Birds
Following recent sightings of colour ringed birds on the res i have had the following info back from the very helpful Grampian Ringing Group.
Bird 1. "HXY". This chick was ringed at the Inverbervie colony on 27 June 2010 and was present on F1 on September 5th 2011.
Bird 2. "PAY". This chick was ringed at the Whinneyfold colony on 17 June 2010 and was present on F1 on April 25th 2011.
1. colour of darvic ring and which leg it is on
2. colour of the lettering on the darvic ring and the sequence of letters
3. presence or otherwise of a ring on the other leg and if possible any inscription
4. time, date, location.
Rather than post the chaps email address on here, if you want it please send me a message and i will forward you his details. Alternatively you could pass any detail onto Matt Prior the Conservation, Access and Recreation manager for Thames Water.
Maybe not as exciting as a White Winged Black Tern but nontheless very interesting and any sightings will add to the knowledge and understanding of this species.
regards
Dave
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Birds
Colour ringed Cormorants at Farmoor
Following recent sightings of colour ringed birds on the res i have had the following info back from the very helpful Grampian Ringing Group.
Bird 1. "HXY". This chick was ringed at the Inverbervie colony on 27 June 2010 and was present on F1 on September 5th 2011.
Bird 2. "PAY". This chick was ringed at the Whinneyfold colony on 17 June 2010 and was present on F1 on April 25th 2011.
To give some idea of the distance travelled, Inverbervie is about 25 miles south of Aberdeen, and approx 480 miles north of Farmoor.
Farmoor has a history of cormorants from NE Scotland, in December 2005 a 6 month old bird was found dead, and in January this year another 6 month old bird was found dead. Thankfully the latest 2 birds have made it through their first winter and looked in good condition.
If you see any cormorants that are ringed the following info is useful:1. colour of darvic ring and which leg it is on
2. colour of the lettering on the darvic ring and the sequence of letters
3. presence or otherwise of a ring on the other leg and if possible any inscription
4. time, date, location.
Rather than post the chaps email address on here, if you want it please send me a message and i will forward you his details. Alternatively you could pass any detail onto Matt Prior the Conservation, Access and Recreation manager for Thames Water.
Maybe not as exciting as a White Winged Black Tern but nontheless very interesting and any sightings will add to the knowledge and understanding of this species.
regards
Dave
- Didcot Landfill Caspian Gull 27th February
I've received the details of the colour-ringed Caspian Gull seen at Didcot on Saturday: It was ringed as a nestling at Paczkow in south-west Poland on 25th May 2012 making the bird a 4th winter. It was seen in Norfolk when it was 50 days old (14th...
- December Highlights
Iceland Gull by Andy Last Once again the concrete basin took most of the limelight this month and once again it involved a pelagic county mega; also a potential first for Britain but only a second for Oxon stopped off at nearby Stanton...
- Colour Ringed Sanderling At Farmoor
This Sanderling was on the causeway this morning. The unique combination of colour rings has enabled the bird to be traced back to its original ringing date when it was ringed as a nesting female at Zackenberg in northern Greenland on 8th July 2011 as...
- Ringed Black-necked Grebe - The Challenge
One of the Farmoor Res male birds has a large bright metal ring on its right leg. When it preens or dives the ring becomes visible. I am sure that the numerous Photographers might already have or be able to obtain enough of a freeze frame picture to ID...
- Colour-ringed Waxwing Report
Colours: LRB Ring NW49487 Date Location Age/sex Obs Dist dir Notes 27/11/10 Aberdeen 4f LC/RD/JL/EW 21/12/10 Taunton 4f Hyrax 685km SSW Resighting 03/03/11 Bayswater Rd, Oxford 4f Peter Barker 152km NE Resighting. 05/03/11...