Ed Betteridge
@edjbetteridge.bsky.social
Birder
Head ringer Lower Piddle Valley RS, Dorset
Ex AW Bardsey/Calf of Man Bird Obs
Head ringer Lower Piddle Valley RS, Dorset
Ex AW Bardsey/Calf of Man Bird Obs
We got lucky with the Wyke Regis Desert Wheatear this afternoon in strong winds when it flew across the fleet whilst watching roosting Gulls. It then showed distantly on Chesil Beach before disappearing amongst the pebbles. A cr Oyc from Blakeney Point (8/25) showed a bit better
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We got lucky with the Wyke Regis Desert Wheatear this afternoon in strong winds when it flew across the fleet whilst watching roosting Gulls. It then showed distantly on Chesil Beach before disappearing amongst the pebbles. A cr Oyc from Blakeney Point (8/25) showed a bit better
A busy month at Carey, Dorset with 3,912 birds caught! This included 1729 Chiffchaffs, 740 Blackcaps, 50 Wilwa, 198 Sedgies, 68 Gropper, 26 Cettis, 302 House Martins, 14 Nightjar, 4 Redstart, 4 Spot Fly, 46 Stonechat, 55 Goldcrest and 13 Firecrest!! #ukbirding
September 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A busy month at Carey, Dorset with 3,912 birds caught! This included 1729 Chiffchaffs, 740 Blackcaps, 50 Wilwa, 198 Sedgies, 68 Gropper, 26 Cettis, 302 House Martins, 14 Nightjar, 4 Redstart, 4 Spot Fly, 46 Stonechat, 55 Goldcrest and 13 Firecrest!! #ukbirding
A great bird boat around Poole Harbour yesterday morning with @harbourbirds.bsky.social, highlighted with great views of WT Eagle, 7 Curlew Sand (12 species of wader), Honey Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 62 Spoonbills, Kingfisher etc with great views of more WT Eagles over Carey today #ukbirding
September 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A great bird boat around Poole Harbour yesterday morning with @harbourbirds.bsky.social, highlighted with great views of WT Eagle, 7 Curlew Sand (12 species of wader), Honey Buzzard, Bearded Tit, 62 Spoonbills, Kingfisher etc with great views of more WT Eagles over Carey today #ukbirding
A productive morning at Portland Bill seeing more Balearic Shears in a morning than I ever seen (66+)! Personal totals were 2-3 Grey Phal, 2 LT Skua, Sooty Shear, 9+ Stormies and 2 Arctic Skua @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A productive morning at Portland Bill seeing more Balearic Shears in a morning than I ever seen (66+)! Personal totals were 2-3 Grey Phal, 2 LT Skua, Sooty Shear, 9+ Stormies and 2 Arctic Skua @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g! #ukbirding
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g! #ukbirding
A WRYNECK yesterday was a great way to end a busy August at Carey. Overall, 2,847 birds trapped including 281 Gropper and 1261 Sedgies! #ukbirding
August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A WRYNECK yesterday was a great way to end a busy August at Carey. Overall, 2,847 birds trapped including 281 Gropper and 1261 Sedgies! #ukbirding
Hit 4000 birds ringed at Carey this autumn today with a monster of a 20.0g Sedge Warbler! However, the stand out highlight of the morning was this stunning HOBBY!! Not something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to catch!
August 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hit 4000 birds ringed at Carey this autumn today with a monster of a 20.0g Sedge Warbler! However, the stand out highlight of the morning was this stunning HOBBY!! Not something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to catch!
A busy start to my time running Carey Ringing Station in Dorset with 1147 birds of 32 species caught in the last fortnight! Highlights have been 527 Sedgies, 157 Gropper, 69 Reed, 15 Garwa, 99 Wilwa, 3 Tree Pipit, 9 Kingfisher and 7 Nightjars!! #ukbirding
July 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A busy start to my time running Carey Ringing Station in Dorset with 1147 birds of 32 species caught in the last fortnight! Highlights have been 527 Sedgies, 157 Gropper, 69 Reed, 15 Garwa, 99 Wilwa, 3 Tree Pipit, 9 Kingfisher and 7 Nightjars!! #ukbirding
A busy morning with 162 new birds trapped at Carey. Highlight was this juvenile Nightjar alongside 93 Sedgies, 25 Gropper, 8 Willows and a Garden Warbler! #ukbirding
July 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A busy morning with 162 new birds trapped at Carey. Highlight was this juvenile Nightjar alongside 93 Sedgies, 25 Gropper, 8 Willows and a Garden Warbler! #ukbirding
Coming to the end of my first week working in Dorset. Not a bad start with over 350 birds ringed including 71 Groppers! And last night got lucky with great flight views of the Purple Heron! #ukbirding
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July 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Coming to the end of my first week working in Dorset. Not a bad start with over 350 birds ringed including 71 Groppers! And last night got lucky with great flight views of the Purple Heron! #ukbirding
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Nice to have my 1st Vagrant Emperor on the Calf of Man the other day, only the 2nd Calf record! #ukbirding
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nice to have my 1st Vagrant Emperor on the Calf of Man the other day, only the 2nd Calf record! #ukbirding
Didn’t expect to have a very vocal LAUGHING GULL fly around above me whilst I went to ring gull chicks on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! The bird stayed around just long enough for others to get there and bring a camera before it headed high north! #ukbirding
July 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Didn’t expect to have a very vocal LAUGHING GULL fly around above me whilst I went to ring gull chicks on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! The bird stayed around just long enough for others to get there and bring a camera before it headed high north! #ukbirding
I did not expect to flush not 1 but 2 Quails, metres apart from the cliffs on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! Not typical Quail habitat right next to a Herring Gull colony! #ukbirding
June 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I did not expect to flush not 1 but 2 Quails, metres apart from the cliffs on the Calf of Man this afternoon!! Not typical Quail habitat right next to a Herring Gull colony! #ukbirding
With migration slowing recently on the Calf of Man, I’ve been putting effort into nest finding especially Wheatears with the 100th pulli ringed today!!! #ukbirding
May 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With migration slowing recently on the Calf of Man, I’ve been putting effort into nest finding especially Wheatears with the 100th pulli ringed today!!! #ukbirding
Yesterday the Calf of Man was visited by this stunning white Hen Harrier!!!! The bird spent a short while hunting before gaining a lot of height a disappearing north. What a bird!!!! #ukbirding
May 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yesterday the Calf of Man was visited by this stunning white Hen Harrier!!!! The bird spent a short while hunting before gaining a lot of height a disappearing north. What a bird!!!! #ukbirding
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER trapped on the Calf of Man this morning!! #ukbirding @calfofmanbirdobs.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER trapped on the Calf of Man this morning!! #ukbirding @calfofmanbirdobs.bsky.social
Red-rumped Swallow over the Calf this morning! Showed well for around 10 mins circling the Obs, amazingly the 1st Calf and Isle of Man record!! Also Yellow Wag, c20 Spot Fly, Whinchat, Sib Chiff and Swift #ukbirding
May 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Red-rumped Swallow over the Calf this morning! Showed well for around 10 mins circling the Obs, amazingly the 1st Calf and Isle of Man record!! Also Yellow Wag, c20 Spot Fly, Whinchat, Sib Chiff and Swift #ukbirding
Breeding Eiders are starting to pick up on the Calf of Man now with females starting to lay across the island. Slowly getting my eye in to this rather cryptic species #ukbirding
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Breeding Eiders are starting to pick up on the Calf of Man now with females starting to lay across the island. Slowly getting my eye in to this rather cryptic species #ukbirding
Just like buses! Two French Sedge Warblers trapped today following the Spanish bird the other day!! Amongst a small arrival of Sedgies, Whitethroat and Spot Fly with 2 Whinchats including the 4th of the year trapped and my first Swifts. #ukbirding
May 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Just like buses! Two French Sedge Warblers trapped today following the Spanish bird the other day!! Amongst a small arrival of Sedgies, Whitethroat and Spot Fly with 2 Whinchats including the 4th of the year trapped and my first Swifts. #ukbirding
Also trapped this morning was a Pied Fly, Redstart, Whinchat, Blue Tit, Siskin, 28 Sedge Warblers and 20 Whitethroat amongst c75 birds.
May 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Also trapped this morning was a Pied Fly, Redstart, Whinchat, Blue Tit, Siskin, 28 Sedge Warblers and 20 Whitethroat amongst c75 birds.
First Spotted Flycatcher of the year trapped on the Calf this morning had a Norwegian ring!! This is only the 2nd Norwegian Spot Fly to be recovered in the UK following one in 1992 on North Ron with only three UK ringed birds from North Ron/Isle of May being recovered in Norway!! #ukbirding
May 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
First Spotted Flycatcher of the year trapped on the Calf this morning had a Norwegian ring!! This is only the 2nd Norwegian Spot Fly to be recovered in the UK following one in 1992 on North Ron with only three UK ringed birds from North Ron/Isle of May being recovered in Norway!! #ukbirding
Also trapped this morning was a Pied Fly, Redstart, Whinchat, Blue Tit, Siskin, 28 Sedge Warblers and 20 Whitethroat amongst c75 birds. Yeah
May 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also trapped this morning was a Pied Fly, Redstart, Whinchat, Blue Tit, Siskin, 28 Sedge Warblers and 20 Whitethroat amongst c75 birds. Yeah
Another good night dazzling on the Calf of Man. Starting with a Whimbrel (2nd ever ringed here) and 3 GBB Gulls (2S,4S,4S). Before catching 8 Eiders (6 drakes beating the total ever caught on the Calf), including the 1st ever control!! Also an Oyc and 5 Wheatears.
April 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Another good night dazzling on the Calf of Man. Starting with a Whimbrel (2nd ever ringed here) and 3 GBB Gulls (2S,4S,4S). Before catching 8 Eiders (6 drakes beating the total ever caught on the Calf), including the 1st ever control!! Also an Oyc and 5 Wheatears.
Nice to have the returning Bonxie back on the Calf of Man and now a regular feature of census. Thought to be it’s 10th year! Hopefully this year it will be the one it finds a mate and breeds! #ukbirding
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Nice to have the returning Bonxie back on the Calf of Man and now a regular feature of census. Thought to be it’s 10th year! Hopefully this year it will be the one it finds a mate and breeds! #ukbirding
Quality over quantity today on the Calf of Man with a couple of Gropper, Whitethroat, Lesser Redpolls
and 2 House Sparrow (scarcity here) the ringing highlights amongst a small arrival of Willow Warblers and Blackcaps #ukbirding
and 2 House Sparrow (scarcity here) the ringing highlights amongst a small arrival of Willow Warblers and Blackcaps #ukbirding
April 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Quality over quantity today on the Calf of Man with a couple of Gropper, Whitethroat, Lesser Redpolls
and 2 House Sparrow (scarcity here) the ringing highlights amongst a small arrival of Willow Warblers and Blackcaps #ukbirding
and 2 House Sparrow (scarcity here) the ringing highlights amongst a small arrival of Willow Warblers and Blackcaps #ukbirding