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This week's ringing session started with 103 birds at Dickleburgh Moor, followed by a spectacular evening at Haddiscoe Island where 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Long- eared Owl and 3 Barn Owls were ringed. Thanks to @vikingoptical 🦉




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Kicking off the New Year right with yesterday's ringing session! A morning at Raveningham with 55 birds including Redwing, followed by two new species for WRG ringed in the evening - Teal and Redshank. Thanks to @vikingoptical ⭐️




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Special thanks to @vikingoptical for supporting our ringing demonstrations which have recently started again for 2025 every Thursday at Minsmere!
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A wonderful bird ringing session this week at @RSPBMinsmere 🐦🪶 A great selection of migrants included 3 Nightingales, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden & Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Sedge Warbler - including a Control Sedge Warbler with a ring from Brussels!🇧🇪




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A huge thanks to the team at @kartongbirdobs for making us feel so welcome over the past fortnight, for their boundless enthusiasm and for catching so many varied and fascinating bird species. A total of 601 birds sampled for our haemosporodian project! Now to the lab…😊

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Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) the 6th record for The Gambia. The previous 5 records were all caught and ringed at Kartong Bird Observatory. Another great record thanks to the hard work of @rogwalsh working in the challenging environment of the Kartong reedbeeds.

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Hoping some birds stick around🤞
Kartong Bird Observatory 🇬🇲@kartongbirdobs
The last two weeks at Kartong have produced some outstanding rarities. Amur Falcon, a first for The Gambia, African Finfoot, the first record at Kartong and Abdim's Stork, the first record at Kartong and the first record for The Gambia since 1990. Photos G.van lit, M. Delmeer
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We were happy to host George Smith from @ospreylf during his visit to TG. George joined Emmanuel on the Hallahin to count Ospreys having 51 sightings. George kindly delivered a gift from Tim Mackrill, a copy of his excellent monograph, 'The Osprey ' for the KBO research library.

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Another influential visitor to the Obs
Kartong Bird Observatory 🇬🇲@kartongbirdobs
We were very pleased to host the renowned bird illustrator and artist Hans Larsson at our ringing session today. Hans kindly donated a signed and personally illustrated copy of his renowned work; 'Seabirds, The New Identification Guide', to the KBO Research library.
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