LifeCycle is the magazine of the British and Irish Ringing Scheme and the Nest Record Scheme (NRS), published twice a year, in the spring and autumn. The latest issue is on the LifeCycle home page.
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LifeCycle - Issue 15, Summer 2025
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: Summer 2025
Issue 15 contains articles on monitoring Linnets and nest recording Grasshopper Warblers. It has a guide to ageing and sexing Water Rail and an article explaining why you might have seen more Siskins ...
01.05.25
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LifeCycle - Issue 14, Winter 2024
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: Winter 2024
Issue 14 contains articles on monitoring England's only breeding colony of Goldeneye, researching Shelduck migration, colour ringing Water Pipits, collecting moult data, organising conferences and ...
31.12.24
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LifeCycle - Issue 13, Autumn 2024
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: Autumn 2024
Includes articles on monitoring Kestrels, highlights a Stonechat monitoring project in the New Forest and a Goosander-tagging project in Scotland, and sheds light on some unusual Rock Pipit nest ...
01.11.24
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LifeCycle - Issue 12, Summer 2023
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: 2023
Celebrates 50 years of monitoring at Treswell Wood in Nottinghamshire and introduces a new duck-ringing project. It also contains articles on Redshank and Dunnock nest finding as well as guidance on ...
13.09.23
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LifeCycle - Issue 11, Autumn 2022
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: 2023
Celebrates the anniversaries of the CES and RAS schemes. It includes the results from the 2021 breeding season and contains articles on monitoring Knot, Meadow Pipits, seabirds, Blackcaps, Barnacle ...
25.01.23
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LifeCycle - Issue 10, Spring 2021
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: 2021
Includes the results from the 2020 breeding season as well as articles on catching corvids, nesting in your garden and finding Blackcap nests. It also introduces readers to the wonderful world of flat ...
01.06.21
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LifeCycle - Issue 9, Winter 2020
Author: BTO / Multiple
Published: 2020
Includes the results from the 2019 breeding season. It also features articles on monitoring Moorhen, Crossbills and Twite, creating a nest recording group, and research into the effects of tags used ...
07.12.20
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