Birder 🦤| Head ringer Lower Piddle Valley RS, Dorset | Ex AW Bardsey/Calf of Man Bird Obs
Wareham, England
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Pied Wagtail caught at Carey during a roost came from the Isle of May! Great data showing where our wintering birds come from. Record year for them onsite with 600+ caught already this October.
Juvenile Pied Wagtail hatched on the Isle of May this summer and has just been found in Dorset? Surely not...read the blog to find out: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com/
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Juvenile Pied Wagtail hatched on the Isle of May this summer and has just been found in Dorset? Surely not...read the blog to find out: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com/
Looks like we might have a new patch with a Little Stint found today! A Kittiwake also unusual here
A productive afternoon at Brands Bay, Studland with @birdingfox with a fly through Wood Sand, ad Roseate Tern with 18+ Common and 50+ Sandwich Terns, Whimbrel, 230+ Med Gull, c25 Knot, 7 Greenshank and 2 Wigeon.
A productive afternoon at Brands Bay, Studland with @birdingfox with a fly through Wood Sand, ad Roseate Tern with 18+ Common and 50+ Sandwich Terns, Whimbrel, 230+ Med Gull, c25 Knot, 7 Greenshank and 2 Wigeon.
Found this unusual Chiffchaff at Durlston, Dorset yesterday. Bird sounded ok for Iberian Chiffchaff though lacking the end notes. However, decided to do a bit of ‘normal’ Chiff briefly in response to Ib Chiff tape 🤔. The main song it did started below 6kHZ which is good for Ib…
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😮🚀 Project: Jack Snipe Odyssey reveals another remarkable movement, our @ZEISSBirding sponsored bird has been recorded in Denmark, over 675 miles from its original ringing site @StaffsWildlife Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire.
Tiny bird. Huge journey. 🐦🌍
We didn’t expect to catch this Kestrel during a garden winter CES catch in Dorset this morning. Then to find the bird had a Dutch ring and a satellite tag!! @_BTO
Great views of this stunning adult LITTLE GULL in Holes Bay this afternoon. Also a distant 1st winter amongst 7 species of Gulls present. @DorsetBirdClub
The Carey ringing year got up and running this morning with 119 birds (71 new) including a local control Siskin, a Jay (after none last year) and a Great Tit from 2022 @DorsetBirdClub
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End of season ringing session (under licence) @DorsetWildlife #LytchettBayNR produced no less than 16 Bearded Tits. 4 of which had been ringed previously at the site on dates going back to 2022. Thanks to @EdJBetteridge for pics. @DorsetBirdClub
We got lucky with the Wyke Regis Desert Wheatear this afternoon in strong winds when it flew across the fleet whilst watching roosting Gulls. It then showed distantly on Chesil Beach before disappearing amongst the pebbles. A cr Oyc from Blakeney Point (8/25) showed a bit better.
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🌙✨ Incredible thermal survey in Charlton, Worcestershire last night!
We ringed 42 Skylarks, including a retrap from early 2025.
Amazing to see around 150 birds across several fields and a great side-by-side look at female (R) vs male (L) Skylarks.
#thermalbirding
A busy month at Carey, Dorset with 3,912 birds caught! This included 1729 Chiffchaffs, 740 Blackcaps, 50 Wilwa, 198 Sedgies, 68 Gropper, 26 Cettis, 302 House Martins, 4 Redstart, 4 Spot Fly, 46 Stonechat, 55 Goldcrest and 13 Firecrest!!
A great bird boat around Poole Harbour yesterday morning with Birds of Poole Harbour, highlighted with great views of WT Eagle, 7 Curlew Sand (12 species of wader), Honey Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 62 Spoonbills, Kingfisher etc with great views of more WT Eagles of Carey today.
A productive morning at Portland Bill seeing more Balearic Shears in a morning than I ever seen (66+)! Personal totals were 2-3 Grey Phal, 2 LT Skua, Sooty Shear, 9+ Stormies and 2 Arctic Skua.
AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g!
A WRYNECK yesterday was a great way to end a busy August at Carey. Overall, 2,847 birds trapped including 281 Gropper and 1261 Sedgies!
Hit 4000 birds ringed at Carey this autumn today with a monster of a 20.0g Sedge Warbler! However, the stand out highlight of the morning was this stunning HOBBY!! Not something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to catch!
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North Wiltshire Ringing Group ringing recovery: Sedge Warbler ringed by us on Salisbury Plain on the 11th August 2024, recovered at Carey Floodplain, Wareham, Dorset on the 24th July 2025. 347 days since ringed, 62km movement #birdringing #Migration
