https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk Birding from around the world Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-cormorant-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-cormorant-british-birding/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:51:58 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22786 I always encourage birders to report colour ringed birds to those who run the ringing programs involved. It is only by receiving reports that ringers can build up a bank of knowledge which can then potentially be used for bird conservation strategy formation. That is not to say that every report of a ringed bird [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-cormorant-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-from-russia-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-from-russia-british-birding/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:34:51 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22756 When birding is slow, or I feel like I want to see lots of birds at close range, a trip to a local gull hotspot is always interesting. Sites such as beaches, tips and even ploughed fields often host hundreds or even thousands of gulls and the possiblity of finding a rare species. Even if [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-from-russia-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ringed-gulls-at-beddington-farmlands-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ringed-gulls-at-beddington-farmlands-british-birding/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:50:59 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22678 Although birding is a relaxing hobby that takes birders to lots of interesting and often beautiful places I also find it rewarding to be able to contribute towards a greater understanding of birds which can provide information useful in their conservation. One of the easiest ways I have found of doing this is by reporting [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/ringed-gulls-at-beddington-farmlands-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-first-winter-with-colour-leg-ring-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-first-winter-with-colour-leg-ring-british-birding/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:45:51 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22577 On 16th October 2020 I enjoyed a nice birding day at Minsmere and Southwold with David Scott. Although the day had not turned up any rarities we saw a wide variety of nice birds including big groups of Redwings feeding on berries, Coal Tits on the feeders, a Mediterranean Gull on the scrape, a male [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/herring-gull-first-winter-with-colour-leg-ring-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/pied-avocet-with-colour-rings-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/pied-avocet-with-colour-rings-british-birding/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:09:29 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22515 On a quite grey and gloomy day on 3rd October 2020 I made a visit to RSPB Rainham Marsh which is just inside the boundary of London. Rather than enter the reserve immediately I walked along the River Thames where there were an intriguing group of gulls and waders which tricked me into thinking there [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/pied-avocet-with-colour-rings-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-herring-gulls-x-3-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-herring-gulls-x-3-british-birding/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:19:28 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22473 A few weeks ago I came across three different Herring Gulls with colour rings on their legs within the space of just a few days, all in roughly the same area; the Swale in North Kent, UK. The first of the three birds I noticed briefly on the shoreline before it took off. I took [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-herring-gulls-x-3-british-birding/feed/ 0