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  1. R

    Best lens to take pictures of birds in the hand

    Hey there, I want to take pictures of birds in the hand to document the moult or certain features...which Canon lens would you recommend? Thanks!
  2. James Fennel

    Bird Ringing at North Luffenham Airfield

    Hello all, I have seen a few rare bird sightings of Mealy/Common Redpoll being ringed at North Luffenham Airfield. I was unaware that they did ringing there. Does anyone know who manages the bird ringing, so I can contact them? I'd love to join them on a trip or two and see if I could see any...
  3. Ringed Great Egrets

    Ringed Great Egrets

    It always feels nice to know more about the birds you are watching and their whereabouts. This morning I saw two great egrets (Ardea alba) wearing yellow rings at Salinas de Bonanza, Cadiz, Spain. I'm waiting an answer from researchers, but from the information I gathered, they might be young...
    • Yeray
    • Media item
    • ardea alba great egret latvia ringing spain
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Spurn Storm Petrel

    Spurn Storm Petrel

    Three birds caught this week, this was a particularly showy one. Visit http://danielsbirdingblog.blogspot.co.uk/
    • DanDaMan
    • Media item
    • ringing spurn storm petrel
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Male Montagu's portrait

    Male Montagu's portrait

    A few days ago I had the chance to photograph Montagu's harriers pretty, pretty close. This is a beautiful male that was ringed near Tarifa, Spain.
    • Yeray
    • Media item
    • banding circus pygargus montagu\'s harrier ringing spain tarifa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Female Montagu's

    Female Montagu's

    This female Montagu's Harrier was ringed as a chick in 2010. We just confirmed her return to the breeding grounds in Tarifa, where she was born. Montagu's harrriers are a vulnerable species and very dependent on nest protection. Thanks to several organizations, individuals and landowners, many...
    • Yeray
    • Media item
    • banding circus pygargus montagu\'s harrier ringing spain tarifa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Macaw clay-lick, Tambopata, Peru

    Macaw clay-lick, Tambopata, Peru

    A group of noisy Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloropterus) visiting one of the many clay-licks on the banks of the Tambopata River, Amazonian Peru, in this case near the Explorer's Inn jungle lodge. This species is studied in the Fauna Forever Tambopata project (http://faunaforever.org/fft)...
    • Chris Kirkby
    • Media item
    • amazonian banding peru rainforest ringing tambopata
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Bird Ringing Forever, Peru

    Bird Ringing Forever, Peru

    Eveling Tavera ringing/banding a Band-tailed manakin (Pipra fasciicauda) during one of the Bird Ringing Forever courses in Tambopata, Amazonian Peru (http://birdringingforever.org). Photo: Jason Kopp (http://jckopp.blogspot.com/2010/08/peru-bird-ringing-forever.html).
    • Chris Kirkby
    • Media item
    • amazonia banding neotropics peru ringing training course
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Handheld Waxwing 2

    Handheld Waxwing 2

    Up close and personal - on 31st October 2010 the Grampian Ringing Group were working in Allenvale Cemetery taking advantage of the influx of Waxwings in the city. They very kindly allowed me to take some shots of the birds in the hand, this is the second shot I've uploaded
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • ringing waxwing
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Handheld Waxwing

    Handheld Waxwing

    Up close and personal - on 31st October 2010 the Grampian Ringing Group were working in Allenvale Cemetery taking advantage of the influx of Waxwings in the city. They very kindly allowed me to take some shots of the birds in the hand
    • Mark Etheridge
    • Media item
    • aberdeen ringing scotland waxwing
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Pied Flycatcher

    Pied Flycatcher

    It's about time I uploaded an image so here's one from the Summer (did we have one?). It's not a very sharp image but considering how dark it was in the wood and hand held at 400mm I fairly pleased with the result. We were ringing the chicks in our colony and the male came really...
    • GaryH
    • Media item
    • gwent pied flycatcher ringing wales
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Ringed_Wren

    Ringed_Wren

    Here is a Wren which was captured and ringed at a ringing event at Sandwell Valley RSPB. Other birds caught that day included a Magpie, Green Finch, Great Tits, House Sparrows, Blue Tits and a Lesser Redpoll. Image has been cropped.
    • KayD
    • Media item
    • ringing sandwell valley wren
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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