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Today we had the incredible experience of an adult male Goshawk gracing our nets. Science apart, it is one of the most magnificent birds I have ever ringed in the UK. We fitted him with a coded colour ring, we think he is the male of a nest we monitor. We will know for sure soon!

⚠️ 📰 Rampant illegal trapping across Malta & Gozo 19 poachers caught 85 live birds confiscated by police: 40 clap-nets, 10 electronic bird callers & 85 live finches were seized during the operations. Read our full Press Release here 👉 komitee.de/de/aktuelles/p…

I am so excited to be teaming up with BOSF - @bosfonline.bsky.social 🦋 yet again during their year of 20th anniversary celebrations! 😎 Join us for a magical nature walk along one of Bham City Council great wildlife corridors Sat 19 April, 10am-12pm (meet 9:45) ///cubes.deeper.pill (What3Words)

An important message at this time of year, especially with numerous reports of people walking through and disturbing habitat to get a photo or two. Wildlife has a hard enough time as it is, give them some space.

Is ethics in birding at an all time low? Council now having to put barriers up to stop people from disturbing nesting birds in Staffordshire. A very sad state of affairs and genuinely shocked.😳 We can only change this by challenging poor behaviour West Midland Bird Club

Some pretty disgusting images on Facebook brought to my attention as West Mids County recorder This Mute Swan, one of a pair, has now abandoned a nest at Sutton Park, nr B-ham. Note the sticks and a mobile phone to hand. I will phone the Rangers to see if they've got Police inv

Unfortunately this walk at Brook Meadow that was due to take place tomorrow has had to be postponed until 10am-12 noon on Saturday 17th May due to the weather that’s forecast.

Beautiful Wryneck ringed and released today at GONHS Bird Observatory #Gibraltar BTO BirdGuides RSPB 📷 by : Andrew Commis

Individual grooming of the face, legs, belly and tail to maintain coat and remove parasites. Collaborative grooming, allows access to areas that cannot be reached by individual grooming, rump and back. It also strengthens social bonds in the group. Ladywalk NR

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

The badger is our largest carnivore. They are however more omnivorous. Earthworms make up a massive part of their diet. They also eat nuts and berries. It’s rare to see a badger with a carcass. Scavenged or hunted I don’t know? She really doesn’t want to share it.

Congratulations to the 17 sites who participated in yesterday's #westmidsalldayer - some impressive totals considering the less than conducive weather. Star bird of the day was undoubtedly the Glossy Ibis which graced both Branston and Ladywalk. Well done all 👏 West Midland Bird Club

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 Staffordshire County Council and amazing support from their wardens.

Meet 6J, which is the male of the only breeding pair of stonechat found Sutton Ranger 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!

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.

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.

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

The UK longevity record for Barn Owl was 15 years and 7 months. last year I retrapped a male that I had ringed nearly 17 years earlier. However, last night I retrapped a female that had been ringed just over 18 years earlier !

We had an amazing bat walk around Ladywalk NR on Friday night thanks to Warwickshire bat group for leading the walk, just some of the thermal footage I took Sam