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/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/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/great-cormorant-colour-ring-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/great-cormorant-colour-ring-british-birding/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:04:09 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22364 Abberton Reservoir is a well-known birding site in the county of Essex, Southeast England, but one that I had never visited before last week. I had a really great time at this nice spot, with a very good selection of species and the two causeways across the reservoir were great spots to stand and photograph [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/great-cormorant-colour-ring-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/#comments Fri, 01 May 2020 08:24:15 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22103 I have been a member of the Oriental Bird Club (OBC) for well over ten years now. This British-based charity furthers ornithology in the oriental region as well as engaging in conservation projects. As a birder based in this region I was keen to support conservation in Asia in this small way as well as [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/#comments Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:39:33 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21766 A few days ago I saw an appeal to sign a petition to save a small area of wildlife habitat in my hometown of Dartford in England which has been described as a “wildlife gem” where birds such as Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler and Nightingale have occurred. There is precious little habitat for [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:01:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21207 It might look fluffy and cute but this young Lesser Black-backed Gull was already enjoying the fruits of a predatory lifestyle when I photographed it at the end of July growing fat on a diet of freshly fledged Pufflings! While sitting, watching Puffins go in and out of their burrows to go out and catch [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:51:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21186 In July I took a boat trip from Amble, in Northumbria, UK, out to Coquet Island to see the Roseate Terns that nest there. It was a nice, one hour, boat trip that gave me good views of lots of Roseate Terns feeding their chicks as well as plenty of Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Guillemots, Sandwich [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-titchwell-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-titchwell-british-birding/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:10:39 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21152 North Norfolk is widely known as one of the best regions in UK for bird watching but it is an area that I have spent little time in so it was nice to have the opportunity to stay with a friend for a weekend and do some birding. Although early July is not regarded as [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-afternoon-at-titchwell-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:09:20 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=20696 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. [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/feed/ 0 https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/ https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:03:07 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=14489 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 [...]]]> https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/feed/ 0