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Susan Jones @welshlassy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Lovely to finally make an effort to ring the local House Sparrow population in our garden. 19 of the 30+ flock now have some bling! Whether we ever catch them again remains to be seen! 😜 All ringing under licence and supervised by @hughhanmer.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Off to @nhm-london.bsky.social for @britornitholclub.bsky.social next weekend to talk Blackbirds and Usutu virus on behalf of @btobirds.bsky.social and the Vector-Borne RADAR project www.vb-radar.com

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

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Susan Jones @welshlassy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Checking out our meadow today, was surprised to find this single Snakes-head Fritillary! Girls had to pose with it (Wish pre and Freya post bog dog bath!) #GardenDogs #BorderCollies @hughhanmer.bsky.social

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Susan Jones @welshlassy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Up early for @btobirds.bsky.social #BirdRinging this morning. Wish did a fab job supervising @avutarta.bsky.social extracting one of two Reed Buntings caught and colour ringed. All birds caught and ringed under licence, and properly supervised by @hughhanmer.bsky.social

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Did my 1st Woodlark visits for @btobirds.bsky.social Heathland Birds Survey this am. As expected nothing on one square but happily 2 males (1 definitely paired) merrily singing away on the main suitable habitat patch in the other square! Even attempted a dodgy phone photo of the pair. #UKbirding

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

First garden Bumblebee of the year with @welshlassy.bsky.social on our Crocuses this lunchtime! Buff-tailed Bumblebee queen? @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Queen Bumblebee on a crocus in the early spring sun.

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Susan Jones @welshlassy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Afternoon dog walk today to check out @hughhanmer.bsky.social's Woodlark square for the @btobirds.bsky.social #HeathlandBirdsSurvey... Didn't expect much but a courting pair, plus flock of four means we'll be back for a proper survey soon!

Two Border Collies sit in a forest clearing watching their human dad watching birds through binoculars

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Job alert! We’ve got a great opportunity for a full time, permanent Senior Programme Lead to oversee the Bird Atlas 2027–31. For the full job description and to apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Data analysis supports dad-joke punchline #toowettowoo

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Big difference in bill lengths on these #Nuthatch ringed this morning for the @btobirds.bsky.social winter #BirdRinging project. Both males but the longer billed bird was 2+ years old with other a 1st winter. ringed under license @welshlassy.bsky.social @greg-conway.bsky.social @avutarta.bsky.social

Two Nuthatch with different lengths bills. Ringed under BTO licence.

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

A quite remarkable study, combining archaeology with foraging ecology of birds of prey.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

New year, new job? 🤔 We’ve got some great vacancies at BTO, come & join our friendly team & help us secure the future for birds. 🐦 See job vacancies. ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #UKBirding #Norfolkbirding For the Director of Finance & Governance role, visit: bit.ly/BTODirectorFi...

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Susan Jones @welshlassy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Frosty day out with @hughhanmer.bsky.social visiting @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #Caerlaverock. Nice to get the year list off to a good start (it won't last!), highlight being self finding a couple of Snipe on the ground in front of a hide. #UKBirding

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

First bird of the day a Wren. Best bird(s) of the day, on a non-birding @welshlassy.bsky.social family day, were several pairs of Goldeneye on a rather urban Strathclyde Country Park Loch in the snow!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Job alerts! 📢 We’re looking for a BirdTrack Organiser and a Birds in Greenspaces Engagement Officer to join our team. 🐦 Find out more and apply ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology #UKbirding

Image of a Kestrel on a purple background alongside the wording: Work with us! BirdTrack Organiser. Birds in Greenspaces Engagement Officer. www.bto.org/jobs

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Over the summer, our BTO research team were out ringing and GPS tagging nocturnal #Nightjars to better understand the challenges that they may face on migration to their non-breeding grounds in Africa. 🌍 #UKbirding #Ornithology

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

A late winter afternoon trip to the supermarket is always brightened up by seeing and hearing the Pied Wagtails gathering on the roof before dark and then coming out in the dark to them roosting in the trees just outside the entrance. #UrbanBirds #UKBirding #Birds @welshlassy.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share @britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Not the best of photos but a concerning sign of the times bumping into a small flock of Ring-necked Parakeet on my morning dog walk today in our Suffolk town. I've heard them occasionally around here before but never actually seen them until this last week... #UKBirding #Parakeets #InvasiveSpecies

Zoomed photo of a Ring-necked/Rose-ringed Parakeet in a back garden tree.

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Hugh Hanmer @hughhanmer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Might as well start actually using this... Anyway, caught my first Brambling of the year this morning - winter must finally be coming! Ringed under @btobirds.bsky.social licence. #Ornithology #birdringing

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 23/02/2024

❓Did you know... ❓ ...at #BOU2024 Urban birds we're talking about... At the bird table - disease spread and supplementary feeding Hugh Hanmer bou.org.uk/event/urb... #ornithology

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