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Weve met so many lovely people through working at the Obs and its been a privilege to contribute to the significant ornithological work carried out on Fair Isle. A really good comprehensive count of the Brent was achieved today bringing the total to 337 birds including 3 colour ringed individuals. It is run by a team of dedicated enthusiastic volunteers whose aims include studying bird populations and and recording migration.
There are often ways that you can get involved in research that happens at the observatory such as Global Flyway NetworksGFN Dry Season Cannon Netting and the annual Australasian Waders Study Group AWSG Northwest Expedition.
The habitats at the station include fallow fields hedgerows early successional shrubscrub second-growth woodlands. There are often ways that you can get involved in research that happens at the observatory such as Global Flyway NetworksGFN Dry Season Cannon Netting and the annual Australasian Waders Study Group AWSG Northwest Expedition. Most bird observatories are small operations with a limited staff many volunteers and a not-for-profit educational status. Located on the upper eastern shore 3 miles northeast of Chestertown MD we are in a rural area.