Bird monitoring – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:11:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.17 https://i1.wp.com/www.birdsontheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birds-on-the-Edge-logo.png?fit=32%2C32 Bird monitoring – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 Chough report – June 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2024/02/13/chough-report-june-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-june-2023 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=47068 By Charlotte Dean Our sincere apologies for the delays in circulating monthly reports. We hope to start catching up. Wild weather It’s that season again when the chough team make arrangements with Ronez Quarry to … Read more

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]]> 47068 Channel Islands bird list updated http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/08/11/channel-islands-bird-list-updated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=channel-islands-bird-list-updated Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:16:01 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46784 Working list of Channel Islands birds to December 2022 Each year we update the list of all the bird species recorded in the (British) Channel Islands of Jersey (including Les Écréhous and Les Minquiers), Guernsey … Read more

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]]> 46784 Chough report – May 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/08/07/chough-report-may-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-may-2023 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:39:17 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46766 By Charlotte Dean Brand new hatches The chough team have been racing against the (breeding) season, trying to repair the aviary. The large holes that were in the tops of the aviary’s netting are now … Read more

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]]> 46766 Chough report – April 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/07/17/chough-report-april-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-april-2023 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:56:03 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46742 By Charlotte Dean Easter Monday Many of the breeding pairs were seen collecting wool on the fields and flying in the direction of Ronez Quarry. The younger choughs were also enjoying all the wool floating … Read more

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]]> 46742 Chough report – March 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/05/22/chough-report-march-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-march-2023 Mon, 22 May 2023 11:38:33 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46564 By Charlotte Dean Ronez Quarry chough activity update As Ronez Quarry provides perfect nesting sites for the choughs, we have a great understanding with the owners in regard to ‘our’ choughs. Our chough team may … Read more

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]]> 46564 Chough report – February 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/05/18/chough-report-february-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-february-2023 Thu, 18 May 2023 10:51:36 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46557 By Charlotte Dean Public sightings The public of Jersey have been giving us lots of sightings of the choughs as they move around the Island which is brilliant. One of the most popular spots the … Read more

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]]> 46557 Almost half of all UK bird species in decline http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/04/21/almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=almost-half-of-all-uk-bird-species-in-decline Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:41:44 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46533 Bird populations in the U.K. continue to freefall as the government moves further away from achieving its own targets to protect nature From RareBirdAlert Between 2015 and 2020 almost half of all bird species declined, … Read more

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]]> 46533 Campaign to create Seabird Reserve moves to next stage http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/22/campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/22/campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:45:38 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46505 A campaign by Birds On The Edge to save the Island’s much loved puffin by the creation of a Seabird Reserve has moved a step closer with the submission of a planning application for a … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/22/campaign-to-create-seabird-reserve-moves-to-next-stage/feed/ 3 46505 Chough report – January 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/14/chough-report-january-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-january-2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/14/chough-report-january-2023/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:33:35 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46487 It’s too early! With all this warm, not so wintery weather, it seems that all the choughs are becoming very attentive to one another. This is good news for pair bonds and for our team … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/14/chough-report-january-2023/feed/ 1 46487 Jersey’s 22nd annual Great Garden Birdwatch – 4th and 5th February 2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/01/30/jerseys-22nd-annual-great-garden-birdwatch-4th-and-5th-february-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jerseys-22nd-annual-great-garden-birdwatch-4th-and-5th-february-2023 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/01/30/jerseys-22nd-annual-great-garden-birdwatch-4th-and-5th-february-2023/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:18:51 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46435 Counting birds in the garden for a good cause, as well as for fun By Andrew Koester, Survey coordinator and Glyn Young The Action for Wildlife Jersey and Birds On The Edge annual Great Garden … Read more

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