IBOC II material now available
At IBOC II in Cape May, one item on the agenda was breakout discussions in a smaller format. Now results from two of those discussions have been made available as seen below.
- Sustaining a bird observatory over the long term, moderated by Erica Dunn and Jay Carlisle
- The future of IBOC, moderated by Alan Fish and Luke George
These two documents will be excellent starting points for yet more discussions during IBOC III. The first, Sustaining a bird observatory over the long term, is in itself valuable to all, regardless of IBOC III participation.
Member news
This section shows news from members that regularly produce news (a "blog") and make these news available to others through a RSS feed. Many standard tools such as Wordpress do this out of the box.
Through birdobservatories.com's news aggregation functionality, your observatory blog will have a potential world-wide spot-on audience. An awesome recovery will be awed by all, no matter where the the bird was caught and found again!
A final, party overlapping reason for sharing all these news, is of course to create a (during season) regularly updated content for this site, making it an interesting stop-over for all being interesting in "bird observatorying".
-
Dungeness 15th Feb
Feb 15, 2026 | 00:00 amA blustery and wet day made coverage on the land impossible, however in just under two hours of seawatching during the morning a decent total of birds were recorded. A Velvet Scoter flew west however nearly all of the passage was east bound with 70 Kittiwakes, a Mediterranean Gull, 693 Red-throated Divers, 10 Fulmars plus another two east and 383 Gannets.
Read more... -
Dungeness 13th Feb
Feb 14, 2026 | 00:00 amVery quiet. Two Mediterranean Gulls and 90 Red-throated Divers were seen offshore and two Snipe were found at the Long Pits.Two Porpoises were feeding offshore.
Read more... -
Dungeness 14th Feb
Feb 14, 2026 | 00:00 amThree Mediterranean Gulls were the only birds of note.Elsewhere, the drake American Wigeon was seen again at Scotney.
Read more... -
Bruce Peninsula bird observatoryA New Proposed Plan for Cabot Head Road!!
Feb 14, 2026 | 00:00 amPosted by the BPBO Board, February 13, 2026 As most of you know, since major storm damage in 2019–2020, Cabot Head Road has remained closed to public access. This situation has greatly affected our ability to welcome our members and the public to come visit our site for open houses and special migration events as in years past. Recently, […]
The post A New Proposed Plan for Cabot Head Road!! appeared first on Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory.
Read more... -
Dungeness 11th Feb
Feb 14, 2026 | 00:00 am
Read more...
A brighter morning and a check of the land produced four Shovelers on the Long Pits, a Snipe and two Chiffchaffs of note. The morning seawatch was slow-going with just 161 Brent Geese and two Wigeon of interest.Two Porpoise and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.The drake American Wigeon had moved back to Scotney.American Wigeon Mareca americanadrakeScotney11th February 2026 -
Dungeness 12th Feb
Feb 14, 2026 | 00:00 am
Read more...
Very quiet again with just two Mediterranean Gulls and 90 Red-throated Divers passing offshore although the feeding frenzy of 3000+ Cormorants was an impressive sight.Cormorants Phalacrocorax carboDungeness12th February 2026Just a small part of the feeding frenzy offshore this morning.Two Porpoises and two Grey Seals were also feeding offshore. -
Dungeness 8th Feb
Feb 13, 2026 | 00:00 amThe morning seawatch produced 44 Brent Geese, two Red-breasted Mergansers, 78 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, 23 Mediterranean Gulls and 863 Red-throated Divers while a Jack Snipe, seven Snipe, two Firecrests and three Song Thrushes were of note on the land.Two Grey Seals were seen offshore.After going missing yesterday, the drake American Wigeon was seen again at Scotney.
Read more... -
Dungeness 9th Feb
Feb 13, 2026 | 00:00 am
Read more...
A miserable morning restricted observations to the sea again with 2.25hrs of coverage produced 142 Brent Geese, a Pintail, 34 Dunlins, 75 Kittiwakes, 16 Little Gulls, three Mediterranean Gulls, a first-winter Caspian Gull, 763 Guillemots (+200on) and six Fulmars.Caspian Gull Larus cachinnansfirst-winterDungeness9th February 2026Two Porpoises and two Grey Seals were feeding offshore.The drake American Wigeon was relocated at ARC and was giving better views.American Wigeon Mareca americanadrakeARC, RSPB Reserve9th February 2026 -
Dungeness 10th Feb
Feb 13, 2026 | 00:00 amA very quiet day with just 75 Brent Geese, 80 Kittiwakes, a Little Gull, 110 Razorbills and 286 Red-throated Divers of note.
Read more... -
Dungeness 3rd Feb
Feb 10, 2026 | 00:00 amThe miserable weather continues. Seawatching produced a Little Gull, a Mediterranean Gull, a Caspian Gull, 1620 Guillemots, 1800 Razorbills and 577 Red-throated Divers.Of interest, we received details of a Sedge Warbler ringed by us on 6th August 2025 and retrapped at Reserve du Massereau, Frossay, Loire-Atlantique, France on 14th August 2025. A distance of 458km SSW covered in eight days.A Porpoise and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.
Read more... -
Dungeness 4th Feb
Feb 10, 2026 | 00:00 amA brighter day but very little to be seen. A Snipe and a Chiffchaff were seen on the land and singles of Little and Mediterranean Gulls were seen offshore.Of interest, we received details of a Lesser Redpoll ringed by us on 7th October 2025 and retrapped at Les Cind Tailles, La Neuville, Nord, France on 8th November. A distance of 154km ESE overed in 32 days.Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore and a Brown Hare was seen on the land.
Read more... -
Dungeness 5th Feb
Feb 10, 2026 | 00:00 amA return to dismal weather and little to be seen. Seawatching produced just 121 Red-throated Divers and four Fulmars of interest.Two Porpoises and a Grey Seal were feeding offshore.
Read more... -
Dungeness 6th Feb
Feb 10, 2026 | 00:00 amThe wet weather continues and limited observations to a bit of seawatching which produced 236 Kittiwakes, five Little Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, 350 Red-throated Divers and a Marsh Harrier.Elsewhere, drake American Wigeon was found at Scotney Pit although it proved elusive among the large numbers of Eurasian Wigeon and difficult viewing conditions. This is only the second Dungeness record with the first being on Burrowes Pit, RSPB between Apr.24th and 28th 1999.
Read more... -
Dungeness 7th Feb
Feb 10, 2026 | 00:00 amLimited coverage with nothing of note to report.There was no sign of the American Wigeon at Scotney.
Read more...