Mya Bambrick on the Nightjar
BTO Young Ornithologist of the Year winner Mya Bambrick remembers monitoring nightjars in her first year at University.
Tweet of the Day for Sunday morning revealing personal and fascinating stories inspired by birds, their calls and encounters. Featuring the up-and-coming young generation of ornithologists, this episode is presented by Mya Bambrick, a council member for Sussex Ornithological Society and winner of the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) Young Ornithologist of the Year Award in 2023.
Back in the summer of 2021 while a first year student at University Mya remembers the joy of studying and monitoring nightjars on Dorset heathlands while the birds had tiny GPS tags added to them.
Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio Wales and West
Studio engineer : Suzy Robins
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