The latest update from Otto in the Netherlands provides data on the well travelled bird we saw on the last boat cruise print date :09-02-10 ——————————————————————————————————- Working group Spoonbills International ——————————————————————————————————– species     :Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia leucorodia) 7325/107906 colourrings :LYL/RYfa       ringing place:NL  Den Oever, Banaan 5256N-0502E metalringnr :NLA .8050697    ringing age :nestling ringing date:29-07-09               sexe :unknown ——————————————————————————————————– date             country and site or reserve                              observer            days         dist […]

National Nest box Week 2010 runs from 14-21 February Organised by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Britain’s leading bird research charity, NNBW aims to encourage people to put up nest boxes in their local area which will promote and enhance biodiversity and assist with the conservation of our breeding birds and wildlife. As urban and suburban gardens and woods become increasingly ‘tidy’, the natural nest sites on which many of our bird species depend, such as holes in trees […]