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

Christopher Bridge

@CJBridge

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

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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

Don't know how female PADDYFIELD WARBLER trapped and ringed at a confidential private site in Staffordshire @BirdGuides Also unprecedented 20 sedge warbler they don't breed here No further sign after release Only me and my 2 helpers on site saw bird. @Kevin_Clements @TheMoorehen

BirderGaz's tweet image. Don't know how female PADDYFIELD WARBLER trapped and ringed at a confidential private site in Staffordshire @BirdGuides
Also unprecedented 20 sedge warbler they don't breed here No further sign after release Only me and my 2 helpers on site saw bird. @Kevin_Clements @TheMoorehen


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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

stmarys_patch's tweet image. 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

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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

LeeEvansBirding's tweet image. 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

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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! 👌

chas_holt's tweet image. 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! 👌
chas_holt's tweet image. 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! 👌
chas_holt's tweet image. 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! 👌

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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.

JustZant's tweet image. 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.
JustZant's tweet image. 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.
JustZant's tweet image. 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.
JustZant's tweet image. 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.

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The Polish government has brought an end to logging in 10 forest areas, including the famous Białowieża Forest: bit.ly/3vB3SzY


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

Au_Erithacus's tweet image. We came for owls, we didn’t get owls. Fine by me! #peregrine
Au_Erithacus's tweet image. We came for owls, we didn’t get owls. Fine by me! #peregrine
Au_Erithacus's tweet image. We came for owls, we didn’t get owls. Fine by me! #peregrine

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

ArfonWilliams4's tweet image. 150th #Woodcock of the winter ringed in my mid-Wales study area tonight.  @_BTO @BTO_Cymru @BTO_Ceredigion @SurveysThermal

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Incredible!!!

An outstanding recovery, Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia. Ringed: 27/08/2022 Squire's Down, Dorset. UK. Controlled: Kartong Bird Observatory, The Gambia. 8/1/2024. The first UK @_BTO ringed Grasshopper Warbler to The Gambia and only the 4th south of the Sahara. @_BTO

kartongbirdobs's tweet image. An outstanding recovery, 
Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia.
Ringed:
27/08/2022 Squire's Down, Dorset. UK.
Controlled:
Kartong Bird Observatory, The Gambia. 8/1/2024.
The first UK @_BTO ringed Grasshopper Warbler to The Gambia and only the 4th south of the Sahara. @_BTO


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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!

mattthesparrow's tweet image. 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!
mattthesparrow's tweet image. 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!
mattthesparrow's tweet image. 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!
mattthesparrow's tweet image. 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!

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!

CJBridge's tweet image. 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!

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!

CJBridge's tweet image. 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!
CJBridge's tweet image. 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!
CJBridge's tweet image. 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!

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Your 2024 mothing journey starts here! 🦋🌙 Get your free Moths by Month calendar and see how many species you can tick off each month! Don't forget to record what you find and tag us in your photos. Download the calendar today 👉 butrfli.es/48svOEp #MothsMatter

savebutterflies's tweet image. Your 2024 mothing journey starts here! 🦋🌙

Get your free Moths by Month calendar and see how many species you can tick off each month! Don't forget to record what you find and tag us in your photos.

Download the calendar today 👉 butrfli.es/48svOEp

#MothsMatter

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

CJBridge's tweet image. 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

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

CJBridge's tweet image. 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

Wishing All of you a Happy New Year!!!


Happy Boxing Day everyone!!


Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, enjoy your festive period!!


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HALLELUJAH!!! A young Barn Swallow just caught at Ngulia wearing a ring inscribed 'KAZAKHSTAN ALMATY'!!!! That's c.6,000kms away!!! Ring no L31677.. looking forward to sharing the ringing details! #nguliaringing #birds #ringing #tsavowest #Kazakhstan

arochakenya's tweet image. HALLELUJAH!!! A young Barn Swallow just caught at Ngulia wearing a ring inscribed 'KAZAKHSTAN ALMATY'!!!! That's c.6,000kms away!!! Ring no L31677.. looking forward to sharing the ringing details! #nguliaringing #birds #ringing #tsavowest #Kazakhstan
arochakenya's tweet image. HALLELUJAH!!! A young Barn Swallow just caught at Ngulia wearing a ring inscribed 'KAZAKHSTAN ALMATY'!!!! That's c.6,000kms away!!! Ring no L31677.. looking forward to sharing the ringing details! #nguliaringing #birds #ringing #tsavowest #Kazakhstan

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Nice control Goldcrest today, ringing on St. Mary's in Oct 2022. Also a Belgian ringed Blackcap. Big fall of Chiffs today, 146 ringed


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