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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The @marshawards.bsky.social for Local Ornithology goes to The Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group! This group’s ornithological and conservational efforts in their area are commendable, including their work radio-tagging Jack Snipe, their bird ringing studies & book publication.
An image of four members of the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group feature in a circular frame. Wording over the image tile reads: Winner. Marsh Award for Local Ornithology. Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group. The BTO and Marsh Charitable Trust logos feature top right of the image.
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 10: 176 birds including 2 Oriental Greenfinch (p1), 86 Black-faced, 30 Little & 4 Pine Buntings, 10 Siberian Rubythroat, 8 Daurian Redstart, 3 Siberian Accentor, Water Pipit (p2), Azure Tit & Nutcracker www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Oriental Greenfinch Water Pipit
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 9: 584 birds ringed including 300 Black-faced & 205 Little Buntings, 1 Siberian Rubythroat, 6 Red-flanked Bluetail, 5 Siberian Accentor, 4 Dusky & 3 Pallas's Warblers, 3 Daurian Redstart & 1 Common Rosefinch (photo)
Common Rosefinch
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 8: 196 birds incl 7 Siberian Accentor (p1), Daurian Jackdaw, 2 Red-throated Thrush (p2), Hume's Warbler, Azure Tit (p3), Taiga Flycatcher, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (p4), 8 Daurian Redstart & 6 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Siberian AccentorRed-throated Thrush Azure Tit Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 7: 89 birds including Siberian Pipit (p1), Dusky Thrush (p2), Pallid Harrier, Nutcracker, Red-flanked Bluetail, Rustic (p3) & 2 Lapland Buntings (p4), 2 Azure Tit, 33 Pallas's Warbler & 12 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Siberian PipitDusky Thrush Rustic Bunting Lapland Bunting
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 6: 175 birds incl Pallid Harrier (p1), Long-eared Owl (p2), 2 Chough (p3), Red-throated Thrush (p4), 43 Pallas's & 11 Yellow-browed Warbler, 34 Daurian Redstart, 36 Siberian Rubythroat, 24 Red-flanked Bluetail www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Pallid Harrier Long-eared OwlChoughRed-throated Thrush
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 5: 238 birds incl White-crowned Penduline Tit (p1), Pallas's Reed Bunting, Red-throated & White's Thrush, 83 Black-faced Bunting, 14 Daurian Redstart, 6 Siberian Rubythroat & 11 Long-tailed Tit (p2) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
White-crowned Penduline TitLong-tailed Tit
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 4: 196 birds incl: 29 Pallas's, 9 Yellow-browed, 2 Radde's, Hume's (p1), Pallas's Grasshopper & Thick-billed Warblers (p2), 25 Siberian Rubythroat, 3 Red-flanked Bluetail, 2 Azure Tit (p3) & Pallas's Reed Bunting (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Hume's Warbler Thick-billed Warbler Azure TitPallas's Reed Bunting
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 3: brief session due to rain: 78 birds incl 20 Black-faced Bunting, 9 Siberian Rubythroat, 4 Dusky (p1), 4 Pallas's & 1 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (p2), 2 Daurian Redstart, Eyebrowed Thrush (p3) & White's Thrush (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Dusky WarblerPallas's Grasshopper WarblerEyebrowed Thrush White's Thrush
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Second day at Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia 440 new birds incl 205 Black-faced, 74 Little & 26 Pine Bunting (p1), 5 Siberian Rubythroat, 5 Red-flanked Bluetail (p2), 4 Olive-backed Pipit, 1 Nutcracker (p3) & 1 Red-throated Thrush (p4) www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers
Pine Bunting Red-flanked Bluetail Nutcracker Red-throated Thrush
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
First day at Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia 106 new birds incl 27 Black-faced Bunting (p1), 19 Little Bunting, 5 Daurian Redstart (p2), 4 Pine Bunting, 4 Siberian Rubythroat (p3), 2 Red-flanked Bluetail, 1 Amur Falcon (p4) & 1 Taiga Flycatcher www.facebook.com/share/19STrQ... #BelvideRingers
Black-faced Bunting Daurian Redstart Siberian Rubythroat Amur Falcon
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
75 species in Smestow Valley #westmidsalldayer including Barn, Little & Tawny Owls, Red Kite, Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Swift, Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Common & Lesser Whitethroats & Willow Warbler @pmandrews1973.bsky.social
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The autumn edition of the regular West Midlands All Day Birdwatch occurs on Saturday 5th Sept. Sites in Staffs, Warks, Worcs + West Mids are invited to participate & see how many species can be recorded in the day. Always an information snapshot of the region #WestMidsAllDayer
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Common Darters & Small Red-eyed Damselflies at Belvide Reservoir #Staffs
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Adult & juvenile Roseate Tern at Blithfield Reservoir #Staffs this afternoon. Also juvenile Little Gull present.
Adult & juvenile Roseate Tern (with juvenile Common Tern)
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@runnelstone.bsky.social Hi Steve, how are conditions looking for potential seabird passage at Pendeen or elsewhere for this Saturday please? Thank you 😀
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1st summer male Montagu's Harrier at Churn, Oxfordshire, this morning @birdergaz.bsky.social
Montagu's Harrier Montagu's Harrier Montagu's Harrier Montagu's Harrier
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West Midland Bird Club @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today we are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our President, Bill Oddie. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this very sad time www.westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk/posts/a-trib...
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mediterranean Gull at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton this morning @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Mediterranean Gull Mediterranean Gull Mediterranean Gull Mediterranean Gull
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Night Heron still at Dosthill Pit #Staffs 04:45 at least @birdergaz.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
Night Heron
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I never expected to see Long-tailed Shrike so soon after being unable to try for the Fife bird. Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire 19/07/26 @birdergaz.bsky.social
Long-tailed Shrike Long-tailed Shrike
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hudsonian Godwit, Stour Estuary, Cattawade, Suffolk this morning @birdergaz.bsky.social
Hudsonian GodwitHudsonian Godwit Hudsonian Godwit Hudsonian Godwit
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hedgehog in Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, this morning @ecorecord.bsky.social
Hedgehog
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Jack Snipe Research Group @jack-snipe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
On Friday 10th July we will be at the Global Birdfair: we're giving an 'Owl Workshop' from 11:00am & a 'Whinchat podcast' from 2:30pm on our ongoing research into Jack Snipe behaviour, local movements & migration @globalbirdfair.bsky.social
Jack Snipe
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Purple Heron at Shapwick Heath NNR this afternoon plus White Admiral & Brimstone #Somerset @birdergaz.bsky.social
Purple HeronPurple HeronWhite Admiral Brimstone
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
39 House Martin nests at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton: 30+ occupied by House Martins & 1+ by House Sparrows #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
House Martins at their nests House Martins at their nests
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Great to see this year's first brood of young House Sparrows in the garden being fed by their parents. Red listed, the British population has declined by c70% since the 1970s (RSPB) #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
House Sparrow
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Goldfinch visiting my garden. Red on face extending well behind eye & black rictal bristles around bill tend to indicate male, red not as extensive & brown rictal bristles for female (rictus is a bird's gape) #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Goldfinch
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Marbled White at Seisdon, Staffordshire #30DaysWild @@the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Marbled White
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus) at Formby Point, Lancashire, today #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #BMIG #myriapod
Striped Millipede (Ommatoiulus sabulosus)
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Honeysuckle at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Honeysuckle
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great Burnet at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton. A perennial member of the Rose family, it grows in grassland & flowers from June to September #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Great BurnetGreat Burnet
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dock Bug at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton on 23rd June. Herbiverous, it feeds on leaves & seeds of docks, sorrels & other plants #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social
Dock Bug
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Black-tailed Skimmer at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, also Broad-bodied Chaser & Emperor dragonflies #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Black-tailed Skimmer
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Yellow-flowered Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans) on the Longest Day. A low growing perennial of grasslands it spreads by means of runners. Cinquefoil means "five leaves", Potentilla derives from "little but powerful" & reptans means "creeping" #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Creeping Cinquefoil Creeping Cinquefoil
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Western Reef Heron seconds at Afon Conwy #Caernarfon today with @birdergaz.bsky.social #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Conwy CastleWestern Reef Heron Western Reef HeronWestern Reef Heron
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Bird ringing in the garden this morning: great to see recently fledged Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren & Blue & Great Tits #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Juvenile Great Tit
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ground Elder at Trescott #Staffordshire A member of the Carrot family & named after the resemblance of its flowers & leaves to those of Elder. Apparently introduced to Britain by the Romans as a foodplant #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Ground Elder
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Breeding Bird Survey of 1km square at Shareshill #Staffs this morning: Oystercatcher, Stock Dove, Skylark, Swallow & Garden Warbler. Also female Red Fox & 2 Cubs, Painted Lady & Red Admiral @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Red AdmiralPainted Lady
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Field Pansy on the edge of an arable field in Trescott #Staffordshire A wild relative of the garden plant, it is an annual species that grows in disturbed ground #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Field Pansy
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Breeding Bird Survey of 1km square at Trescott #Staffs this morning: Cetti's Warbler, Whitethroat, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Kestrel, Stock Dove & Greylag Goose @bbs-birds.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
KestrelStock Dove
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Little Terns at Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve #Denbighshire #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Little Terns Gronant Dunes Nature ReserveGronant Dunes Nature Reserve Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Plum Woodlouse (Porcellionides pruinosus) found in a manure heap at Trescott #Staffordshire #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #BMIG #Isopod bmig.org.uk/species/porc...
Porcellionides pruinosus
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Caspian Tern at Blithfield Reservoir #Staffs #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Caspian Tern Caspian Tern Caspian Tern Caspian Tern
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Caspian double act at Blithfield Reservoir #Staffordshire - Caspian Tern & Caspian Gull #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social
Caspian Tern & Caspian Gull
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Western Reef Heron at Caernarfon #BirthdayLifer #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Western Reef Heron by Caernarfon CastleWestern Reef Heron Western Reef Heron Western Reef Heron
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Quail calling & Skylark singing in south Staffordshire #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Traveling down to Cirencester to meet up with @jack-snipe.bsky.social colleagues yesterday & great to see so many Red Kites #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Red Kite
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Squacco Heron this morning at Deeping High Bank, Lincolnshire @birdergaz.bsky.social #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Squacco Heron Squacco Heron
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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Bird's-foot Trefoil, also known as Eggs and Bacon. An important nectar source for many insects and larvae foodplant for several butterflies and moths #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Bird's-foot Trefoil Bird's-foot Trefoil
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