This morning I was photographing gulls roosting on a field at Leysdown, Kent, attempting to get good images of the two Mediterranean Gulls that were among the flock, when a Herring Gull with a very bright orange leg ring caught my eye. I could not read the code on the colour ring through binoculars so [...]
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A Ringed Herring Gull – British Birding
August 27th, 2016 
Nick 
Posted in Bird Ringing, Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Conservation Issues, Gulls, Nature 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, conservation, gulls 
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Bird Persecution Using Mist Nets: Thailand Birding
May 22nd, 2016 Nick A couple of days ago on 20th May I was birding in the rice fields near Petchaburi, enjoying the spectacle of Weavers nesting. Baya Weaver colonies seem to be in every small tree, their complicated nests apparently in a constant state of construction, and plenty of small colonies of Asian Golden Weaver are in beds [...]
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Nesting Bee-eaters in Cumbria: British Birding
August 15th, 2015 Nick For few weeks now the RSPB has given British birders the opportunity to watch European Bee-eaters nesting at a sand quarry near Brampton in Cumbria. Bee-eaters are a very rare breeding bird in UK and this, combined with their colourful plumage, has meant that many people have made the journey to northern England to see [...]
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Growths on Legs & Feet of Birds
August 4th, 2015 Nick While bird watching at Ashdown Forest a few days ago I spent some time trying to get some good photos of some of the commoner birds occurring in woodlands. A Treecreeper kept me occupied and frustrated for some time until I noticed a male Chaffinch foraging close by in the leaf litter. I was able [...]
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Reporting Ringed Birds – British Birding
August 2nd, 2015 Nick A lovely sunny day prompted me to head to Dungeness on the coast of Kent this morning in the hope of seeing some terns and gulls at the water outlet of the nuclear power plant – “the patch”. Unfortunately there were very few birds at all there, just 20-30 Herring Gulls of varying ages and [...]
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101 Ways to Help Birds
February 6th, 2007 Nick Most birdwatchers would like to help birds, but many people don’t go beyond feeding them in their back garden. Garden bird feeding is great, but for serious bird lovers there are lots of things that can be done to help birds.People who have gardens have a great resource that they can manage for birds and [...]
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Corn Bunting Data Analysis – British Birding
January 15th, 2007 Nick Today I spent most of my time analyzing the data I have collected observing Corn Bunting habitat selection. I initiated a study of Corn Buntings from May to August 2006 in order to record the crop selection of calling males in the study area and to attempt to make a map which would show all [...]
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