Kinross Ecology

24/12/2021

Flying north for the winter? 🤔 Data now reveal that Blackcaps breeding in France & Spain join others from Germany, Poland and at least three other countries to spend the colder months in the UK. Interestingly, these birds swap places with British breeders, many of which migrate to southern Spain.

More than 600 Blackcaps wintering in the UK were ringed with individual colour combinations and then reported from Garden BirdWatch gardens across the country, while the full migrations of 30 birds were tracked using geolocators. The success of this project is thanks to the close partnership of citizen scientists and BTO researchers working in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour.

Seen a colour-ringed Blackap? Want to get involved with BTO ? Find out more 👉 www.bto.org/gbw

23/11/2021

The metal-ringed bird appears to be the longest-lived individual on record in Britain.

15/01/2021

Morning quizzers. Fancy some lovely Thrush markings? Answers around 4pm, good luck and let us know what you think.

23/03/2020

A large departure has taken place in recent days, with birds commencing their spring migration back to Icelandic breeding grounds.

23/03/2020

Some mallard stuff from the USA.

Forget any misconceptions you might have about the Mallard. These ubiquitous ducks renew and create habitats just by going about their normal lives.

24/02/2020

The familiar Redwing winters in Britain and Ireland in the millions, but could you recognise any of the four similar Asian thrushes which occur here as vagrants? Andy Stoddart is on hand to help.

16/02/2020

Familiar territory over the last few years.

05/02/2020

The latest assessment of the UK's birds has just been published in the journal British Birds. There's a summary of the report on the BTO website, which can be accessed via http://bit.ly/APEP4 and there is also this cool infographic, featuring our most common species.