Tag Archives: Breeding Bird Survey

Redstarter for ten

Posted on 12/04/2022 by campaignerkate

I was delighted to see my first redstart in Bucks when doing my breeding bird survey at Hazlemere on 10 April. Continue reading →

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Hurray for a bit of scrub

Posted on 04/05/2021 by campaignerkate

A little patch of scrub made my bird survey at Hazlemere particularly rewarding. Continue reading →

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Two birds with one survey

Posted on 19/06/2020 by campaignerkate

I have taken on a new site for the breeding bird survey, at Piddington in Bucks. Continue reading →

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Stokenchurch bird-survey

Posted on 13/05/2018 by campaignerkate

I have taken on a new square near Stokenchurch, Bucks, for the British Trust for Ornithology Breeding Bird Survey. Continue reading →

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My bird year 2016

Posted on 01/01/2017 by campaignerkate

In 2016 I saw 120 bird species and heard four, mainly around Turville, Otmoor, Little Marlow and Dartmoor. Continue reading →

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Singing in the rain

Posted on 12/06/2016 by campaignerkate

Today I did my late visit for the British Trust for Ornithology’s breeding bird survey, the birds kept singing in the rain. Continue reading →

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May Day bird count

Posted on 01/05/2016 by campaignerkate

On May Day morning I did the breeding bird survey for the British Trust for Ornithology, at Prestwood, Bucks Continue reading →

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The joy of running out of sight

Posted on 08/06/2014 by campaignerkate

Today I was back at Prestwood, Bucks, for the second of my breeding bird surveys (BBS) for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).  It was five weeks since my first one, which I reported here, and it was all quite different.  For a … Continue reading →

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Return to Prestwood

Posted on 04/05/2014 by campaignerkate

This morning I was up at 5.30 for the first of my two annual breeding bird surveys (BBS) for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).   It was a year since my last early survey, which I described here, and an … Continue reading →

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