🦅 A terrible year for West Midlands Peregrines.
Of the 6 Peregrine Falcon nests we monitor, most have failed following very late breeding this season.
It’s the first time since 2012 we’ve seen such poor results across our sites, with others also reporting low brood numbers. 💚
Staffordshire Osprey Project! 🦅
We’ve been privileged to colour-ring Staffordshire Osprey chicks since the county’s first-ever breeding pair was discovered.
One bird, 4R2, ringed as a chick in 2023, has now been found nesting at a private site in Leicester around 45 miles away
Another bird survey, another discarded balloon found in breeding bird habitat.
What goes up always comes down somewhere, often in places wildlife depend on to survive.
Surely there are better ways to celebrate or remember loved ones than releasing litter into the environment.
🦉 What a year for Barn Owls!
A recent visit to @No1FarmerJake Worcestershire saw us ring 14 Barn Owl chicks from 4 nest boxes, a fantastic turnaround after last year’s poor season.
Everything crossed for a successful fledging season and for these youngsters to thrive. 🤞🦉
Another day, another album cover. 🦅
This week we colour-ringed another Goshawk nest at a private Staffordshire site, bringing us to 5 nests for 2026.
True ghosts of the forest. Fantastic to see plenty of grey squirrel prey in the nest too.
#Goshawk #Raptors
Agreed!!
It’s a good question.
There have been competing birds at nest sites this year, which may have put them off, however the eggs failing unsure, but captive breeders are also finding the same, which is interesting