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
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.
🦅 He’s back!
After previously capturing a Kestrel visiting our Sand Martin Bank @stwater , Minworth on our @ZEISSBirding trail cams, we’ve recorded another hunting attempt.
This time, he struck one of our plastic lures instead of a real bird 🐦
🐦 Why do we colour ring birds?
This stunning photo by Tony Slater shows Common Tern A62 in flight. Ringed @SthStaffsWater Blithfield on 07/07/23, sighted for the first time since ringing at RSPB Middleton Lakes on 14/06/26.
Every sighting helps us track these amazing birds
🦉 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. 🤞🦉
This picture would make an incredible album cover! 🦅
Yesterday morning we colour-ringed a nest of young Northern Goshawk at a private site in Staffordshire.
Truly stunning and deadly raptors. We’re privileged to monitor this species and look forward to future recoveries.
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
🌙 Nightjar season is here!
With our expert nest finders and thermal drone, we’ve already located this incredible Nightjar nest with 2 eggs 🥚🥚
We can’t wait to see what this season brings, continuing learning more about these amazing birds marking our 16th year of the project
🦅 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. 💚
Great teamwork between us, Hagley Falconry Centre and Birmingham Airport to rescue, recover and return a young kestrel to its parents and siblings. 🦅
A fantastic result and a reminder that this is far from a one-off. Partnership working makes a real difference for wildlife
