Hedge hub: your responsibilities and handy guidance
The charity Manx Ornithological Society shares its monthly sightings reports and encourages the public to record wild birds sightings to inform conservation action that creates a better future for birds and people.
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August 2023 sightings
Return migration brings a variety of waders and several Osprey. The August 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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July 2023 sightings
Only the second Isle of Man sighting of a Pectoral Sandpiper, plus a rare Greenshank on the Calf of Man . The July 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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June 2023 sightings
A Grey-headed Wagtail is spotted for the first time and there is the rare sighting of a Roseate Tern. The June 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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May 2023 sightings
The first Arctic Tern of the year at the Point of Ayre, Swifts aplenty and the return of a familiar visitor the Great Skua to the Calf of Man. The May 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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April 2023 sightings
Terns return, Cuckoo are sighted and there’s an early Spotted Flycatcher on the Calf of Man. The April 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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March 2023 sightings
First sightings of the year of the Sandwich Tern and Willow Warbler. The March 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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February 2023 sightings
Water Rail heard, an over-wintering Whimbrel is sighted and the Whooper Swans return. The February 2023 bird sightings report is here.
