Kane Brides

Our new website, bringing together all the #waterbird colour-marking projects our volunteer ringers, fieldworkers & researchers work on. Check it out at waterbirdcolourmarking.org. With thanks to everyone who contributes to our work. #BirdRinging

Snuggled in a sleeping bag in a hut deep inside an Estonian forest after a great evening watching Brown bears! We can hear them splashing around in water outside, just meters from our beds!! A Ural owl calling too!

Fitting GPS leg-loop harnesses to headstarted Curlew Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Kane Brides from WWT Slimbridge to Lough Ree, where he shared his expertise and delivered hands-on training in GPS tagging our Headstarted Curlew using leg-loop harnesses. Kane was…

I'm in the chair for Wednesday's FREE Curlew webinar from @CurlewAction ** Tracking Curlews ** eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-trac… More info about tracking #waders #shorebirds ⬇️ wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/mak… #ornithology

Scarcely spotted flycatcher Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population: bit.ly/45t1Txt

Overexploitation of freshwater resources is putting both people and the planet at risk. Wetland degradation, driven by the growing gap between water demand and supply threatens: 🏥 Human health 💧 Access to safe water 🌍 Geopolitical stability 📉 Economic development

Marbled Duck is showing further signs of population recovery in Spain, with birds spreading to new areas: bit.ly/3EWXBDK

The Critically Endangered Madagascar Pochard has shown signs of a population recovery, with numbers trebling since 2011: bit.ly/43ajRTV

Annual paddle in the Lake District for Barnacle Goose nest counting & monitoring. Lots of nests found, GPS'd, colour-marked adults identified & lots of eggs counted, measured, and weighed. Fun day with @cateden91 #monitoring

🦆Big News for Baer's Pochard! The latest nationwide synchronous survey by China's SFGA shows a dramatic rise in Baer’s Pochard numbers – from just 1,000 in 2012 to 2,555 in 2024! 📈 eaaflyway.net/synchronous-su… 📈 wildbeijing.org

Time to leave Estonia. Always mixed emotions. The amazing diversity of species, the wild landscapes, lonely & lovely all wrapped in one! The constant, loud, bird song is one thing that will be noticeably absent on arriving back into the UK. Thank you, @NatureNorthEast. Great trip

DucklingWatch, a project examining Mallard duckling survival rates in the UK, has launched – and birders are being encouraged to help out: bit.ly/4jsQMZc

We had a super night deep in an Estonian forest. x3 Brown bears seen, Ural owl heard & Black woodpecker seen too! Was great waking early to see the bears in daylight 🙌

We can confirm that bears do indeed 💩 in the woods!

In absolute goose heaven! Over 100,000 Europen White-fronted geese at Aardlapalu today! Here's just a fraction of them! 🇪🇪

Happy #WorldCurlewDay This iconic wetland species faces huge challenges - like habitat loss, predation and flooding. WWT will once again this year be working hard to try help these beautiful birds have a successful season.

It’s World Curlew Day and I recently met @curlewcalls of @CurlewAction to talk about these incredible birds & to hear about an event in Stroud later today. Hear out chat for @BBCGlos here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… (1hr, 14mins & 1hr, 39mins in)

Happy World Curlew day! We were watching this small flock migrating in Estonia yesterday! Beauties!

Lovely day at Matsalu Bay in Estonia watching thousands of Barnacle & White-fronted geese. Decent numbers of Bewick's swans, too. Smaller numbers of Whooper swans & Bean geese. Wildfowl heaven 😍

It must be disconcerting for breeding 'limosa' Black-tailed Godwits at @WWTWelney - trying to get on with egg laying etc., with swirling flocks of 'islandica' preparing to fly to Iceland in a couple of weeks. wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/god… Blog from 7 April 2016 🎂9⃣ #ornithology

The 106th time of running out onto the balcony to check for migrating Osprey...