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Mark Grantham

@ringing-mark

Bird ringer since the tender age of 15 and once again back working in the BTO ringing scheme, but now from home in sunny Cornwall.

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Avian Ecologist Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Depending on experience Hybrid working (50/50) Location: Edinburgh Closing date: 16th January 2026 We are looking for an enthusiastic Avian Ecologist to join our team in Edi...

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

31.12.2025 13:28 👍 18 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 6
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It’s depressing when this comes up on Pointless and the only correct answers in the first category were ‘arctic’ and ‘gull’, and there were NO correct answers in the second category! Those 100 people need to be educated!

29.04.2025 17:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are your Shags really early? The most advanced of ours in Cornwall are only just on full clutches!

23.04.2025 22:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A seagull drinks from a container marked “DOGS ONLY, NO SEAGULLS.”

A seagull drinks from a container marked “DOGS ONLY, NO SEAGULLS.”

every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos

06.02.2025 12:32 👍 23830 🔁 3438 💬 476 📌 215
<div> <div class="col-sm-10">West Cornwall Ringing Group sightings reporter</div> </div>

Bung it on here for instant details and I can just download the record from there:
westcornwallrg.shinyapps.io/sightings/

20.01.2025 19:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s really confusing… Can’t think why birds that have previously wintered with you should then be on migration in the far SW.

19.01.2025 21:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

70 in a session beats even our best day!!

19.01.2025 21:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Surprise 2,000 (mostly small) gulls on Restronguet Creek for the @btobirds.bsky.social Winter Gull Survey this evening, of which I reckon 70 Common Gull were the most notable #WinGS

19.01.2025 21:05 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Colour-ringed Herring Gull I hear you say…

19.01.2025 19:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

An impressive 52 Chiffchaff mist-netted in a couple of hours at one of our west Cornwall sewage works sites this morning. Included just the one Sibe Chiff and a retrap of a bird originally ringed in Hampshire in August.

12.01.2025 17:07 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great numbers, and it’ll be interesting to see where your controls are from

06.01.2025 23:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0