Read the story of Whooper Swan 'XLJ' in this illustrated article

The 2020 report from the Clyde Ringing Group is now available to read. 2020 was a year like no other and the report shares a summary of the year, its highs and lows, record and ground breaking ringing totals and a summary of the best recoveries.

Back in April 2021, Judith Chapman began to enter her wildlife sightings in Bird Track. Then, earlier this month, on receiving her personalised version of Bird Track's 2021 summary stats email, it inspired Judith and her husband John to look back at their own observations from their top ranking site, the Blane Valley. You can read their write up of what they saw - Judith's drawings and John's photographs illustrate what is an excellent example of the magic of regularly visiting a local patch and keeping records of what you see from month to month.  

The bird species that breed or overwinter in the UK have been assessed against a set of objective criteria and placed on the Green, Amber or Red lists to indicate an increasing level of conservation concern.   At 70 species, the Red list is now longer than ever before, and is almost double the length of that in the first review in 1996. Read the summary leaflet.  The full report is referenced at the end of the leaflet