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Friday, October 16
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 16 Oct 2009 11:00 AM BST
Over one hundred and twenty birds have been recorded on Arran over the last two winters..... A great start has been made collecting data for the local Arran Bird Atlas that the Arran Natural History Society would like to produce for the wintering...birds on Arran. more »
Saturday, September 19
by
Jim Cassels
on Sat 19 Sep 2009 07:00 AM BST
Weather, a major talking point for humans, can be a matter of life or death for birds. more »
Saturday, August 15
by
Jim Cassels
on Sat 15 Aug 2009 12:00 PM BST
Anting and sunning more »
Friday, July 24
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 24 Jul 2009 07:00 PM BST
Summer can be a time when there seem to be different looking birds around. There are two main reasons for this: firstly, there are lots of young birds around and, secondly, adult birds are renewing their feathers more »
Friday, July 17
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 17 Jul 2009 07:00 PM BST
Recently a regular visitor to Arran shared a digital photograph with me showing a male Blackbird with an orange/red beak rather than a yellow beak. What could be the significance of beak colour? more »
Friday, June 19
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 19 Jun 2009 08:00 AM BST
With their colour, their feathers, their structure and their movement, birds are a great subject to photograph. more »
Friday, June 12
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 12 Jun 2009 08:00 AM BST
In Arran, May 2009 was cooler and wetter than May 2008. The mean temperature in May 2009 was 10 degrees centigrade, three degrees cooler than May 2008. The rainfall for May 2009 was over 80mm, nearly three times more than May 2008. How do breeding birds react to the weather? A simple question, but one which has intrigued people for centuries. more »
Saturday, May 23
by
Jim Cassels
on Sat 23 May 2009 08:00 AM BST
One of the birding delights of May is to listen to the dawn chorus. By May, most of our summer visitors have arrived and our woods and gardens particularly are full of bird song. more »
Friday, March 27
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 27 Mar 2009 01:00 PM GMT
In 2008, over two hundred and fifty people contacted me with more than four thousand sightings on one hundred and sixty one species of birds seen on Arran. These sightings have been distilled into the “Arran Bird Report for 2008” published by the Arran Natural History Society. more »
Friday, February 20
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 20 Feb 2009 09:00 PM GMT
The weekend of 24-25 January was the weekend when many of you stocked up your bird feeders, watched your garden birds for an hour, and noted down the highest number that you saw of each bird species. more »
Sunday, December 28
by
Jim Cassels
on Sun 28 Dec 2008 07:00 PM GMT
Please send all sightings for 2008, giving “what, when, where”, by Monday 13 January 2009 to me at Kilpatrick Kennels, Kilpatrick, Blackwaterfoot, KA27 8EY, or e mail me at james.cassels@virgin.net. more »
Friday, October 31
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 31 Oct 2008 10:00 PM GMT
This article is a brief report on the first year of the survey. On 1st November the second year starts. more »
Monday, October 27
by
Jim Cassels
on Mon 27 Oct 2008 06:00 AM GMT
How do you become a birdwatcher? more »
Friday, October 10
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 10 Oct 2008 06:00 AM BST
Interesting examples of ringed birds found on Arran. more »
Friday, September 26
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 26 Sep 2008 06:00 AM BST
What impact does the weather have on the breeding of small birds? more »
Monday, August 18
by
Jim Cassels
on Mon 18 Aug 2008 05:42 PM BST
Feathers are what make birds unique. There is an enormous variety of shape, colour, and function of feathers in the bird world. Feathers are part of the fascination of birds. more »
Tuesday, August 5
by
Jim Cassels
on Tue 05 Aug 2008 07:42 AM BST
On Arran we are fortunate to have breeding populations of the following rare British species: Red-throated Diver, Hen Harrier, Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Barn Owl, and Common Crossbill more »
Sunday, April 13
by
Jim Cassels
on Sun 13 Apr 2008 07:07 AM BST
getting on with the business of breeding more »
by
Jim Cassels
on Sun 13 Apr 2008 07:02 AM BST
Seeking volunteers to help with BirdAtlas more »
by
Jim Cassels
on Sun 13 Apr 2008 06:56 AM BST
monitoring non-breeding waterbirds in Arran more »
by
Jim Cassels
on Sun 13 Apr 2008 06:49 AM BST
there are concerns when a large number of birds are attracted into an area to feed. One is the increased danger of the spread of disease.
One such disease is caused by a trichomonas parasite. more »
Friday, April 11
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 11 Apr 2008 05:01 PM BST
studying the movement of wintering geese more »
by
Jim Cassels
on Fri 11 Apr 2008 04:57 PM BST
RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch some results from North Ayrshire and Arran more »
Tuesday, April 8
by
Jim Cassels
on Tue 08 Apr 2008 06:58 AM BST
Answering the question, “What’s that bird?” can sometimes be a challenge. Birds are very active. The obstacles are many—the light may be dim, it may be blowing a gale, or the bird may “disappear” into a bush. So to stand the best chance of putting a name to a bird here are some handy hints. more »
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