Birds
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 the origin of the ring to a national ringing Scheme at the very least. Possibly even get enough of the number/code to ID the actual individual bird/ringing location. This presumably will be the nesting site as I would assume they are mainly ringed as 'pullus' on the nest (cannot imagine many are caught in mist nets!). So is the bird Scottish, Swedish or another ? who knows....
- Bird Ringing Demo Farmoor Res Saturday 25th February
Bird Ringing Demonstration at Farmoor Reservoir - 0800-1130 Saturday 25th February Come and join us to get up close and personal with wild birds as we are joined by The Edward Grey Institute from Oxford University in a bird ringing demonstration at Farmoor...
- 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...
- Ringed Green Sand Still At 1066 - Wednesday 20th
6.45-6.55pm count reached 10 with the ringed bird confirmed as still present. It would help pin this individual bird down if the ace digiscopers out there could get decent pics of the ring colours. We have dark - presumed metal ring on left tarsus, one...
- 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...
- 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
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 the origin of the ring to a national ringing Scheme at the very least. Possibly even get enough of the number/code to ID the actual individual bird/ringing location. This presumably will be the nesting site as I would assume they are mainly ringed as 'pullus' on the nest (cannot imagine many are caught in mist nets!). So is the bird Scottish, Swedish or another ? who knows....
- Bird Ringing Demo Farmoor Res Saturday 25th February
Bird Ringing Demonstration at Farmoor Reservoir - 0800-1130 Saturday 25th February Come and join us to get up close and personal with wild birds as we are joined by The Edward Grey Institute from Oxford University in a bird ringing demonstration at Farmoor...
- 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...
- Ringed Green Sand Still At 1066 - Wednesday 20th
6.45-6.55pm count reached 10 with the ringed bird confirmed as still present. It would help pin this individual bird down if the ace digiscopers out there could get decent pics of the ring colours. We have dark - presumed metal ring on left tarsus, one...
- 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...
- 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...