Friday 23 September 2011

Yellow-legged Gull's at Leadenham



One of two Yellow-legged Gull's at Leadenham this afternoon.



And, a 1st Winter Great Black Backed Gull sporting a colour ring

Details:

CR-Code Black ring with white code: JW131 LBNW(JW131);RBM
Ringing Centre Copenhagen (Denmark) Ring number 3092617
Species Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus Date 30.06 2010 (--:--) Accurate to the day
Place Græsholm, Hirsholmene, Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark - 57°29'32"N 010°36'30"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and released by a ringer
Circumstances Intentionally by man - other means (includes trapped, poisoned, ring number read in field etc.). All captures (=ringing data) and recaptures (caught and released).
Hunted, trapped, poisoned intentionally by man (NB: not shot).
Ringer(s) Haupt, Matthias - Pedersen, Kjeld Tommy -

Species Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Sex Unknown Age 2 cy+ Date 23.09 2011 (12:00) Accurate to the day
Place Leadenham Rubbish Tip, Lincolnshire, Great Britain - 53°03'38"N 000°33'48"W
Condition Alive and probably healthy
Bird identified from coloured or numbered legring(s).
450 Days, 861 km, 239°

Horncastle Barn Owls - 23rd Sept 2011



A short video taken on the 23rd Sept 2011 at approx. 1130am. To see live images see - http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/owlcam.html

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Horncastle Barn Owls - 21st Sept 2011



Mother and Chick's

Raven - Leadenham Tip 19th Sept 2011




Some what over shadowed by the Sabine's Gull, this common raven was a 1st for Leadenham Tip on the 19th Sept 2011. It didn't stay around long, and wasn't seen again....

Sabine's Gull - At Leadenham Tip



A nice find at my local patch - BUT Graham Catley does sum this find up rather well at http://pewit.blogspot.com/2011/09/hardly-dare-say-sabines-gull.html

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Daubenton's Bats, Myotis daubentonii leaving a roost in Lincolnshire



Some footage of Daubenton's Bats, Myotis daubentonii leaving a roost in Lincolnshire.

2007-11 Bird Atlas Survey Results - Peter Overton West Lincolnshire

2007-11 Bird Atlas Survey Results - Peter Overton West Lincolnshire
Saturday 24th September 2011 10.30-1.30

This is an outdoor social event with a talk. Welbourn, Lincolnshire LN5 0QH. If you come earlier, there will be time to explore this award-winning conservation area before the talk. Weather permitting, ringing demonstrations will take place from 9am.
Please book for lunch numbers - click here.

Morning coffee and Lunch included £12

Organised by the Society of Biology (East Midlands Branch)
British Trust for Ornithology (Lincolnshire)

See http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/Articles/2011_Birds_and_brunch_Summer_event.pdf

Barn Owl Video - 14th September 2011



The chick's are growing very fast - video recorded 14th September 2011

Tuesday 13 September 2011

Lincs Barn Owl Videos



Mother and chick's on the 13th September 2011



Mother and chick's on the 9th September 2011

For more details see http://lincsbarnowls.blogspot.com/and live images at http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/owlcam.html.

Thursday 8 September 2011

New Barn Owl Webcam - Sept 2011



New Barn Owl webcam setup on a 2nd brood in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Follow the story at http://lincsbarnowls.blogspot.com/ and live images at http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/owlcam.html.

This webcam has been setup by the Lincolnshire Bird Club, with support from Northern Optic who sponsored the equipment used to run the Lincolnshire Barn Owl project. More details on Northern Optics can be found at http://www.northernoptics.co.uk/.

Sunday 4 September 2011

Marston STW - Pec Sandpiper



A nice bird at the local patch today.

The Pectoral Sandpiper at Martson STW is now the third bird record at the site.

The other birds being:

Marston STW 30th August 1964
Marston STW 29th August 1989 (G. Priestley, A. Ball)
Marston STW 3rd September 2011 (Dave Roberts et al)