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The Wryneck

16.09.2024

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: are these the first recorded ringing recoveries of British Housemartins?

From Tottenham to Barcelona and back - illustration of Housemartins in Gould's book The extract below is from John Gould's Birds of Great ...

The Wryneck

14.09.2024

The Wryneck: Most cars pollute - so what is RSPB doing to make its reserves more accessible by 'green' transport?

RSPB Frampton in Lincolnshire - not easily reached without a car It is a common lament that many of...

The Wryneck

11.09.2024

The Wryneck: RSPB insists: "We do take seriously public concern about impact on wildlife by bird-killing cats"

Waiting to pounce on an unwary robin or wren - a watchful cat THE RSPB has issued an assurance that it takes "seriously" the threat posed ...

The Wryneck

10.09.2024

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: 'shorely' a very unromantic habitat to discover recently-arrived nightingales

This extract is from Our Summer Migrants by J.E. Harting, published in 18...

The Wryneck

09.09.2024

The Wryneck: Charity Commission satisfied RSPB has changed its ways following social media abuse of Cabinet ministers

The RSPB's HQ - The Lodge in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Chief executive Beccy Speight, who works fr...

The Wryneck

08.09.2024

The Wryneck: Has 'self-isolating behaviour' of Puffins been key to their 2024 population increase in Farne Islands?

Puffins - bouncing back after disaster of bird flu DESPITE declines elsewhere in Britain and ...

The Wryneck

06.09.2024

The Wryneck: Will National Trust's proposed new wetland bird reserve give RSPB Frampton Marsh a run for its money?

The former golf course near Sutton-on-Sea - photo Lincolnshire County Council CONTRACTORS are now on site at a former links golf course ea...

The Wryneck

05.09.2024

The Wryneck: Concerns grow for future of Common Gull - a seabird whose population is spiralling ever downwards

Common gull - numbers have plummeted THERE is disappointing news on the fortunes of the Common Gull. Despite its name, it was never particul...

The Wryneck

04.09.2024

The Wryneck: Where have all the cuckoos, swifts and housemartins gone? Poet Pam Ayres' lament for loss of wildlife

Pam Ayres - saddened by loss of cuckoos, swifts and frogspawn POET Pam Ayres has expressed dismay at the loss of wildlife since she was a g...

The Wryneck

02.09.2024

The Wryneck: Early signs are that Scottish rewilding project is boosting population of black grouse in The Highlands

Male black grouse - a bird with very specific habitat requirements AN encouraging report seems to indicate that a rewilding project in the...

The Wryneck

01.09.2024

The Wryneck: Anguish of the retired colonel as horse on which he was riding trampled nest and eggs of a great bustard!

A glorious bird indeed - one of the plates in the book depicts great bustards at their nesting site A RARE copy of a book written by a Bri...

The Wryneck

30.08.2024

The Wryneck: Revealed : the 16 English towns and cities being targeted by the RSPB for a bumper autumn membership drive

Lincoln - cathedral city where RSPB is keen to attract new members THE RSPB has identified a total of 16 English towns and cities for one it...

The Wryneck

29.08.2024

The Wryneck: Renewable energy company Ecotricity pledges to safeguard farmland birds on field earmarked for solar park

The agricultural land earmarked for the solar park is adjacent to where the energy comp...

The Wryneck

27.08.2024

The Wryneck: Rare opportunity to purchase bone of a dodo - the legendary Mauritian species that went extinct in 1861

The bone - plus a letter from Edith Clark to Thomas Parkin BIDS are being invited for a collection of dodo material - including a wing bon...

The Wryneck

26.08.2024

The Wryneck: Delight for RSPB staff at Aberdeenshire nature reserve as great white egrets breed for first time in Scotland

Great white egret on prowl for something to eat SUCCESSFUL breeding by a pair of great white egrets has been reported for the first time f...

The Wryneck

25.08.2024

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: Why 10 housemartins were attracted to funnel of naval vessel en route from Rosyth to Belfast

Extract from the 1951 edition of The Sea Swallow - fourth annual report of the Royal N...

The Wryneck

24.08.2024

The Wryneck: Smoke doesn't seem to get in their eyes - evidently some birds quite enjoy flying through it

Swifts - seemingly, they are partial to a bit of chimney smoke From The Winged Messenger (September 1953) issued by the RSPCA and incorp...

The Wryneck

23.08.2024

The Wryneck: RSPB says 'violent and racist targeting' is causing non-white staff and volunteers to 'fear for their safety'

The RSPB commissioned this picture to demonstrate its diversity credentials. (Anyone know why the man on the right has a bandaged left for...

The Wryneck

22.08.2024

The Wryneck: The magnificent 376! The original bird species on the pioneering British List published in 1883

Great auk - a founder-member of the British List - depicted here (swallowing a mackerel) by John G...

The Wryneck

22.08.2024

The Wryneck: Former RSPB conservation director Mark Avery: Feedback all leads me to think the organisation is in a poor state

Has the RSPB management got a grip? Mark Avery, a former conservation director, has his d...

The Wryneck

22.08.2024

The Wryneck: Ban imposed - at least temporarily - on export of Victorian author's unique 17-volume study of Europe's birds

Although widespread in continental Europe, the great bustard was extinct ...

The Wryneck

17.08.2024

The Wryneck: Book review: Feather Trails - A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds by Sophie Osborn

Vividly written and authoritative - Sophie Osborn's excellent book WHY are so few bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects to be se...

The Wryneck

17.08.2024

The Wryneck: 'Island paradise' for a birder? Offers in excess of £80,000 sought for uninhabited patch of the Orkney Islands

Just think of the vagrant birds flitting in! The main house and outbuildings are on the market HURRY! A closing date of noon next Thursday A...

The Wryneck

16.08.2024

The Wryneck: Social media training to be made mandatory for all RSPB staff following Charity Commission rap over online insult

The offensive tweet caused embarrassment to the RSPB's chief executive, Beccy Speight, because it was po...

The Wryneck

16.08.2024

The Wryneck: River clean-up man's plea to anglers after sad discovery of dead kingfisher tangled in discarded line

Tangled up in a fishing line - the perished kingfisher WATERWAYS clean-up activist Jim Elliot...

The Wryneck

11.08.2024

The Wryneck: The hen harrier - such a mesmerisingly beautiful bird but, alas, one faced by so many threats

This superb book is being re-promoted by its publisher to coincide with Hen Harrier Day TODAY is August 10 - Hen Harrier Day - so what m...

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11.08.2024

The Wryneck: Hen harriers (stuffed and mounted) came under spotlight at specialist taxidermy auction in Yorkshire

The female hen harrier - how this bird came to be in the hands of a taxidermist is not known ...

The Wryneck

11.08.2024

The Wryneck: Minister insists 'action must be taken' to arrest decline of breeding hen harriers in Northern Ireland

Andrew Muir: 'I am concerned by decline' "THE restoration of nesting and foraging habitats is essential if we are to reverse the decline o...

The Wryneck

10.08.2024

The Wryneck: Countdown to Action for Wildlife Day - but has Just Stop Oil been invited to join the party?

Wild Justice's three directors - Mark Avery, Ruth Tingay and Chris Packham - are likely to attend IT'S all-systems-go for tomorrow's Act...

The Wryneck

09.08.2024

The Wryneck: Birds of a Lincolnshire market town - superb new book also honours the memory of birder who helped to write it

John would have been pleased and proud at how the book turned out ...

The Wryneck

05.08.2024

The Wryneck: Unusual opportunity to see - and own - a capercaillie. Trouble is that this particular bird is now lifeless

Capercaillie - stuffed specimen to be auctioned this week IN these days of habitat loss and cooler weather in spring, capercaillies have bec...

The Wryneck

31.07.2024

The Wryneck: Sadness at death of Martin Hellicar - British birder who battled to save songbirds of Cyprus

Martin Hellicar - 'humble, passionate and brilliant' ALL who knew him have been saddened by the death, aged 56, of birder and campaigner M...

The Wryneck

30.07.2024

The Wryneck: Spotlight on this week's rare visitor to Staffordshire - the paddyfield warbler is a tricky bird to identify in the field

Paddyfield warbler - bird of reedbeds in central Asia with a few populations on the west coasts of Bulgaria and Romania THE appearance in St...

The Wryneck

29.07.2024

The Wryneck: Newspaper columnist Jeremy Clarkson's potshot at "pontifications of nature enthusiast Chris Packham"

Jeremy Clarkson: 'Chris Packham doesn't understand the real world' TV naturalist and Just Stop Oil supporter Chris Packham has come under ...

The Wryneck

23.07.2024

The Wryneck: RSPB chief executive 'honoured' that nature-enthusiast King Charles has agreed to be society's patron

King Charles - often outspoken nature and wildlife enthusiast RSPB chief executive Beccy Speigh...

The Wryneck

23.07.2024

The Wryneck: Is market for bird paintings weakening? Prices achieved at Yorkshire auction were somewhat underwhelming

Something has spooked them - a flock of pintail rise from a pond PERHAPS because he is not well known in Britain, a handsome oil painting ...

The Wryneck

17.07.2024

The Wryneck: The 2025 edition of Birdwatcher's Yearbook could be the last unless prospective new publisher steps forward

Will next year's edition be the last? IT looks like the end of the road could loom for The Birdwatcher's Yearbook . Since the Yearbook was...

The Wryneck

17.07.2024

The Wryneck: I'm a songbird - get me outta here! How much stress did BTO-trapped blackcap endure at Global Birdfair?

A bird in the hand - in this case, a blackcap which must have experienced unimaginable stress ...

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16.07.2024

The Wryneck: Shorebirds in the spotlight at Global Birdfair thanks to Rick and Elis Simpson of Wader Quest charity

Rick and Elis at their Glbal Birdfair stand IT was good to see Wader Quest duo Rick and Elis Simpson in good form at Global Birdfair. Thei...

The Wryneck

16.07.2024

The Wryneck: Finding an unexpected bird on your local patch is 'more exciting' than twitching a rarity, insists Urban Birder

David Lindo - whinchats in London CONTRARY to what many believe, there is much more to urban bird...

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The Wryneck: Bygone birding: are these the first recorded ringing recoveries of British Housemartins?

The Wryneck: Most cars pollute - so what is RSPB doing to make its reserves more accessible by 'green' transport?

The Wryneck: RSPB insists: "We do take seriously public concern about impact on wildlife by bird-killing cats"

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: 'shorely' a very unromantic habitat to discover recently-arrived nightingales

The Wryneck: Charity Commission satisfied RSPB has changed its ways following social media abuse of Cabinet ministers

The Wryneck: Has 'self-isolating behaviour' of Puffins been key to their 2024 population increase in Farne Islands?

The Wryneck: Will National Trust's proposed new wetland bird reserve give RSPB Frampton Marsh a run for its money?

The Wryneck: Concerns grow for future of Common Gull - a seabird whose population is spiralling ever downwards

The Wryneck: Where have all the cuckoos, swifts and housemartins gone? Poet Pam Ayres' lament for loss of wildlife

The Wryneck: Early signs are that Scottish rewilding project is boosting population of black grouse in The Highlands

The Wryneck: Anguish of the retired colonel as horse on which he was riding trampled nest and eggs of a great bustard!

The Wryneck: Revealed : the 16 English towns and cities being targeted by the RSPB for a bumper autumn membership drive

The Wryneck: Renewable energy company Ecotricity pledges to safeguard farmland birds on field earmarked for solar park

The Wryneck: Rare opportunity to purchase bone of a dodo - the legendary Mauritian species that went extinct in 1861

The Wryneck: Delight for RSPB staff at Aberdeenshire nature reserve as great white egrets breed for first time in Scotland

The Wryneck: Bygone birding: Why 10 housemartins were attracted to funnel of naval vessel en route from Rosyth to Belfast

The Wryneck: Smoke doesn't seem to get in their eyes - evidently some birds quite enjoy flying through it

The Wryneck: RSPB says 'violent and racist targeting' is causing non-white staff and volunteers to 'fear for their safety'

The Wryneck: The magnificent 376! The original bird species on the pioneering British List published in 1883

The Wryneck: Former RSPB conservation director Mark Avery: Feedback all leads me to think the organisation is in a poor state

The Wryneck: Ban imposed - at least temporarily - on export of Victorian author's unique 17-volume study of Europe's birds

The Wryneck: Book review: Feather Trails - A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds by Sophie Osborn

The Wryneck: 'Island paradise' for a birder? Offers in excess of £80,000 sought for uninhabited patch of the Orkney Islands

The Wryneck: Social media training to be made mandatory for all RSPB staff following Charity Commission rap over online insult

The Wryneck: River clean-up man's plea to anglers after sad discovery of dead kingfisher tangled in discarded line

The Wryneck: The hen harrier - such a mesmerisingly beautiful bird but, alas, one faced by so many threats

The Wryneck: Hen harriers (stuffed and mounted) came under spotlight at specialist taxidermy auction in Yorkshire

The Wryneck: Minister insists 'action must be taken' to arrest decline of breeding hen harriers in Northern Ireland

The Wryneck: Countdown to Action for Wildlife Day - but has Just Stop Oil been invited to join the party?

The Wryneck: Birds of a Lincolnshire market town - superb new book also honours the memory of birder who helped to write it

The Wryneck: Unusual opportunity to see - and own - a capercaillie. Trouble is that this particular bird is now lifeless

The Wryneck: Sadness at death of Martin Hellicar - British birder who battled to save songbirds of Cyprus

The Wryneck: Spotlight on this week's rare visitor to Staffordshire - the paddyfield warbler is a tricky bird to identify in the field

The Wryneck: Newspaper columnist Jeremy Clarkson's potshot at "pontifications of nature enthusiast Chris Packham"

The Wryneck: RSPB chief executive 'honoured' that nature-enthusiast King Charles has agreed to be society's patron

The Wryneck: Is market for bird paintings weakening? Prices achieved at Yorkshire auction were somewhat underwhelming

The Wryneck: The 2025 edition of Birdwatcher's Yearbook could be the last unless prospective new publisher steps forward

The Wryneck: I'm a songbird - get me outta here! How much stress did BTO-trapped blackcap endure at Global Birdfair?

The Wryneck: Shorebirds in the spotlight at Global Birdfair thanks to Rick and Elis Simpson of Wader Quest charity

The Wryneck: Finding an unexpected bird on your local patch is 'more exciting' than twitching a rarity, insists Urban Birder

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