Female Northern Wheatear caught and ringed under licence @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social this morning. A very worn 2nd calendar year bird #birdringing #birdbanding

Retrapped this venerable old Meadow Pipit @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today. 1st ringed by @hilbre.bsky.social on 18/5/2018 making it nearly 8 years old #birdringing #birdbanding

Blog #32—Sharp-shinned Hawk (Alias A sudden scattering by birds at a feeding station may reveal the presence of a Sharp-shinned Hawk, the “little blue darter.”

For more info on our latest banding of a Sharp-shinned Hawk, please check out this latest photo essay for “This Week At Hilton Pond North” in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. www.hiltonpondnorth.org/twahpn-20260...

#HiltonPondNorth #birdbanding #raptors #sharpshinnedhawks #hawks

"Full-frontal view of a Sharp-shinned Hawk we captured for banding at Hilton Pond North! 🦅 This little accipiter is a master of stealth, and we’re pleased to contribute data for migration and population studies. #SharpShinnedHawk #BirdBanding #HiltonPondNorth #BlueRidgeBirds"

Today I caught one of the largest female Mute Swans I've ever seen in the hand, with a 600mm wing - that's essentially adult male size. Thankfully she is in a well-established breeding pair, and thus could be correctly sexed (her mate is even bigger!). #birdringing #birdbanding #ornithology

Today is a parrot day. 7 years ago I banded this blue-crowned lorikeet in American Samoa. 6 years ago I banded this Pacific Parrotlet in Ecuador

All birds handled with proper permits by trained biologists
#birdbanding #parrots #pacificparrotlet #bluecrownedlorikeet

Our 2nd earliest ever Chiffchaff caught & ringed @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today with @steveonhilbre.bsky.social. Earliest was 23/2/2019. Pollen horn & fat score suggest local movement rather than long distance. Contrast in greater coverts indicates 2nd calendar year bird #birdringing #birdbanding

It was a falcony fall.

All birds handled with proper permits by trained biologists
#falcon #birdbanding
#merlin #americankestrel

Great ringing recovery. Fem Sparrowhawk ringed as a 2nd calendar year bird Nov 2019 in my Cheshire garden. Photographed eating a Woodpigeon Nov 2025 in a garden 2km away. Thanks to @gninwodeoj.bsky.social for taking the time to get the ring number & report it #birdringing #birdbanding

A great ringing demo at Ness Botanic Gardens today despite the dire weather forecast. Lots of smiling faces and 68 birds processed including good numbers of Siskins #birdringing #birdbanding #nessbotanicgardens

An impromptu aviary! I thought the shadows inside the house were a little strange!

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Another great pre-work ringing session @theparkstrust.bsky.social Furzton Lake this morning with 14 birds of 4 species caught, including 5 Greylag and a charming female Mallard #birdringing #birdbanding

Lowndes Park on usual form this morning with a small but quality catch of waterbirds, including a Black-headed Gull and a Leucistic Canada Goose. #birdringing #birdbanding

Winter thrushes been very scarce this year in my part of Cheshire. The defrosts have finally brought some Fieldfares down to the windfall apples l. This 1st year fem caught & ringed under licence this morning #birdringing #birdbanding

An unexpected catch @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social this morning when a Dunlin was trapped and ringed #birdringing #birdbanding

👀🦉🌎🧪🐦 Join the #PointBlue team! We're hiring 3-4 Conservation Science #BirdBanding Apprentices at the Palomarin Field Station in Point Reyes/Bolinas! Learn more: shorturl.at/Z6PtY and apply by DECEMBER 23RD, 2025! #Birds #ConservationJobs

The benefits of colour ringing. This flagged Grey Plover @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today was ringed at Altcar on 22/3/19 & has been reported 30 times since with the last sighting almost exactly 1 year ago on Hilbre! #birdringing #birdbanding

Helped out bird banding at LLELA this morning. The bluebirds decided perching on the nets was better than flying into them. #birding #birdbanding

“It’s really important to have these long-term monitoring projects that can see the direct effects of climate change and educate the public,” says Missy Zepeda, an environmental consultant who volunteers for the banding project. #CitizenScientist #BirdBanding

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German colour ringed Curlew back @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social for its 2nd winter & having a good preen. 1st seen in November 2024 #birdringing #birdbanding

This young female Goldcrest was ringed on 15th Oct @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social and recaptured a week or so ago. We recaptured it again today. Very unusual to have one staying almost a month. It’s put on 0.1g! #birdringing #birdbanding

Banding out west: Grey Shrikethrush, Blackfronted Dotterel, Yellowfaced Miner #Birds #birdbanding #WildOz

Sad to hear of the death of Chris Thorne in latest copy of BTO Lifecycle magazine. He was ringer in charge of Wicken Fen ringing group when I started as a trainee ringer there in 1976 #birdringing #birdbanding

Two extremes of bird banding: fairy wren and murder talons of a brown goshawk #birds #birdbanding #wildoz

Amazing week of #birdbanding with @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social! 🪶 For a long-term monitoring programme we captured, aged & ringed 21 #bird species 🐦‍⬛🦜, including 3 woodpeckes and a goldcrest from Northern Sweden 🇸🇪 ringed this autumn. Learned so much, thanks for having me! 💚

A great ringing demo today at Ness Botanic Gardens assisting Merseyside Rjnging Group. Over 100 birds (including retraps) processed. Starburst our 1st Treecreeper for several years #birdringing #birdbanding

Over the past 60+ years, our banding labs have continuously evolved—growing with advances in technology and occasionally challenged by the forces of nature! We’re brainstorming and preparing to potentially upgrade our current setup, and we’re aiming high: we want to build the ULTIMATE BANDING LAB—and we need your help. We’d love to see photos of your banding setups for inspiration. What tools, layouts, or features do you absolutely swear by? What can’t you live without in your lab? Your input could make a big difference, and we can’t wait to see what ideas you have to share!

My colleagues at Long Point Bird Observatory are trying to decide their ULTIMATE BANDING LAB.
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orange crowed warbler + first winter white-crowned sparrow from this morning’s session :) #birds #fieldwork #conservation #birdbanding

A photo of a Brown Thrasher being held by me in bander’s grip. The bird has a brown-rufous back and wings, a cream colored belly with brown stripes or dots down it and a bright yellow eye. The bright yellow eye tells us that this is an after-hatch-year bird. In the back ground a table with bird banding tools are visible.

Brown Thrashers are such cool birds. They were “tsk”ing all around us as we took measurements of this one.

All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s BBL.

#birds #BrownThrasher #birdbanding