Birder 🦤| Head ringer Lower Piddle Valley RS, Dorset | Ex AW Bardsey/Calf of Man Bird Obs
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May 5
Found this unusual Chiffchaff at Durlston, Dorset yesterday. Bird sounded ok for Iberian Chiffchaff though lacking the end notes. However, decided to do a bit of ‘normal’ Chiff briefly in response to Ib Chiff tape 🤔. The main song it did started below 6kHZ which is good for Ib…
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May 5
I have cut the recording down to include both its main Iberian like song and the two bursts of Common Chiff it did. Visually not too much to go on but presumably a mixed singer/hybrid. Unfortunately no calls heard.
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Ed Betteridge retweeted
😮🚀 Project: Jack Snipe Odyssey reveals another remarkable movement, our @ZEISSBirding sponsored bird has been recorded in Denmark, over 675 miles from its original ringing site @StaffsWildlife Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire.
Tiny bird. Huge journey. 🐦🌍
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Feb 21
We didn’t expect to catch this Kestrel during a garden winter CES catch in Dorset this morning. Then to find the bird had a Dutch ring and a satellite tag!! @_BTO
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Jan 27
Great views of this stunning adult LITTLE GULL in Holes Bay this afternoon. Also a distant 1st winter amongst 7 species of Gulls present. @DorsetBirdClub
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Jan 4
The Carey ringing year got up and running this morning with 119 birds (71 new) including a local control Siskin, a Jay (after none last year) and a Great Tit from 2022 @DorsetBirdClub
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3 Dec 2025
End of season ringing session (under licence) @DorsetWildlife #LytchettBayNR produced no less than 16 Bearded Tits. 4 of which had been ringed previously at the site on dates going back to 2022. Thanks to @EdJBetteridge for pics. @DorsetBirdClub
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28 Nov 2025
We got lucky with the Wyke Regis Desert Wheatear this afternoon in strong winds when it flew across the fleet whilst watching roosting Gulls. It then showed distantly on Chesil Beach before disappearing amongst the pebbles. A cr Oyc from Blakeney Point (8/25) showed a bit better.
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28 Nov 2025
🌙✨ Incredible thermal survey in Charlton, Worcestershire last night!
We ringed 42 Skylarks, including a retrap from early 2025.
Amazing to see around 150 birds across several fields and a great side-by-side look at female (R) vs male (L) Skylarks.
#thermalbirding
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30 Sep 2025
A busy month at Carey, Dorset with 3,912 birds caught! This included 1729 Chiffchaffs, 740 Blackcaps, 50 Wilwa, 198 Sedgies, 68 Gropper, 26 Cettis, 302 House Martins, 4 Redstart, 4 Spot Fly, 46 Stonechat, 55 Goldcrest and 13 Firecrest!!
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19 Sep 2025
A great bird boat around Poole Harbour yesterday morning with Birds of Poole Harbour, highlighted with great views of WT Eagle, 7 Curlew Sand (12 species of wader), Honey Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 62 Spoonbills, Kingfisher etc with great views of more WT Eagles of Carey today.
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3 Sep 2025
A productive morning at Portland Bill seeing more Balearic Shears in a morning than I ever seen (66 )! Personal totals were 2-3 Grey Phal, 2 LT Skua, Sooty Shear, 9 Stormies and 2 Arctic Skua.
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2 Sep 2025
AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g!
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31 Aug 2025
A WRYNECK yesterday was a great way to end a busy August at Carey. Overall, 2,847 birds trapped including 281 Gropper and 1261 Sedgies!
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28 Aug 2025
Hit 4000 birds ringed at Carey this autumn today with a monster of a 20.0g Sedge Warbler! However, the stand out highlight of the morning was this stunning HOBBY!! Not something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to catch!
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18 Aug 2025
North Wiltshire Ringing Group ringing recovery: Sedge Warbler ringed by us on Salisbury Plain on the 11th August 2024, recovered at Carey Floodplain, Wareham, Dorset on the 24th July 2025. 347 days since ringed, 62km movement #birdringing #Migration
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27 Jul 2025
A busy start to my time running Carey Ringing Station in Dorset with 1147 birds of 32 species caught in the last fortnight! Highlights have been 527 Sedgies, 157 Gropper, 69 Reed, 15 Garwa, 99 Wilwa, 3 Tree Pipit, 9 Kingfisher and 7 Nightjars!!
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4 Jul 2025
Nice to have my 1st Vagrant Emperor on the Calf of Man the other day, only the 2nd Calf record!
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2 Jul 2025
Didn’t expect to have a very vocal LAUGHING GULL fly around above me whilst I went to ring gull chicks on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! The bird stayed around just long enough for others to get there and bring a camera before it headed high north!
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22 Jun 2025
I did not expect to flush not 1 but 2 Quails, metres apart from the cliffs on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! Not typical Quail habitat right next to a Herring Gull colony! @CalfObs @BirdGuides
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