chough – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:24:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 https://i1.wp.com/www.birdsontheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birds-on-the-Edge-logo.png?fit=32%2C32 chough – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 Annual Chough report 2024 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2025/04/04/annual-chough-report-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annual-chough-report-2024 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:24:04 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=47468 Background  Red-billed choughs are considered a rare species in the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and north west France and, until recently, were classified as locally extinct in the Channel Islands. Changes in agricultural practices … Read more

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]]> 47468 Chough report: February 2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/03/15/chough-report-february-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-february-2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/03/15/chough-report-february-2022/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:17:22 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45809 By Liz Corry Jersey’s annual Great Garden Bird Watch returned some interesting results this year. Held on 5th and 6th February, Islanders were asked to spend an hour in their garden and list all the … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/03/15/chough-report-february-2022/feed/ 3 45809 Dung Beetles for farmers http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/03/04/dung-beetles-for-farmers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dung-beetles-for-farmers Fri, 04 Mar 2022 10:00:34 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45669 By Liz Corry Mention ‘dung beetle’ to most people and the first thing they picture is a giant ball of dung being rolled around by a seemingly impractical sized beetle. Yet those minuscule muck movers … Read more

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]]> 45669 Chough report: January 2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/09/chough-report-january-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-january-2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/09/chough-report-january-2022/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:12:25 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45701 By Liz Corry New year new start. At least for Vicq our breeding female who was ditched by her partner for the ‘other woman’. We have seen Vicq allopreening Pinel a wild-hatched male from 2020. … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/09/chough-report-january-2022/feed/ 1 45701 Chough report: December 2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/01/10/chough-report-december-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-december-2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/01/10/chough-report-december-2021/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:23:05 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45618 By Liz Corry December was wet and wild, but that didn’t stop the choughs from making the most of Jersey. We had several sightings covering the north and south of the Island. The fields around … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/01/10/chough-report-december-2021/feed/ 1 45618 Chough report: October 2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/17/chough-report-october-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-october-2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/17/chough-report-october-2021/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:48:49 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45491 Do choughs need a Corvid-19 passport to leave Jersey? Photo by Liz Corry. Report by Liz Corry Out of sight but not out of mind A year ago we had our first-ever confirmed sighting of … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/17/chough-report-october-2021/feed/ 2 45491 Chough report: May 2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/07/05/chough-report-may-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-may-2021 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:27:31 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45090 By Liz Corry Housekeeping Another ‘catch up’ with the choughs this month. This time Bo, Percy, Trevor, and Chickay all needed replacement leg rings. It provided an opportunity too to check their general health through body weights and … Read more

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]]> 45090 Chough report: April 2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/14/chough-report-april-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-april-2021 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/14/chough-report-april-2021/#comments Fri, 14 May 2021 08:10:17 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45001 By Liz Corry Egg-cellent news We have managed to identify ten nests. All of which appear to have females incubating eggs. Bonus news, one of those nests belongs to a wild-hatched pairing. Up until now, … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/05/14/chough-report-april-2021/feed/ 2 45001 Irish national chough survey http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/04/27/irish-national-chough-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irish-national-chough-survey Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:45:20 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44991 From Government of Ireland Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage  The red-billed chough is one of our most charismatic birds but one which is probably most familiar to those living along rugged Irish coastlines. … Read more

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]]> 44991 Cap de Carteret in 2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/01/21/cap-de-carteret-in-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cap-de-carteret-in-2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/01/21/cap-de-carteret-in-2020/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:28:43 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44677 Yann Mouchel, the ranger keeping a close eye on our chough in Carteret, has written an article for Birds On The Edge explaining some of the work his group have been doing to conserve bird … Read more

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