1,562 records received during April Significant data from Madagascar Total records in ARDB now 164,988 Observers continued to be busy during April sending in a total of 1562 records to the data bank, raising the ARDB tally from 163,130 to 164,988 observations; almost…
We recently installed a bird feeding station at ARDB HQ and have attracted some great bird life! Goldfinch (second image) have been enjoying the sunflower hearts, whilst Great spotted woodpeckers prefer the peanuts – both images show male birds identified by the red patch…
Last weekend ARDB team member Lou Luddington kayaked over to Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire and had a blissful afternoon enjoying the island wildlife. Wonderful sightings were had of some of the 25,000 Atlantic puffins that visit the island to breed at this time of year…
We put up a nest box at habitat INFO and invited the local barn owls and a pair of tawnies took up residence. Every night we’ve been listening to their calls and last week this little baby owl peeked its head out to take…
Contributions to the ARDB were less for March but still steady with 1496 records added raising the data bank tally from 161,634 to 163,130 observations. Stratton Hatfield and Shiv Kapila along with Jai Kapila provided 40 % of this month’s observations (602) from…
2,833 records received during February Historic records of Egyptian Vulture sightings added Total records in ARDB now 161,634 Contribution to the ARDB continued at a steady rate through February with 2833 records added raising the data bank tally from 158,801 to 161,634 observations. Ronelle…
The ARDB got off to an amazing start in 2017 with 6050 records added in January raising the data bank tally from 152,739 to 158,801 observations We have a new helper at the ARDB, Dr Lou Luddington who is able to come in and…
1,394 records were added in December taking the data bank tally from 151,329 to 152,723 observations. Click on the image for a high resolution map: We thought you might like to see some of the characters involved with the ARDB project; one who…
November proved to be a prolific month with 6,733 records added taking the data bank tally from 144,671 to 151,329 observations. click on the image for a high resolution map: Highlights this month included more than 2,500 historical and recent observations from Volker Salewski…
‘Junior’ the buzzard went back to the wild yesterday so he could take advantage of late summer. He has spent nearly two years in rehab at Habitat Info and has recovered really well after his op to fix his wing. Still holds it a…
1,878 records received during January First significant data received for North Africa (Tunisia) Total records in the ARDB now stands at 105,890 9,829 kilometres travelled over 14.4 days in Android app’s survey mode A great month with more records than ever received via the…
What a year 2014 has been! We’ve seen the database nearly double in size, the launch of an offline Android app, the ARDB receive its own ‘branding’ and the beginning of the species distribution modelling stage! The full annual review can be downloaded here….
1,081 records received during December Total records in the ARDB now stands at 102,971 4,253 kilometers traveled over 6.7 days in Android app’s survey mode Quieter on the spread sheets but the app takes another leap forwards… Since our last update for the month…
100,000 record milestone! 1,201 records received bringing the total to 101,938! 724 records received via Android app 3,325 kilometres travelled over 124 hours in Android app’s survey mode Rare find in Botswana! More data in via African Raptor Observations and a rare find in…
Database grows by 2,314 to 97,945 records with 1,015 received via Android app 6,786 kilometres travelled over 162 hours in the app’s survey mode First helicopter and focused nest survey data received More data in via African Raptor Observations and our first helicopter survey…
habitat INFO ran the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 5th October 2014, raising money for the NSPCC and Wales Air Ambulance! After weeks of training we arrived at the start line for what was to be a couple of hours of pain, more pain…
Database grows by 1,536 to 95,554 records with 772 received via Android app 2,922 kilometres travelled over 77 hours in the app’s survey mode Huge boost in uptake of the app following BirdLife SA’s African Birdlife magazine article Rick Watson’s Bateleur data for Kruger NP…
Database leaps by 24,702 to 90,999 records 331 records received via African Raptor Observations app 2,682 kilometres travelled over 55 hours in the app’s survey mode A call for help with Cassin’s Hawk Eagle records This month has seen the highest number of records…
Darcy Ogada and the ARDB are trying to get all the existing Cassin’s Hawk Eagle records into the ARDB for a small project we are working on. We currently (3/9/2014) have 80 records; 45 recent and 35 historic (Snow Atlas). We’d appreciate your help in adding any…
Database reaches 67,683 records (3696 records received during July) 1st operational month for Android app (546 records received) 1st data received for Madagascar A milestone month for the ARDB in more ways than one! We’ve received a tremendous 3696 records which includes 546 from…