us some Godwit & Redshank luck 🍀 @mindtheTrapp @ExeterMarine

Day 4 of wader catching in Fingal - lovely day for it! 🥶 Now all we need is some birds... @josiethebirder @AddymanClare @alexstarace_ @UniExeCEC @Fingalcoco

Another unreal day tagging and ringing Curlews, this time at our second site of Porthmarnock 🇮🇪 Subzero temps make the catches all the better ❄️ @ExeterMarine @mindtheTrapp #MPA #research