1/ New #BTOScience shows the quality of protected areas matters if we want to boost biodiversity and protect bird populations.🐦 Discover the findings⬇️ or read the study➡️bto.org/pa-quality

We are currently checking and ringing Tawny Owls chicks. Owls have nested in my garden Barn Owl Centre🦉 box this year but they were only a day old on Sunday, always appear to be later in Forest of Dean than other areas.

Are you aged 16-25 and fascinated by birds? Join me and Regional Rep Gordon for a morning of birding, bird quizzes and more! In collaboration with the @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, we hope it's fun, informative and enjoyable. BTO BTO GLOS #GlosBirds

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Pallid Harrier Cleeve Common! Adrenaline rush on the family walk when Greg Mabbett shouted harrier as this bird was zooming over the field next to us! Some great views and Greg managed some pics as it chased skylarks. Better pics later and any comments on ID welcome 🙌 #Glosbirds .

It's time to get your peepers out and LOOK!
Birds can be tricky to spot. In Episode 03 we learn some tips on how to find them. We look for movement, we scan rooftops looking for their shape & we look for clues birds have left behind. Watch episode 03 here youtu.be/jwkdnu3AoQU

And we have a winner🏆🎉 Trent was the first Cuckoo to reach the UK. He covered 1,025 miles over the weekend! 😀 Check out his incredible journey. 👇

If you’d like to support this project, find out how to sponsor a Cuckoo 👉 bit.ly/SponsorBTOCuck… Thank you💚 #BTOCuckoos

Job opportunity📢 We’re looking for 3-4 fieldworkers for up to 6 days of farmland bird surveys each between April & June. Discover more⬇️or apply ➡️bit.ly/3UE1zpS

🐦Role: Short-term contract, part-time, hourly rate
🪶 Knowledge required: Good farmland bird ID skills
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For those interested you can see last years long staying Osprey PF6 being ringed on BBC2 program 'Grand tours of Scotland's rivers' series 3 episode 3 - FF to about 15:55 #Glosbirds

Want to learn more about the return of White-tailed Eagles? - Now’s your chance! 🦅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We are hosting four public drop-in sessions across South-east Wales & Severn Estuary.
Make sure you drop-in to say hello, show your support or express your concerns!
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Summer Walkway due to open WWT Slimbridge and the White-spotted Bluethroat has returned to the reserve. #GlosBirds
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Checking Goshawk sites is well and truly underway. Photos taken with phone and honestly that is a female sat on eggs in the close up! All under licence.

Job alert! 📢 We’re seeking an enthusiastic and excellent communicator, with a passion for raptors and raptor monitoring to support the Welsh Raptor Monitoring Project. 🐦 For the full job description and to apply visit 👉 bit.ly/49OVKdI

Swydd newydd! 📢 Rydym yn…

Congratulations to Anna Field
rfs.org.uk/news-list/gosh…
Her article winning the Royal Forestry Society’s James Cup

For anyone interested in the predation of Grey Squirrel (and other stuff) by our Gloucestershire Goshawk… thanks Emma B Gareth Jones Ed Drewitt Harriet Robins for all your monitoring & data collection👍

Always good to see an Osprey in Glos - viewed from Splatt Bridge at 13:20 with a large fish #Glosbirds

White-tailed Eagle, G818, has recently become the second Isle of Wight bird to cross the English Channel, flying a remarkable 2062km through southern England and northern France in 22 days. Read more in our latest blog by Tim Mackrill: roydennis.org/2024/04/15/fre…
Photo: Maude Bachet

This week is the last chance to apply to join the team as Ecological Statistician 🐦 For the full job role and to apply 👉 bit.ly/btojobs

Job alert! Come and join the team at BTO as an Ecological Statistician. Apply on our website 👉 bit.ly/btojobs

The successful applicant will have a quantitative background and an interest in ecology or nature conservation. Closing date: Sunday 21 April.

We (especially Ed Drewitt ) have been working with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to Peregrines currently nesting on GRH tower block whilst work is carried out. PAC ringed male in Cheltenham 2017 by Anna Field , last seen in 2020 at Glos Cathedral. Female not ringed, currently on eggs.