 Kittiwakes - Maughold - June 2008. Photo: Pat Cullen Welcome to Manx BirdLife’s website. Manx BirdLife is a charity based in Laxey in the Isle of Man. It works to conserve the Isle of Man’s wild birds and their habitats through advocacy and by raising public awareness of conservation issues. We base our work on sound scientific research and actively seek partnerships to better achieve conservation goals.
To send us any observations of birds on the Isle of Man, please click on the ‘Your Sightings’ box on the right of this page.
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For full details of the week’s sightings, please click here. They can also be seen by clicking on ‘RECENT REPORTS’ at the top of the screen, go down to ‘April’, then clicking on ‘28th’.
9 additional species were reported to Manx BirdLife this week, for the first time this year: Little Tern, Barn Owl, Hoopoe, Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat and Raven. The total number of species reported so far this year is now 153. See here for full details. If you see a species that has not yet been reported this year, please do tell us about it using the usual form.
Observations from the Calf of Man for week ending 28th April are available here.
Thank you to everyone who has sent in their observations and photographs. Please continue to send in your observations and photographs using this form.
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Goldfinches – Ballafesson, Port Erin – 22 04 2013. Photo: Melvyn Costello
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Linnet – Ballaghennie – 27 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Kestrel – The Ayres – 25 04 2013. Photo: Fred Hodgson
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Whimbrel – Strandhall – 25 04 2013. Photo: Michael and Pauline Howland
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Whimbrel – Langness – 28 04 2013. Photo: Wendy Gawne
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Redpoll – Glen Vine – 22 04 2013. Photo: Michael and Pauline Howland
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Skylark – Ballaghennie – 26 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Male Blackcap – Switchback Road, Peel – 27 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Wheatear – Jurby Beach – 27 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Meadow Pipit – Ballaghennie – 27 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Willow Warbler – Jurby Beach – 27 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Meadow Pipit – Smeale – 27 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Meadow Pipit – Smeale – 27 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Gannet – Point of Ayre – 27 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Blue-headed Wagtail – Glascoe flood field – 28 04 2013. Photo: Brian Liggins
For full details of the week’s sightings, please click here. They can also be seen by clicking on ‘RECENT REPORTS’ at the top of the screen, go down to ‘April’, then clicking on ‘21st’.
4 additional species were reported to Manx BirdLife this week, for the first time this year: Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Puffin and Swift. The total number of species reported so far this year is now 144. See here for full details. If you see a species that has not yet been reported this year, please do tell us about it using the usual form.
Observations from the Calf of Man for week ending 21st April are available here.
Thank you to everyone who has sent in their observations and photographs. Please continue to send in your observations and photographs using this form.
We have had a tremendous number of photos sent in over the past week. To keep the page size manageable, the photos have been added to a ‘gallery’ – the same style as is used in the Birds of the Isle of Man Gallery on this website.
For full details of the week’s sightings, please click here. They can also be seen by clicking on ‘RECENT REPORTS’ at the top of the screen, go down to ‘April’, then clicking on ‘14th’.
8 additional species were reported to Manx BirdLife this week, for the first time this year: Ruddy Shelduck, Whimbrel, Artic Skua, Arctic Tern, Sand Martin, House Martin, Willow Warbler and Rook. The total number of species reported so far this year is now 140. See here for full details. If you see a species that has not yet been reported this year, please do tell us about it using the usual form. Of the new species, Rook is a very common resident on the Island; Ruddy Shelduck is an interesting report – these birds may be introduced, or possibly escapes from a collection or their offspring but they are now fairly widespread elsewhere in the British Isles; the remaining new species are all migrants and are a sign that (hopefully) spring is really here at last.
Observations from the Calf of Man for week ending 14th April are available here.
Thank you to everyone who has sent in their observations and photographs. Please continue to send in your observations and photographs using this form.
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Female and male Wheatears – field near Sea Lion Rocks, Groudle – 09 04 2013. Photo: Mick Hawkes
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Male Wheatear – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Male Wheatear – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Male Wheatear – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Male Wheatear – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Male Wheatear – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Siskins – Surby – 13 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Siskin – Surby – 13 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Male Shelduck – Bride – 13 04 2013. Photo: Stephen Nash
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Red-legged Partridge – Dog Mills – 08 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Purple Sandpipers – below Howstrake – 10 04 2013. Photo: Mick Hawkes
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Male Pied Wagtail – Peel – 11 04 2013. Photo: Phil Boothby
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Peregrine – Ballaugh Cronk – 08 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Osprey – Ballaragh back-road – 12 04 2013. Photo: Dave Corkish
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Manx Shearwater – Point of Ayre – 12 04 2013. Photo: Bill Callow
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Male Lesser Redpoll – Surby – 13 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Female Lesser Redpoll and Goldfinch – Surby – 13 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Kestrel with Common Lizard – Smeale – 16 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Male House Sparrow – Reayrt Aalin, Peel – 08 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Male Hen Harrier – Sulby – 09 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Male Hen Harrier – Sulby – 09 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Grey Heron – Ballaugh Cronk – 09 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Goldfinch – Ballaugh Cronk – 09 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Goldcrest – near Lhen Coan – 09 04 2013. Photo: Mick Hawkes
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Cormorant – St Mary’s Meadow, Ballaugh – 13 04 2013. Photo: Eddie Brew
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Coots – Ballaugh – 12 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Chiffchaff – Ballachurry Wetlands Reserve, Rushen – 08 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Brambling with Chaffinches – Surby – 09 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Male Blackcap – Surby – 13 04 2013. Photo: Sheila Norris
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Male Blackcap – Greeba Bridge – 08 04 2013. Photo: Paul O’Donnell
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Female Blackcap – Glen Vine – 11 04 2013. Photo: Michael & Pauline Howland
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Barnacle Goose with domestic goose – Derbyhaven Bay – 08 03 2013. Photo: Carl Hadfield
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Arctic Tern – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Arctic Tern – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Arctic Tern – Point of Ayre – 14 04 2013. Photo: John Donnelly
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Osprey – Ballaghennie – 11 04 2013. Photo: Brian Liggins
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Osprey – Ballaghennie – 11 04 2013. Photo: Brian Liggins
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Osprey – Ballaragh back-road – 12 04 2013. Photo: Dave Corkish
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