Founded in 1964, the work of Walney Bird Observatory is funded entirely by membership subscription. Since 1965 it has been an accredited member of the British Trust for Ornithology’s bird observatories network which operates across Britain and Ireland. Bird Observatories are at the forefront of conservation, monitoring bird populations through the medium of census work, daily recording of migrants and ringing.
Kingfisher headlines
15th December 2022 – bright and frosty/calm Offshore A Kingfisher and male Goosander along the eastern shore were presumably frozen out of their normal winter haunts. Miscellaneous Two Merlin and 70 Twite were the best of the rest.
