March volunteer activity
Sunday 13th March 2023 – White Rock, Rozel, Trinity 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Come and help us manage some scrub on the headland of White Rock, above Rozel. Gorse has started...
View ArticleChough report – January 2023
It’s too early! With all this warm, not so wintery weather, it seems that all the choughs are becoming very attentive to one another. This is good news for pair bonds and for our team … Read more The...
View ArticleCampaign to create Seabird Reserve moves to next stage
A campaign by Birds On The Edge to save the Island’s much loved puffin by the creation of a Seabird Reserve has moved a step closer with the submission of a planning application for a … Read more The...
View ArticleAlmost half of all UK bird species in decline
Bird populations in the U.K. continue to freefall as the government moves further away from achieving its own targets to protect nature From RareBirdAlert Between 2015 and 2020 almost half of all bird...
View ArticleChough report – February 2023
By Charlotte Dean Public sightings The public of Jersey have been giving us lots of sightings of the choughs as they move around the Island which is brilliant. One of the most popular spots the … Read...
View ArticleChough report – March 2023
By Charlotte Dean Ronez Quarry chough activity update As Ronez Quarry provides perfect nesting sites for the choughs, we have a great understanding with the owners in regard to ‘our’ choughs. Our...
View ArticleChough report – April 2023
By Charlotte Dean Easter Monday Many of the breeding pairs were seen collecting wool on the fields and flying in the direction of Ronez Quarry. The younger choughs were also enjoying all the wool...
View ArticleChough report – May 2023
By Charlotte Dean Brand new hatches The chough team have been racing against the (breeding) season, trying to repair the aviary. The large holes that were in the tops of the aviary’s netting are now …...
View ArticleChannel Islands bird list updated
Working list of Channel Islands birds to December 2022 Each year we update the list of all the bird species recorded in the (British) Channel Islands of Jersey (including Les Écréhous and Les...
View ArticleChough report – June 2023
By Charlotte Dean Our sincere apologies for the delays in circulating monthly reports. We hope to start catching up. Wild weather It’s that season again when the chough team make arrangements with...
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