Sunday 20 May 2012

Hello

I didn't realise how time consuming maintaining a blog would be and I must apologise for my lack of blogging. The world of birds of prey is still very active especially as here in the UK most birds of prey with be incubating eggs or rearing young. The Ospreys have returned breeding and that includes the amazing Lady of Loch Lowes possibly the oldest breeding Osprey!

Web cams and tracking has never been more popular with the chance to view a whole host of birds of prey on nest sites and also follow the journeys the birds take. You can find some of these web cams in the website links page just scroll down.

Bird of prey persecution is still a problem in the UK and this has included another Goshawk being targetted and English Hen Harriers presumed to be down to one breeding pair. Sadly in my opinion when the perpetraitors are caught the sentences they are given are little deterrant. So we could see the first extinction of a breeding bird in England for some time!

Some new websites being added to the website links page are listed below

http://www.bocn.org/ - The Barn owl conservation network

http://welshkitetrust.org/ - Welsh Kite Trust

https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/display/pbms/Home -  Predatory bird monitoring scheme

http://www.wildlifewhisperer.tv/ -Simon Kings Wildlife Whisperer site

http://www.savethefalcons.org/Home.aspx - Save the falcons

I'm hoping to update the bird of the month page and also add some new stuff to the site including a video page with some ID tips. I am also in the process of setting up a new fund for birds of prey to raise money for a variety of different conservation projects globally with an interactive map to help you see where money will be going! Also I will be announcing my first bird of prey related fundraising challenge, its going to be a tough one! Watch this space for the webpage coming soon!

In the mean time why not get yourself down to http://www.icbp.org/ and see their birds up close and personal, they are about to celebrate their 45th birthday! Congratulations Jemima and the team!

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