🦅 A terrible year for West Midlands Peregrines. Of the 6 Peregrine Falcon nests we monitor, most have failed following very late breeding this season. It’s the first time since 2012 we’ve seen such poor results across our sites, with others also reporting low brood numbers. 💚

🤯🐦 One of our ringed Redwing LEGS has been recovered in Finland! Ringed at Cannock Chase in Oct 2024 and recovered in Kouvola, Finland, in May 2026, 1,961 km (1,219 miles) away. 🇬🇧➡️🇫🇮 Every recovery helps reveal the incredible journeys these birds make. #BirdRinging

🦅 WMRG’s latest project is underway 👀 Colour-ringing Kestrels! Spot a white ring with black lettering? Report it and help us understand more about our West Midlands Kestrels. #Birding #Conservation

Who can resist an oystercatcher chick? 🐣💚🤍 Three of these incredible little chicks were colour ringed a few days ago @LaneMarsh , all under the watchful eyes of mum & dad. Always a privilege to see them up close, and even better to report that all three are doing brilliantly

A lovely morning spent checking 20 nest boxes on a private site in Warwickshire 🌿🐣 An incredible 110 Blue Tit chicks were ringed today, a fantastic sign that it’s shaping up to be a positive breeding year for this beautiful species 💙 Always a privilege to monitor these birds

Jack snipe originally ringed @StaffsWildlife Cuckoo Bank on 19/01/25 has been recaught by a local group 6 km away at Hobble End, Staffordshire on 07/03/26, which shows the bird has returned back to the local area following migration, which is something we see regularly now.

Private site in Warwickshire yesterday saw a nice spring start with 41 birds of 13 species including 7 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, Siskin, Kingfisher and Great spotted Woodpecker. Looking forward to what the season brings💚🐦‍⬛

Exciting news from North Staffordshire! Last night, we ringed a new male Nightjar at one of our monitoring sites, where a nest is also due to hatch any day now. Stay tuned for some adorable chick photos soon! 🐣🌟 #nightjar #Conservation #wildlife

Good to see our North Staffordshire Pied Flycatcher & Redstart project rebuilding following the vandalism of our boxes a couple of years ago. This year we have ringed 63 Pied Fly chicks + 2 adults and 10 Redstarts.

We went out to a Peregrine Falcon, which appears to have been kept in captivity and released in very poor condition. Thankfully it was rescued by Woodlands small Wildlife Rescue and taken to a specialist rehab centre. We have taken DNA in hope to trace back to original nest site.

Meet 6J, which is the male of the only breeding pair of stonechat found @SuttonParkNNR this year. It’s a real surprise how quickly these have dropped off, however lots of dogs off leads in Habitat, 1 was seen to force fledge the chicks from the nest. We need to be better!

Great to see Nightjars back on Cannock Chase last night with the first male caught and ringed of the season. Great to see such good habitat on @StaffordshireCC and amazing support from their wardens.

Fantastic news: The Sand Martin bank we built in Partnership with @stwater is being used and currently has 5 active nests. We use @ZEISSBirding Trail Cams to monitor the nest bank, which gives us great footage and keeps us up to date with daily activity.