sheep – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Sun, 20 Oct 2024 23:12:48 +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 sheep – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 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: August 2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/12/01/chough-report-august-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-august-2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/12/01/chough-report-august-2020/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44256 The results are in! We finally finished ringing the young choughs at Sorel by the second week in August. Part of the ringing process includes collecting DNA samples to send to the UK for identifying … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/12/01/chough-report-august-2020/feed/ 1 44256 Chough report: March 2020 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/12/01/chough-report-march-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-march-2020 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:16:29 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44180 Welcome to Trinity Parish Trinity residents, be on the lookout for unidentified flying black objects with red bills! Honeydew, a 2-year old wild Jersey chough, popped by the Zoo on 23rd March. Perched on top … Read more

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]]> 44180 Chough report: July 2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/08/09/chough-report-july-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-july-2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/08/09/chough-report-july-2018/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 06:50:11 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=41777 By Liz Corry Jersey now has 46 choughs flying free thanks to a brilliant breeding season and release efforts by Jersey Zoo staff. Details of how that came to be this month are explained below. … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/08/09/chough-report-july-2018/feed/ 2 41777 Chough report: May 2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/06/15/chough-report-may-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-may-2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/06/15/chough-report-may-2018/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:46:58 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=41642 By Liz Corry Spoiler alert! Ronez Quarry found the first hatched egg shell of the year on 23rd May. However, there are so many more things to report about from May that we will leave that golden … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/06/15/chough-report-may-2018/feed/ 2 41642 UPDATE: Manx loaghtan roaming free at Sorel once again http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/02/21/manx-loaghtan-roaming-free-once-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manx-loaghtan-roaming-free-once-again Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:29:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=10516 by Liz Corry The grazing flock of Manx loaghtan sheep at Sorel have been confined to National Trust fields for the past few months. The shepherds have been busy preparing for the lambing season, moving rams and … Read more

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]]> 10516 Chough report: January 2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/02/09/chough-report-january-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chough-report-january-2018 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/02/09/chough-report-january-2018/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:03:11 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=10441 by Liz Corry It was a wet and windy start to 2018 with storms Eleanor, Fionn, David, and Georgina all battering Jersey within a span of 24 days. Not surprisingly then, there is little to … Read more

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