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Thursday, 25 September 2008
September 2008
Posted by clairesmith
Bird movements Ring number 94 or ‘Ralf the regal eagle’, as he’s been nicknamed by the warden, has been on the Isle of May for a month. During his time on the island he was seen pouncing on a young herring gull (no mean feat for a small...
Thursday, 28 August 2008
August 2008
Posted by clairesmith
There is a lot to catch up on since I last wrote and I know that everyone is keen to know how our new arrivals and last year’s birds are getting on. Norway In early June I was lucky enough to get out to Norway, to help with chick collection and...
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Getting ready for the next batch!
Posted by clairesmith
It has been a year since I started working on this project and time has flown by. Our next lot of chicks are just starting to hatch in Norway, but it’ll be a few weeks yet until we discover how many nests containing twins we have in our collection...
Monday, 10 March 2008
East meets west
Posted by clairesmith
Bird F, our wandering bird, has continued to clock up his air miles arriving on Mull last week! A large male with two white talons and the first collected for the project, he has always been a wanderer, reaching Stonehaven within 3 weeks of release. Then...
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Latest movements
Posted by clairesmith
Our sociable group of birds is beginning to split up again. After being on his own for four months bird T the male who was near Braco has finally been joined by bird 5 a female. The two have been inseparable for the last 3 weeks, flying together, showing...
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