Hannah

Record-breaking morning on Cannock Chase! ➡️ 208 Redpoll ringed yesterday ➡️ 258 total including our test hour the previous day. Unbelievable numbers for the season, a real Redpoll influx! 🔴 #BirdRinging #Migration #Redpoll

An unexpected addition to our thermal dazzling session with @handles4forks last night, together with a Grey Partridge & 8 new Skylarks we found this October Quail! This is our first ringed on the farm. Large coveys of Greys seen & a few Golden plover noted too!

🌿 Another fantastic morning @SoultonHall ! We ringed 52 new birds 🐦✨ Highlights included: 🔸 3 Stonechat 🔸 9 Chiffchaff 🔸 2 Meadow Pipit plus many more! Each tiny ring helps us unlock the secrets of migration & survival. 💚 #BirdConservation

A magical morning @SoultonHall 🌿✨ Over 50 birds ringed, from the delicate Whitethroat to the jewel-like Redstart and a shining Lesser Whitethroat. Each feather holds a story, and today we’ve added new chapters to the future of this special place 🐦💫

Spotted in Shropshire: one very fashion-forward Starling skipping the feathers this season. A bit chilly for the no-coat look, but she’s rocking it! Also sporting a quirky beak, but feeding like a champ and looking healthy. Natures got style and surprises! 🌟🦩

Beautiful Wryneck ringed and released today at GONHS Bird Observatory #Gibraltar @_BTO @BirdGuides @Natures_Voice 📷 by : Andrew Commis

A visit to @farmer_richardT this week saw us ring Skylark 24 Woodcock 1 Redwing 2 Jack snipe 1 This included a very large Skylark which was well over 40g and had a wing on 124mm!

A stunning night was perfect for the first Storm Petrel session of the year. 125 birds included three controls ringed elsewhere and a bird ringed here as a chick in 2022. Magic

It was some proper babies! Thanks @fisherandbirder and @utterleyoutdoor Birds handled under schedule 1 licence. My amazing art t-shirt is made by @AnnieBookerArt Yes, my cap has 💩 from @Flatholmers gulls 😅

Last night we recaptured a female Nightjar on Cannock Chase that was originally ringed by @GrahamDeacon12 of North Wilts RG as a 1cy bird on the 16/08/23 on Salisbury Plain. Its likely it was born on the Chase & was migrating via Salisbury Plain returning to Cannock to breed!

@AnnieBookerArt You are so clever 🥰

Such a pleasure to get to draw birds in hand. The male wheatear is such a stunning bird to sketch

164 birds including 117 warblers of 9 species were ringed @PortlandBirdObs . 16 Whitethroat,10Sedge,6Reed,3 Less.White 2 Garden and a GrasshopperW illustrated the greater variety than of late.7 Redstart and 4 controls; Pied .F,Garden W &2 Whitethroat added to the excellent day.

A cold easterly wind with cloud still resulted in 137 birds but of only 9 species ringed at @PortlandBirdObs today. 110 Willow Warblers most with only single Redstart, Reed,Sedge,2 Garden Warblers , 9 CC & 2 Whitethroat. Only 5 degrees plus windchill later at mistnet closing.

Had a fantastic weekend with @Au_Erithacus @AnnieBookerArt @utterleyoutdoor at @Flatholmers. Thanks so much for the invite Aurora! Your enthusiasm and passion is so infectious. Annie and Hannah you were ace! Until next time

Incredible time with these awesome people @utterleyoutdoor @fisherandbirder @AnnieBookerArt

We need some optics for the staff at @Flatholmers if anyone is thinking of upgrading their kit and selling their old bins/scope, could you please get in touch with me? We need at least two binoculars and one scope. This will help us to get more data of returning breeders! 🙏

Thank you to everyone who made this event such a success: our brilliant panel of experts who shared their experiences and offered wise advice, the @_bto staff who made it all happen, our co-organisers @SOSyoungbirders, and the young people who engaged with such enthusiasm. 1/2

@Jannerbirder @Au_Erithacus Ahhhh yes I have been looking at if the dates work out today 😀 thanks for the heads up! 🤞

@Au_Erithacus ICYMI @utterleyoutdoor 🙂

Seabird grant for individuals are out today. If you want to come over to Flat Holm and have the best time, do not hesitate to apply! Check your email !

This week I have been staying at a great little place on an inlet near Rhosneigr in Anglesey, it has been like staying in a bird hide for a week! Highlights include this juv Black Redstart, Short eared owl, Curlew, Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Greenshank and much more!

Challenging conditions last night with @farmer_richardT. Lots of birds in stubbles and wheat. We ringed Skylark 8 Fieldfare 3 Jack snipe 1 Woodock 1 Is the Woodcock is a local breeder or the first migrating bird we've encountered this autumn? Some great zero till fields to go at!