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Join us on 5th March to view the entries in the BOC photographic competition, submitted by our members. Free entry, refreshments provided Or join us on Zoom at bit.ly/BOCzoom from 7.15 pm The image here is Sue Truby's portrait of a Cattle Egret - one of last year's winners. #berksbirds #ukbirding

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Thrushes are cool. Song, mistle and fieldfare recently. #ukbirds #berksbirds

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We’re here and excited to join the #birding community. 🐦 #BirdTrack is a free online and in-field tool for your bird sightings. You can keep up to date with what others are seeing, view the latest trends, and contribute your data to #BTOScience ➡️ www.birdtrack.net #UKBirding #Ornithology

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The latest video of our community guerilla habitat management project in on Fobney Marsh, just south of Reading town centre. It's so rewarding to see the birds arriving on the improved habitat. Today a Marsh Harrier. #ukbirding #berksbirds youtu.be/j1cwnWm28aw?...

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On Wed 19 Feb, 7.30pm, Matt Prior will tell us about his inspirational work to support Wiltshire's Tree Sparrow population. Free entry. No booking required. Room 109, Palmer Building, University of Reading. Non-members welcome. Or watch online on Zoom: bit.ly/BOCZoom #ukbirding #berksbirds

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A happy hour at Theale Main Pit this afternoon. Peregrine on the pylon, 4 Oystercatchers settling in for the breeding season, and a few Common Gulls around, pre-roost. #berksbirds #ukbirding

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While you're waiting for the first Whimbrel of spring, here's a new WaderTales blog - "the call of the Whimbrel". wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/t... At its heart is a new paper by Maite Cerezo Araujo: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ornithology

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A great day out for members of BOC and NDOC on a joint trip to Warsash and Bunny Meadows, Hants today. Nothing mega but 50 species, incl. Greenshank, Kingfisher, Mediterranean Gull, Sandwich Tern and Stonechat. Check out our programme of events on our website - link in bio. #ukbirding #hantsbirds

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What better way to spend a glorious #WorldWetlandsDay than in my local wetland, Moor Green Lakes. #wetlands #berkshirebirds #britishbirds @berksbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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Come to the next in our series of FREE talks: Wed 5th Feb, Room G44, Edith Morley Building, Uni of Reading. Lee Barber works for the BTO coordinating structured ringing schemes. Admission is free. No booking required. Refreshments provided. Or join remotely via Zoom if you prefer bit.ly/BOCzoom

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Did you know that Tawny Owls are less vocal on cloudy nights and when it is raining, but more active on nights when the moon is fuller? 🌕 🌧️ This was discovered from data collected for the BTO Tawny Owl Calling Survey. #Winterwatch #Ornithology #Birds

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Good progress on the final woodblock for the Widdershins Walk project. In the book we discuss Oystercatchers. They first bred in Berkshire in 2010, at two sites, both on the route of our walk. Order your copy of the book from www.peculiaritypress.co.uk/store/p23/wi... #ukbirding #berksbirds #art

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A nice drake Scaup on Farmoor Res Oxon for last 5 days #UKbirding #Ornithology

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2024 was an excellent 5th year of garden #nocmig, along with daytime recording and #vizmig. Over 229 nights I sound-recorded 99 species, plus 8 seen-only, from my mid-Berkshire garden 64 km from the coast. Here are the highlights … Glad the Barn Owl was still around. #berksbirds 1/

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Golden plover at Greenham Common #ukbirds

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Our next indoor meeting is coming up on Wednesday 22nd Jan. David and Nancy Massie will talk about their recent birding trip to Southern Ecuador. Details on the poster. These talks are free and non-members are welcome. We will have a break in the middle for refreshments as usual.

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Thanks to our volunteers and everyone who came to visit our stand at the Tilehurst Nature Fair on Saturday. With over 170 visitors, the fair was a great success. It was good to see so many people engaged in all aspects of nature study and conservation. Well done to Wild Tilehurst for organising.

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Good to see the differences between a Slavonian (right) and Black necked grebe, displayed at Abberton Reservoir 10/1/25 #essexbirding

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Urban life of an elusive species: population trends, movement patterns, foraging habitats, and prospecting in Mediterranean Gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) breeding in Hamburg, northern Germany | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

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The local barn owl group installed 3 new boxes in 2024, with funding from @berksbirdclub.bsky.social This is one of the new residents who are already using them. #barnowl #berksbirds

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Our first indoor talk of 2025 is this Wednesday. These fortnightly events are free and open to anyone interested in wild birds or conservation. Or, join on Zoom from 7.15pm on Wednesday - bit.ly/BOCzoom Details of all our talks and field trips are on our website - link in bio #ukbirding #berksbirds

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Waders/shorebirds are individuals. Counting flocks tells you only part of the story, when assessing the impact of a new development. If you read one WaderTales blog, please make it this one: wadertales.wordpress.com/2023/04/07/c... Paper: Josh Nighingale et al. #ConservationScience🌏

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Wild Tilehurst are holding a Community Nature Fair on Sat, 11 Jan. 2-4pm at Tilehurst United Reformed Church Hall, Armour Road, RG31 6HN. This free event is a way to meet other local groups connected with nature. BOC will be there with a stand. Pop in and see us. Refreshments available (cash only)

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First visit of 2025 to the #LMGP patch yesterday afternoon. 45 species seen, but mainly watching the gull roost where a 2w/3cy Caspian Gull and 1w/2cy Med Gull were the best (distant crops). Also 2000+ Common Gulls, 500+ Herring Gulls but just 40 GBB Gulls #ukbirding

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Peter leads our Intro. to Berks Birding Walks, mostly on sites you can reach by bus/train. People of all ages and levels of bird knowledge are welcome, just let him know you're coming! The programme is here (click on the field trips tab). Https://berksoc.org.uk/club-news/programme #lowcarbonbirding

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Happy New Year everyone! Join us on Weds 8th January to hear the very entertaining Jono Forgham's talk on birding the North Norfolk coastal path. We meet in Room 109, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, or join via Zoom: bit.ly/BOCzoom FREE event. Non-members welcome. #ukbirding #berksbirds

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A sizeable gull roost at #LMGP yesterday. Best was this adult Med Gull, but 2500+ Common Gulls is building to their peak mid Winter numbers. Also a roosting redhead Goosander #ukbirding

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1/Data from 4,000 nests, collected over 45 years by volunteers taking part in the Nest Record Scheme were used in a new study looking at how the timing of breeding in Redstarts is affected by warmer springs. Discover the findings ⬇️or visit our website.➡️ bit.ly/RedstartPhen... #Ornithology #UKBirding

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32 years, 11 months and 3 days is the age of the oldest known Avocet in the UK! 😮 Ringed as a chick in 1990, this bird was spotted at RSPB Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk again in 2023! #Ornithology #UKBirding 📷 Avocet by Philip Croft / BTO

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It's become a bit of a Christmas tradition that something unusual pops up in the garden, but we hadn't expected this - a male Wigeon on the front lawn! #ukbirding @cholseybirder.bsky.social

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If you don't already follow @yolobirder.bsky.social and @goldengrenadesco.bsky.social get on it. Purveyors of the finest birding-related silliness...and sanity - now on Bluesky.

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For #TernTuesday here's the juv. White-winged Black Tern enjoyed by many Berks Birders at Hosehill Lake in September. It stayed around the wider group of Theale gravel pits for nine days. The first record in the County for 30 years. Video by @peterdriver.bsky.social #ukbirding #berksbirds

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Over the summer, our BTO research team were out ringing and GPS tagging nocturnal #Nightjars to better understand the challenges that they may face on migration to their non-breeding grounds in Africa. 🌍 #UKbirding #Ornithology

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