Most bird watchers have an opinion on ringing/banding regimes and not everyone views this practice positively. Whether or not you think that ringing should be done to the degree that it is, the only way that there can be any meaningful things to be learned from it is if birders report sightings of ringed birds. [...]
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Reporting a Ringed Mediterranean Gull | British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 
Nick 
Posted in Bird Ringing, Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Conservation Issues, Gulls, Migration, Nature 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, conservation, France, gulls 
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Heathland Birds at Frensham Common – British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 Nick Last week I made one of my annual pilgrimages to see Dartford Warbler. Last year I had a very successful day twitching at Frensham Common in Surrey so I decided to make the short trip there again to look for the bird that got me into birding as well as other heathland specialists. Arriving at [...]
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Farmland Birds – British Birding
June 27th, 2018 Nick Farmland birds are in decline across Britain and indeed pretty much everywhere in the world I have been. When I am back in the UK I am able to take a lot of walks through arable farmland which still has a decent population of some farmland species that are in decline across their ranges so [...]
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Birding Highlights of 2017
January 1st, 2018 Nick Happy New Year! I am looking forward to what I have planned ahead in 2018 with a birding trip starting in Northern Thailand in a few days and a two week trip to Myanmar at the end of the month, but I also looked back to some of my birding highlights of 2017. Birding in [...]
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Leica Telescope Repair
August 17th, 2017 Nick Last week I traveled up to Ryston, near Ely, to get my birding ‘scope repaired and yesterday I gave it a proper test at Oare Marshes, Kent, getting wonderfully clear views of both Long-billed Dowitcher and Bonaparte’s Gull. I would like to give a huge thanks to Gary Hawkins of East Coast Binocular Repairs for [...]
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Survey of Calling Male Corn Buntings – Bird Behaviour
July 3rd, 2017 Nick More Corn Buntings! Many people may be wondering what is my obsession with what is a rather dull-coloured, sparrow-like bird regarding the fact that I have posted quite frequently about this species here, on my Facebook timeline and on my Twitter account. Well, apart from the fact that in UK this is a red list [...]
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Twitching at Frensham Common – British Birding
June 13th, 2017 Nick I very rarely go twitching but today was an exception. Having dipped on Red-footed Falcon last week at Minsmere a second chance presented itself with another bird present at Frensham Common, in Surrey, over the last few days. The plan was to get there early, which was somewhat spoiled by traffic on the M25 but [...]
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