Honk! 📢Today is the April Priority Core Count! Honk! 📢

Despite now being outside of the winter core period (September to March inclusive) being a year round survey, WeBS is still going strong and this Sunday is the April Core Count date! So let's get out and count our waterbirds! BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Lovely piece about how even small WeBS sites are often not as quiet as they first appear and have alot to offer for the mind, soul and science!

A Curlew, resting on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland. ⁦Mary Colwell⁩ ⁦Curlew Recovery Partnership⁩ ⁦Graham Appleton⁩ ⁦Wetland Bird Survey⁩

Today is the March Priority Core Count date! Let's get out and count our waterbirds!

It's that time again, the March WeBS Core Count is this Sunday! RSPB Science JNCC

Happy International Women's Day! ♀️👩‍🔬We are very proud to have inspirational female colleagues and volunteers, leading the way the way in conservation science at BTO and our partners RSPB Science and JNCC ! #IWD #InspireInclusion

3) Rich was a true legend of waterbird conservation.

We celebrate his incredible legacy, and remember his dedicated work for nature and wildlife.

Our thoughts are with Rich’s family, close friends and colleagues. Read our tribute to him here 👇
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2) After joining WWT in 1993, Rich went on to lead the way in species recovery.

He managed the UK’s goose and swan monitoring programme, and worked with endangered species all over the world.

His advocacy and guidance helped to shape protections for wetlands globally.

This month, we were deeply saddened to learn that our colleague Rich Hearn had passed away.

Rich was an inspiring teammate, mentor and conservationist, and a passionate voice for wetlands.

He was hugely valued, and will be hugely missed.

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Are you interested in helping to survey bird populations in the Tees Estuary? We're currently looking for one or two volunteers to complete monthly Wetland Bird Counts at Coatham Sands, Redcar. Further information can be found here:
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teesbirds Wetland Bird Survey

Some of todays Wetland Bird Survey Sanderling

Today is the February WeBS Priority Core Count!

This Sunday, 11th, is the February WeBS Core Count weekend! Let's show some love for our favourite waterbirds! ❤️ BTO JNCC RSPB Science

Book your tickets now for our Annual Conference at ARU in Cambridge on 2 March!

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Featuring talks on Cuckoo tracking, avian flu and Curlews, and our Witherby Lecture by Dr Norman Ratcliffe from British Antarctic Survey 🐧

Free tickets for under 25s.

It's #WorldWetlandsDay2024 . If you are interested in helping monitor our wetlands, particularly their birds, perhaps you could take part in Wetland Bird Survey or #WBBS (the riverine version of Breeding Bird Surveys)?
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We have a few spots left for this event on Saturday, you can sign up free here: bit.ly/BTONIWetlandsW…

After last week's washout I got the #BTO #WinGS gull count completed @ Garston CR this eve, the birds were streaming into the estuary, with c.3K offshore. The highlights being an apparent 3rdW Baltic type Lesser Black Back (see RH bird below) Merseyside BioBank BirdGuides Wetland Bird Survey

Thank you to Tom, John and Martin for counting Ellesmere for #WinGS
Still time to sign up and make a count by 28th January
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It's the BTO Winter Gull Survey weekend, and a coordinated team has counted all of the #Shropshire priority #WinGS sites.

Thank you to everyone who has helped with the survey, we hope you enjoyed your counts 🙂

See Tom Lowe tweets for the Chelmarsh and Ellesmere results.