Maghreb mammal research, Estonian wilding (https://xitter.cf/t.co/6aYVSSoqYY), ecologist (https://xitter.cf/t.co/wZIzdAr9he), ornithologist, birds
Norfolk
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Happy to find this Dusky Warbler in Great Yarmouth cemetery yesterday, and glad to hear others got to see it today
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Latest WaderTales blog reviews what we are learning from tracked #waders #shorebirds:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
But are researchers making full use of the data that birds collect for them?
Whimbrel map from Global Wader
#ornithology
Sat at the kitchen table this morning and heard this outside. 3rd garden record. 92 for the garden this year
Adult American Golden Plover at Breydon Water. I’m pretty happy it was with a few Lapwing rather than in amongst the humungous European Golden Plover flock!
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So it’s the time of year for finding, recording and enjoying rare breeding birds, but we must remember to put their welfare first! Here’s some advice from RBBP Secretary @Mark_A_Eaton, and there’s a blog here tinyurl.com/RBBPsafe [1/2]
Quick stop at Flixton revealed no fewer than three Canvasbacks (two drakes and a female), all of which revealed themselves to be pinioned #canvasgate
Small/slim looking ringtail harrier distantly in quick look at Halvergate Marshes just now, if anyone is in the area @CantleySteve
There is so much escaped wildfowl around and undoubtedly many accepted records of e.g. R-b Goose, Fudge Duck are highly dubious. How many British records of Canvasback are of genuine vagrants? Judging by the paucity of records elsewhere in the WP, perhaps very few….(4/4)
So, with another at Abberton Reservoir right now, where are the other 4?! And, where else do they go when they’re not at Flixton?! In addition, 3 Fudge Ducks, Yank Wigeon, R-b Goose and dozens of R-c Pochards have also been dumped, along with a plethora of commoner spp. (3/4)
It turns out that the now closed-down Ellingham Wildfowl Park allegedly used the pit for dumping unwanted stock from at least 2005. The Suffolk Bird Report 2020 details up to 6 (!) Canvasbacks regularly at the site through spring following a release of birds in April 2020. (2/4)
I must admit I was pretty excited when I found this drake Canvasback at Flixton gravel pits in north Suffolk late this afternoon. However, investigative works by @Alexander_Lees yielded some pretty frustrating results….(1/4)
Couldn’t be happier with this! At How Hill Fen just now @HowHillTrust
Three nice finds from the last three days in Kerry with Si Mahood; fresh in beach Glossies at Feohanagh (Smerwick Harbour) and American Golden Plover at Ferriter’s Cove, and a Semipalmated Sandpiper at Caher Marsh @KerryBirdNews
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Calling all potential community scientists who visit safari parks! MMU MSc student Madigan Clossick's project is investigating bird-megafauna interactions in ex-situ settings five.epicollect.net/project/… Thread 1/6
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NEW BLOG: what to look for in midsummer. All sorts! Ducks (like this Pochard), Long-eared Owl, Quail, Turtle Dove, Hobby, Dotterel, Snow Buntings and more… rbbp.org.uk/2023/07/11/what-…
We’re recruiting! Great opportunity for ornithologists and junior ecologists! biomeconsulting.com/blog
#ecology @BiOMEecology
27 mammal species recorded during a 24 hour work day full of ecology surveys for @BiOMEecology in #Norfolk
