Gower Chough
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Wrote a few words on our @gowerchough.bsky.social survey this summer - mikeshewring.substack.com/p/gower-gold
Gower Gold
Red-billed Choughs on Gower's Cliffs
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January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Wrote a few words on our @gowerchough.bsky.social survey this summer - mikeshewring.substack.com/p/gower-gold
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Deliberately went early to an event today so that I could sit in one of my favourite woodlands for an hour and drink in the sounds of April. Rewarded with my first Pied Flycatcher and Redstart of the year. #BirdingWales
Coed Ganllwyd, Meirionnydd, a @nationaltrust.org.uk treasure.
Coed Ganllwyd, Meirionnydd, a @nationaltrust.org.uk treasure.
April 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Deliberately went early to an event today so that I could sit in one of my favourite woodlands for an hour and drink in the sounds of April. Rewarded with my first Pied Flycatcher and Redstart of the year. #BirdingWales
Coed Ganllwyd, Meirionnydd, a @nationaltrust.org.uk treasure.
Coed Ganllwyd, Meirionnydd, a @nationaltrust.org.uk treasure.
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Longevity record is now 25 years and 11 days held by a Chough on Anglesey (and also probably the oldest ringed passerine in Europe!). See 2023 ringing report in @birdsinwales.bsky.social report by @lee00barber.bsky.social.
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Longevity record is now 25 years and 11 days held by a Chough on Anglesey (and also probably the oldest ringed passerine in Europe!). See 2023 ringing report in @birdsinwales.bsky.social report by @lee00barber.bsky.social.
He’s doing well for a Chough - average life expectancy is 7yrs. But he still has away to go to catch up with the longevity record 23yrs 11d (set in 2019) 🤯. Set by a female on the Ceredigion coast (I think?).
Lots more cool info on choughs @btobirds.bsky.social here www.bto.org/understandin...
Lots more cool info on choughs @btobirds.bsky.social here www.bto.org/understandin...
Chough
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April 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
He’s doing well for a Chough - average life expectancy is 7yrs. But he still has away to go to catch up with the longevity record 23yrs 11d (set in 2019) 🤯. Set by a female on the Ceredigion coast (I think?).
Lots more cool info on choughs @btobirds.bsky.social here www.bto.org/understandin...
Lots more cool info on choughs @btobirds.bsky.social here www.bto.org/understandin...
only probably as he has lost a couple of the original colour rings in 10 years. He has been sighted a couple of times over this period, most recently in 2021 at Rhossili. It’s lovely to know he’s still going.
On the -ve side @bootlegbryos.bsky.social told me today he was only 5 when I ringed him🤯
On the -ve side @bootlegbryos.bsky.social told me today he was only 5 when I ringed him🤯
April 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
only probably as he has lost a couple of the original colour rings in 10 years. He has been sighted a couple of times over this period, most recently in 2021 at Rhossili. It’s lovely to know he’s still going.
On the -ve side @bootlegbryos.bsky.social told me today he was only 5 when I ringed him🤯
On the -ve side @bootlegbryos.bsky.social told me today he was only 5 when I ringed him🤯
The colour ringed Red-billed chough in this photo is probably one I ringed as a chick at a site near Mewslade bay on the Gower in 2015.
This photo was taken yesterday at its birth site. And it looks likely that it’s breeding back at this site with an unringed female.
This photo was taken yesterday at its birth site. And it looks likely that it’s breeding back at this site with an unringed female.
April 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The colour ringed Red-billed chough in this photo is probably one I ringed as a chick at a site near Mewslade bay on the Gower in 2015.
This photo was taken yesterday at its birth site. And it looks likely that it’s breeding back at this site with an unringed female.
This photo was taken yesterday at its birth site. And it looks likely that it’s breeding back at this site with an unringed female.
Photo by @eryrgwynecology.bsky.social
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eryrgwynecology.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Photo by @eryrgwynecology.bsky.social
Dotted Beefly (we think?) spotted on the Gower Cliffs yesterday during a Red-billed Chough survey.
April 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Dotted Beefly (we think?) spotted on the Gower Cliffs yesterday during a Red-billed Chough survey.
Pair of Red-billed Chough over Fall bay Gower.
April 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Pair of Red-billed Chough over Fall bay Gower.
Few images from the Rhossili stretch.
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Few images from the Rhossili stretch.
First few days of surveying for the team along the South Gower Cliffs. Lots to see and even some Chough. First nest site confirmed as well!
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
First few days of surveying for the team along the South Gower Cliffs. Lots to see and even some Chough. First nest site confirmed as well!
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Natur Cymru is delighted to have joined Bluesky. We post about our biannual magazine, wildlife in Wales, and all things to do with Welsh conservation. Follow us to hear more!
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Natur Cymru is delighted to have joined Bluesky. We post about our biannual magazine, wildlife in Wales, and all things to do with Welsh conservation. Follow us to hear more!
