Christopher Bridge

33 - Ornithologist, Suffolk. Woodcock ringer in North Wales & Suffolk. BTO A Permit holder. Passion for warbler ecology & dense scrub!

[Ian Moore @TheMoorehen]

Well my mind is totally blown! 🤯
I only popped down to watch as there’d been an influx of Sedge and then this is pulled out the net. Lots of head scratching at first, especially from a non-ringer like me, but it soon started to sink in this was something special @BirderGaz

[Scott Reid | Windshear Birding @stmarys_patch]

Exceptional arrival across Scilly over the last 24 hours - pallid swift, night herons, purple herons, R-r swallow, woodchat shrike, hen harrier, R-n duck & 7+ golden orioles!! As always, I couldn’t see it all, but after seeing this scene below, little else mattered! #ScillyBirds

[Lee Evans (LGRE) - the official account @LeeEvansBirding]

LESSER YELLOWLEGS still by Frampton Marsh RSPB car park this morning, while COMMON NIGHTINGALES have returned to many locations in SE England. The male MYRTLE WARBLER continues in Ayrshire

[Chas Holt 🌍🇺🇦 @chas_holt]

Ringing details received of a Nightingale caught at Abberton 🇬🇧 in May 2023 - ringed at Tanji, The Gambia 🇬🇲 in January 2020. 4 years, 8 migrations. Ace! 👌

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

@DFoyLiv @NMBiodiversity @RSPBLiverpool @LpoolCityRegion No worries Dan, thanks.

[Justin Zantboer @JustZant]

What a cracking year 2023 was for ringing at Trimley, smashing our previous best total of birds ringed by over 500! The ringing report is nearing completion so if anyone wants a copy, please feel free to DM me your email address.

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

The Polish government has brought an end to logging in 10 forest areas, including the famous Białowieża Forest: https://t.co/VyEOZWwVUm

[Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger @Au_Erithacus]

We came for owls, we didn’t get owls. Fine by me! #peregrine

[Arfon Williams @ArfonWilliams4]

150th #Woodcock of the winter ringed in my mid-Wales study area tonight. @_BTO @BTO_Cymru @BTO_Ceredigion @SurveysThermal

[Justin Zantboer @JustZant]

Incredible!!!

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

Best ever winter session at Swindon STW. All the targeted habitat management paying off: we ringed a record 18 Snipe and 9 Jack Snipe. Also 4 Teal and a record 28 Chiffchaffs. There can't be many 13 year old girls who get to ring Jack Snipe and Snipe in the same day!

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

@sferguk Hi Shaun, is it still showing?

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

@HCBirding @S_Barrell Is it still showing dude?

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

Early start at 5am & on the road to Heybridge yesterday morning. Met up with @GarryBagnell on the street in the dark & joined one other keen birder on the sluice. Ridiculously, by 07.37 am we had seen the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH really well in the ditch!! Awesome bird & scrubland!

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

It's on days with persistent heavy rainfall and strong winds (the last 2 days) plus I'm working from home now, I cast my mind back to the huge importance of winter scrub management > Spring 2023 > net lanes looking awesome and last year we had a breeding attempt by nightingale!

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

@DanERouse @PaulGreenWire Hi Dan, can you send a pin for parking asap please? Huge thanks!

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

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[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

The first bird of 2024 ringed yesterday, this lovely great tit (Parus major). Make sure you keep your feeders topped up and clean along with a clean fresh supply of water #greattit #ringing #scrub

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

@AliDrummond4 That's correct Ali. This is merely creating deadwood with more to be added. Also, surveying for males/ females at dusk plus other techniques during Summer.

[Christopher Bridge @CJBridge]

1st January 2024 - enjoyed a lovely perambulation this morning around my ringing site. Lovely to take note that some of the fallen trees from last year, left as deadwood, have now begun to harbour fungi. Next is 'hoping' to locate stag beetles here during the Summer #fungi #2024