Birds
Above is the ringing report for a colour-ringed waxwing seen in Oxon by Peter Barker and Jason Coppock. Photo below:
- 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 Kittiwake 25/04/11
I haven't got official feedback from BTO or the ringing group for this bird but have some information from Birdforum. It would seem I got the ring combination wrong and mistook a metal ring as a white plastic ring, meaning the bird I saw had the ring...
- Proposed New Oxon Sightings Service
Just to update people: after last night's meeting it has been decided to press ahead with starting up the new service. I'll keep people informed as things progress. Adam Dear fellow bird bloggers, Jason and I are delighted at how successful this...
- Dutchman Hiding Out At Abingdon
Kees Camphuysen has quickly responded to say this LB-back was ringed as an adult male on 28 May 2006 at breeding colony in Texel, on the Dutch coast, 435.1 kms distant. The lack of a metal ring is intentional on birds ringed at this particular colony...
Birds
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 Bayswater Rd, Oxford 4f Jason Coppock 0km Resighting.
Above is the ringing report for a colour-ringed waxwing seen in Oxon by Peter Barker and Jason Coppock. Photo below:
Following an exceptional number of resightings along the south coast earlier in the winter we wondered if the birds would then head across the channel into France . Your resighting, like a few others (see attached map) suggest that most of the birds have turned east and west and back north rather than make another hazardous sea crossing. Unfortunately sightings have reduced greatly as people have seen the bird, got the photo and moved on to other things so I am very pleased to hear from you about this bird.
Raymond Duncan on behalf of Grampian Ringing group.
- 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 Kittiwake 25/04/11
I haven't got official feedback from BTO or the ringing group for this bird but have some information from Birdforum. It would seem I got the ring combination wrong and mistook a metal ring as a white plastic ring, meaning the bird I saw had the ring...
- Proposed New Oxon Sightings Service
Just to update people: after last night's meeting it has been decided to press ahead with starting up the new service. I'll keep people informed as things progress. Adam Dear fellow bird bloggers, Jason and I are delighted at how successful this...
- Dutchman Hiding Out At Abingdon
Kees Camphuysen has quickly responded to say this LB-back was ringed as an adult male on 28 May 2006 at breeding colony in Texel, on the Dutch coast, 435.1 kms distant. The lack of a metal ring is intentional on birds ringed at this particular colony...