Bill Haines (West London Birding)
@bh-wlbirding.bsky.social
Ringer, birder, moth-er and occasional noc-migger. Runs West London Birding, a a sole-trader ornithological consultancy based in Ealing, London
Stoked to have controlled this #Firecrest in the 'wild' area of @londonzoo.bsky.social. It had been ringed at @landguardbo.bsky.social in October and is almost certainly a continental migrant. It is one of only ~6 Firecrests that have travelled over 100km in the UK #Londonbirds #birdinging #BTO
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Stoked to have controlled this #Firecrest in the 'wild' area of @londonzoo.bsky.social. It had been ringed at @landguardbo.bsky.social in October and is almost certainly a continental migrant. It is one of only ~6 Firecrests that have travelled over 100km in the UK #Londonbirds #birdinging #BTO
#cootstudy Anyone know who has used colour-ring WN(NDV)? It was in The Regent’s Park in London today. If so can you send me the metal ring number. Thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#cootstudy Anyone know who has used colour-ring WN(NDV)? It was in The Regent’s Park in London today. If so can you send me the metal ring number. Thank you.
Really excited with my first ever Vestal in my garden moth trap in west London last night 😀. #teammoth #londonmoths #mothsmatter
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Really excited with my first ever Vestal in my garden moth trap in west London last night 😀. #teammoth #londonmoths #mothsmatter
Reposted by Bill Haines (West London Birding)
I've been updating our collaborative #CootStudy database. I started the study 17 years ago & thanks to a network of bird ringers across Britain & Ireland we've now colour-marked 4,400 Coot & received over 13,000 re-sightings. Pretty cool for a bird you hardly see in flight! #Ornithology #BirdRinging
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've been updating our collaborative #CootStudy database. I started the study 17 years ago & thanks to a network of bird ringers across Britain & Ireland we've now colour-marked 4,400 Coot & received over 13,000 re-sightings. Pretty cool for a bird you hardly see in flight! #Ornithology #BirdRinging
An excellent start to the 2025-26 season of the waterbird monitoring project for @theroyalparks.bsky.social yesterday with 22 birds of 7 species captured and ringed under licence, incuding individuals for both #cootstudy & #NMP #birdringing #londonbirds
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
An excellent start to the 2025-26 season of the waterbird monitoring project for @theroyalparks.bsky.social yesterday with 22 birds of 7 species captured and ringed under licence, incuding individuals for both #cootstudy & #NMP #birdringing #londonbirds
A leucistic drake Common Pochard in the Colne Valley today for those of you who like that sort of thing.
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A leucistic drake Common Pochard in the Colne Valley today for those of you who like that sort of thing.
Following on from an earlier posts about 'blue 2369', this is a great example of the same staging site being used pre- & post-breeding by one of the c/r Black-headed Gulls we ringed @theroyalparks.bsky.social last winter. Safe trip back to London! 📷Maarten Hotting. #londonbirds #gulls #birdringing
July 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Following on from an earlier posts about 'blue 2369', this is a great example of the same staging site being used pre- & post-breeding by one of the c/r Black-headed Gulls we ringed @theroyalparks.bsky.social last winter. Safe trip back to London! 📷Maarten Hotting. #londonbirds #gulls #birdringing
Interesting c/r gull sightings from @theroyalparks.bsky.social waterbird project seem to be like buses. Here's #Blackheadedgull blue 2356 looking very smart in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation on 14/05/2025, 2116km E of #TheRoundPond (where she was ringed in November 2024). 📸Mariia Azbeleva
May 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interesting c/r gull sightings from @theroyalparks.bsky.social waterbird project seem to be like buses. Here's #Blackheadedgull blue 2356 looking very smart in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation on 14/05/2025, 2116km E of #TheRoundPond (where she was ringed in November 2024). 📸Mariia Azbeleva
A first for @theroyalparks.bsky.social waterbird monitoring project. One of our #blackheadedgulls (blue 2369 -ringed in December '24) was recorded on a camera trap! And even better is that it was on a small island in the Ijsselmeer (Netherlands). 📸courtesy of @maartenhotting.bsky.social.
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May 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A first for @theroyalparks.bsky.social waterbird monitoring project. One of our #blackheadedgulls (blue 2369 -ringed in December '24) was recorded on a camera trap! And even better is that it was on a small island in the Ijsselmeer (Netherlands). 📸courtesy of @maartenhotting.bsky.social.
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Our first 'customer' for CES Ringing 2025, Reed Bunting ABJ5611. She was ringed as a juvenile in June 2021 so is nearly 4 years old. #CES #birdringing #birdbanding #londonbirds
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our first 'customer' for CES Ringing 2025, Reed Bunting ABJ5611. She was ringed as a juvenile in June 2021 so is nearly 4 years old. #CES #birdringing #birdbanding #londonbirds
Always nice to get a White Ermine in the moth trap, especially such a fresh one early in the season, even if it is hiding its right antenna. #moths #mothsmatter #londonmoths
April 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Always nice to get a White Ermine in the moth trap, especially such a fresh one early in the season, even if it is hiding its right antenna. #moths #mothsmatter #londonmoths
Proud parents U416 ♂️ & U580 ♀️ (ringed under licence as part of @theroyalparks.bsky.social Waterbird Montoring Project) with their new family. One of a number of pairs of #GreylagGeese seen with young in #TheRegentsPark today. #ringing #colourringing #Londonbirds #geese
April 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Proud parents U416 ♂️ & U580 ♀️ (ringed under licence as part of @theroyalparks.bsky.social Waterbird Montoring Project) with their new family. One of a number of pairs of #GreylagGeese seen with young in #TheRegentsPark today. #ringing #colourringing #Londonbirds #geese
Caught and colour-ringed our last 4 #blackheadedgulls of the ‘24/25 season today in @theroyalparks including this smart lady. Safe travels guys and gulls (pun intended)
March 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Caught and colour-ringed our last 4 #blackheadedgulls of the ‘24/25 season today in @theroyalparks including this smart lady. Safe travels guys and gulls (pun intended)
With spring seemingly arriving many of @theroyalparks.bsky.social #Blackheadedgulls are thinking about, or already have left for their breeding grounds in continental Euope/Fennoscandia. Our #colour-marked birds have been seen this week in Southend and the Issjelmeer in the Netherlands. #migration
March 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
With spring seemingly arriving many of @theroyalparks.bsky.social #Blackheadedgulls are thinking about, or already have left for their breeding grounds in continental Euope/Fennoscandia. Our #colour-marked birds have been seen this week in Southend and the Issjelmeer in the Netherlands. #migration
Wisdom (the world's oldest known bird) has done it again! friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-preva... 📸Dan Rapp (USFWS)
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Wisdom (the world's oldest known bird) has done it again! friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-preva... 📸Dan Rapp (USFWS)
Definitely quality over quantity at this morning's ringing session in #HydePark @theroyalparks.bsky.social. 14 birds captured including Pochard and Gadwall as well as the more frequently captured Coot, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan and Greylag Goose @birdingtothemax.bsky.social @NJ_Burnham #ringing
February 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Definitely quality over quantity at this morning's ringing session in #HydePark @theroyalparks.bsky.social. 14 birds captured including Pochard and Gadwall as well as the more frequently captured Coot, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan and Greylag Goose @birdingtothemax.bsky.social @NJ_Burnham #ringing
Every year, without fail on #BigGardenBirdwatch weekend all our ‘regular’ birds do a bunk. It’s as if they know😂. Anyone else noticed this phenomenon? …… 🧵 1/2
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Every year, without fail on #BigGardenBirdwatch weekend all our ‘regular’ birds do a bunk. It’s as if they know😂. Anyone else noticed this phenomenon? …… 🧵 1/2
Great work at #TheRegentsPark by @magnusphotog.bsky.social today who managed to ring-read the #Shelduck that we ringed at #StJamessPark in Jan 2023 (and was also resighted there in Jan 2024). Wonder where it goes during the summer? @theroyalparks.bsky.social #birdringing #londonbirds
January 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Great work at #TheRegentsPark by @magnusphotog.bsky.social today who managed to ring-read the #Shelduck that we ringed at #StJamessPark in Jan 2023 (and was also resighted there in Jan 2024). Wonder where it goes during the summer? @theroyalparks.bsky.social #birdringing #londonbirds
Nice rapid movement of one of our @theroyalparks.bsky.social colour-marked #blackheadedgulls. Taking just 7 days from N. Poland to London presumably as a result of the onset of colder weather on the continent and at an average of ca.170km per day. #Londonbirds #ringing
January 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Nice rapid movement of one of our @theroyalparks.bsky.social colour-marked #blackheadedgulls. Taking just 7 days from N. Poland to London presumably as a result of the onset of colder weather on the continent and at an average of ca.170km per day. #Londonbirds #ringing