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Barn Owls
Keith, Peter and Jim have recently ringed a brood of Barn Owl chicks - the site being confidential.
View ArticleBelvide main season
As July approaches so does the post breeding ringing season at Belvide. Weather permitting our first session will be on Wed 3rd July from 5am--everyone welcome.
View ArticleLake Vrynwy nest boxes
At the start of June each year we send a team out to mid Wales to ring any chicks in a large nest box scheme we have been running for many years in partnership with the RSPB at their Lake Vrynwy...
View ArticleNightjars--not playing ball this year
It has been a very disappointing season so far for catching nightjars on the Chase. By this time last year we were well into double figures and this year we have barely caught a handful. That's not to...
View ArticleFirst sessions of new Belvide season
Once again XCweather forecast was the only one that got it right--no rain until about 10.30, which meant that a few of us gathered for the first morning session after spending a few hours clearing...
View ArticleNightjar Update
We have had 2 sessions recently--late last week several teams were out but only one managed to catch although several birds were around--including one that I 'bounced.' Last night a few brave souls...
View ArticleWashout!!
A few brave ( stupid??) souls turned up at 5am this morning in spite of the drizzle. The weather flattered just enough for us to start setting the nets--then the rain came and came and came. Despite...
View ArticleSunday 15th
We managed at last to get a full session in--but the water is so very deep--spent whole morning with soggy feet/legs after 2 complete waders full while setting. Bit of sun made it a bit more pleasant...
View ArticleDecent session at last!
The weather does seem to be changing--although we did have mist for all of the session this morning. However, setting last night and an early start this morning produced 58 new birds and 7 retraps fro...
View ArticleGuest appearance!!
Phil Shearwood--of Bache, Shearwood and McShane ringing group popped in to visit us these last 2 days--but his appearance didn't bring us much luck unfortunately. The short session onTuesday night...
View ArticleBelvide 15th August
Peter et al were able to complete a ringing session at Belvide with the following new birds ringed:- blackcap 15 garden warbler 2 willow warbler 2 chiffchaff 2 sedge warbler 2 blackbird 2 robin 1 wren...
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Kingfisher
A recent early start and plenty of patience resulted in this beautiful photograph of a Kingfisher taken by Keith.......
View ArticleApologies
Apologies to all for the inconsistent posts recently--2 reasons. First I have been away quite a lot, and second I had computer trouble and couldn't log on for quite some time. Anyway, back from a...
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Russian News
Misha Markovets at the ringing station "Fringilla" situated on the Courish Spit, Kaliningrad Region, Russia has recently concluded this years ringing season - April to October - and revealed that they...
View ArticleFeeding station up and running
At last we have managed to get a feeding station on the Chase going in a new site which has taken the birds quite some time to find. We have had 2 sessions in the last week and ringed a total of 74...
View ArticleUpdate on not much!!
Aplolgies to our regular readers for the lack of enties recently--the simple fact is that there has been very little happening. we have tried to provide a brief round-up below:- A couple of sessions...
View ArticleCol's garden
Had a good session this morning with 8 new Brambling and 2 Siskin. Over the last month or so I've had 10 morning sessions in the garden, with some excellent results; along with more usual stuff I've...
View ArticleBramblings again
I made a last minute decision to have a try at the Belvide woodland feeder for a couple of hours on Friday morning. Lots of tits as expected, but had 12 new Chaffinch and 3 Brambling which added a...
View ArticleSiskins are here!!
Away for the weekend and came back to a good number of birds on the feeders--but constant rain. It cleared up this morning so the net was opened--a great catch of 45 new birds--20 Goldfinch; 13...
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