Army Birding

Just picked this up on the news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-47528602/fire-destroys-fair-isle-bird-observatory https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47515175 Unfortunately the Obs building was destroyed by fire on the 10th March 2019. Fortunately no one was ...

As some of the AGM this year was Stone Curlew related, I thought that there may be interest in how well the birds have done this year. Please click on the link to see an update from Nick Tomalin, who helped look after us for the weekend and gave the talk in the evening. http://www.rspb.org.uk/commun...

Just seen this on the BBC website regarding the illegal trapping in Cyprus http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37557924 Nearly doubling the team of officers to 11 is a step in the right direction, but still too few. It's good to see that people are prepared to volunteer their help, includi...

I have just seen this article on the BBC news web page confirming that a Marine Reserve will be created around Ascension Island.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35216313

good news for Ascension

Hmmmm, methinks there may be a bit of bias creeping in here regarding page 74!

good job another bird appeared, I was concerned that you are now adding locust spotting to your list of activities!!!

Hi, I'm assuming the topic heading is an April Fool's joke???

I was assuming that you were out there solely for the birding!

Keep up the reports.

L

Welcome back.

I trust you have a full itinary planned and will be calling on the sevices of the bird guides of the Uk - calling in the promises made during the last tour of your patch!

lucky that you weren't pulling a sicky from the office!!

Didn't see any evidence of the AOS fleece..... an opportunity to advertise - missed!