Welcome to the ENRG blogspot. We hope you enjoy reading about the bird ringing activities and experiences of the group. Thursday, 16 May 2013. At last we have had a couple of mist netting sessions for any migrants that may be about, finally showing that Spring has sprung. The first session was at Winterton on 4th May, with 29 new birds and 3 retraps being processed. It was nice getting 3 Garden Warbler, a species we seldom catch.

less than 3 metres away! I was pleasantly surprised, upon checking the contents of the new nest, to find that the nest contained four very new, very fluffy chicks and one addled egg. The only downside to this soft, hairy cup of fluffy newborns? .

We left Bardsey on the 21. Our thanks go to everyone who helped us to fulfil our dream and helped us to maintain it for seven months, but especially to our children, Jenny and Mike, who kept the home fires burning and kept up the supply of chocolate. Also, thanks to readers of and commentators on our blog. A strange thing happened today and nobody knew.

You would have to have been living on the moon lately to not know that England appears to be experiencing a surge influx of large-billed Parrot type Crossbills, with Holland and Germany also reporting large Loxia.

Wednesday, March 05, 2014. In 2006 I started this Blog to give an insight in to why we ring birds and to show people what i got up to while doing it. After 7 years it is now time for me to sign off, i am obviously still ringing and always will do and if you want to follow me on Twitter then please do. Thank you for all the interest over the years. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Twite and Cormorant to Ireland. Ringed as a chick at.

News and Views from an Ecological Consultancy. Wednesday, 7 March 2012. A New Future for Post-Construction Wind Farm Monitoring? Post-construction surveys at operational wind farms are an essential part of the on-going monitoring that all wind farm developers should undertake.

First Waxham visit of the spring brings Portuguese Control Willow Warbler. Earlier in the week the forecast had predicted the wind to swing round from the constant North-Easterly to have some southerly in it, alongside this a band of light rain was predicted.

Primarily monitoring a probable isolated population on the Westside of Mainland Shetland, around the village of Skeld. We need to know the code on the ring, and the date and place you saw it. Shetland Ringing Group for supplying the metal rings for this project. For supplying bird feeders and wild bird seed.