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Winging at Whitwell Common
Published July 16, 2007 | Sorry, that should be Ringing, but I have a slight lisp! Half a dozen of us joined Ray and Alan as they carried out a ringing session over the evening and early morning of 7/8 July at Whitwell Common.Ringing birds
Wanted – More Bird Watchers
Published July 16, 2007 | 
I am writing to let you know about the forthcoming Bird Atlas 2007-11, a joint project between BTO, BirdWatch Ireland and SOC.
This is an exciting and challenging project that will map the distribution of birds in Britain and Ireland.
Common Swift
Published July 16, 2007 | 
In the past the Common Swift Apus apus was known as the Devil’s bitch or Devil bird but no one really knows why. With its long slim swept-back wings, slender body and tail and its almost completely black plumage one
Birds in our Garden
Published July 16, 2007 | Did you know that we “Brits” feed 16,000 tons of peanuts, 20,000 tons of sunflower seed and 2,000 tons of fat to bird in our gardens every year? We are told that the older finches have been heard muttering among
Bird Ringing – Whitwell Common
Published July 16, 2007 | In total 86 new birds were ringed and 7 re trapped from previous years. A total of 93 different birds “processed” of 20 different species. Each bird when netted is “extracted”, put in a bag and taken back to