Friday, 1 March 2013
Wader/Tern Recoveries and Controls
Possibly a little radiation is no bad thing? See below
Ringed Plover Annan Scotland Bardsea Cumbria 8
Oystercatcher Sellafield Cumbria Seascale Cumbria 18
Ringed Plover Betenti Senegal Bardsea Cumbria 8
Bar-tailed Allonby Cumbria Wainfleet Lincolnshire 10
L B B Gull Pitsea Essex Barrow Cumbria 2
Little Tern Foulney Cumbria Rue Pt . Isle of Man 2
Artic Tern Foulney Cumbria Foulney Cumbria 4
Artic Tern Rhosneigr Wales Foulney Cumbria 14
Artic Tern Foulney Cumbria Gambia 53 days
WADER AND TERN RECOVERIES
These were reported to the group last year.
SPECIE RINGED REC/CONTROL YEARSRinged Plover Annan Scotland Bardsea Cumbria 8
Oystercatcher Sellafield Cumbria Seascale Cumbria 18
Ringed Plover Betenti Senegal Bardsea Cumbria 8
Bar-tailed Allonby Cumbria Wainfleet Lincolnshire 10
L B B Gull Pitsea Essex Barrow Cumbria 2
Little Tern Foulney Cumbria Rue Pt . Isle of Man 2
Artic Tern Foulney Cumbria Foulney Cumbria 4
Artic Tern Rhosneigr Wales Foulney Cumbria 14
Artic Tern Foulney Cumbria Gambia 53 days
Non-Stick Mist Net Pole Joint.
The first connecton between the pole that is pushed into the ground and the next standard pole often sticks because I tend to push one in to the ground with the other. The plain end rides over the swaged end. My solution is simply to hacksaw 6 mm off the plain end of a standard pole and push it onto the swaged taper. It is not advisable to do this with the remaining poles as they will slip out when raising the net. If on occasion you need to temporarily lower a net the fact that this lower joint comes apart easily is of some advantage. I hope this stops people having to lower their back seats in order to transport their poles.
Ken Hindmarch
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Recent Dunlin Recoveries and Controls
RECENT DUNLIN RECOVERIES AND CONTROLS
Although other people were involved outside of our unofficial ringing group it has been decided to publish these and other Wader recoveries on our blog where some of our team has been involved. Distances and direction of travel have been omitted where time is greater than 50 days. The time referred to below is the approximate date between the two handling occurrences in years.SPECIE RING NO RINGED CONTROLLED TIME
Calidris alpina SB49705 Moeze France Bardsea ,Cumbria 3
Calidris schinzii NT48863 Bardsea ,Cumbria Leverton,Lincolnshire 8
Dunlin NR93148 Tummerhill,Cumbria Snettisham,Norfolk 13
Dunlin NS18903 Tummerhill,Cumbria Terrington,Lincolnshire 9
Dunlin NS18942 Tummerhill,Cumbria Holbeach,Lincolnshire 9
Watch this space more to follow. Please note this is not a response to the latest omissions in Ringing and Migration.
Labels: Various
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
2012 Ringing Totals
Full grown Pulli RecoveriesRetraps Total
Sparrowhawk 2 0 0 2
Peregrine 0 2 0 2
Woodcock 1 0 0 1
Tawny Owl 0 2 0 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 0 4 9
Tree Pipit 3 0 0 3
Meadow Pipit 23 0 0 23
Wren 42 0 10 52
Dunnock 74 0 11 85
Robin 81 0 22 103
Stonechat 5 0 0 5
Blackbird 64 0 11 75
Fieldfare 48 0 0 48
Song Thrush 34 0 1 35
Redwing 9 0 0 9
Lesser Whitethroat 2 0 0 2
Whitethroat 2 0 0 2
Garden Warbler 2 0 0 2
Blackcap 41 0 3 44
Chiffchaff 39 0 2 41
Willow Warbler 22 0 0 22
Goldcrest 28 0 5 33
Pied Flycatcher 1 29 1 31
Long-tailed Tit 21 0 10 31
Marsh Tit 22 14 46 82
Coal Tit 30 0 40 70
Blue Tit 128 92 103 323
Great Tit 58 11 62 131
Nuthatch 13 10 4 27
Treecreeper 8 0 2 10
Jay 1 0 0 1
Magpie 1 0 0 1
Starling 6 0 0 6
House Sparrow 1 0 0 1
Tree Sparrow 4 0 0 4
Chaffinch 150 0 3 153
Greenfinch 7 0 0 7
Goldfinch 2 0 0 2
Linnet 4 0 0 4
Lesser Redpoll 10 0 0 10
Bullfinch 76 0 21 97
Yellowhammer 1 0 0 1
Reed Bunting 47 0 1 48
Total: 1118 160 362 1640
Labels: Numerous Sites
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Kirksanton Moss
Present AM, RG and CG.
A few wind free days made this a very productive site. The table below shows the species and numbers caught on 4 recent visits.
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| KIRKSANTON MOSS |
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| GROUPS RUNNING 2012 TOTAL |
Labels: Kirksanton
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Leisurely West Coast Migration
Present AM, RG and CG.
Part of the team are exploring the migration potential of a West Coast site called Kirksanton.. It is where the western most mountain of the lakes, Black Combe, meets the Irish Sea. In certain conditions large visual migration can be seen, At the time of writing this blog they are having a third ringing session. Two sessions in September have produced the following. I have a feeling they will be lucky today
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| Mipit Net Inspection |
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| Some sit Tight in the Hedge |
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| Is this a First year Bird? |
Labels: Kirksanton
Sunday, 16 September 2012
Easy Species to Age.
Present CG, RG, JS, and KH. A nice number of species considering, the site is a wet broad-leafed wood.
Photographs of two species we did not debate the age of, unlike the Marsh and Coal Tits.
Part of our Ringing History. Members will know the details.
Labels: Roudsea
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Eskmeals Saturday 21/07/2012
Present JS, RG, CG, LH and KH.
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Bright sunshine and the poor breeding season reduced our normal July catch size by approximately 50%. A total of 56 birds were processed of 14 species. They were as follows, (retraps). Wren 3(1), Dunnock 9, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Blackcap 4, Blue Tit 8(1), Robin 7, Song Thrush 2, Chiffchaff 8, Willow Warbler 4, Great Tit 2, Treecreeper 1, Jay 1, Bullfinch 1, Lesser Redpoll 3
Labels: Eskmeals
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Reduced Activity
Our main ringing site being out of bounds until recently due to security clearance problems, the groups activities have been much reduced. The following is a summary of our activities during April, May and June,
a total of only 137 birds processed of which there were 25 species. They were as follows (retraps) :
Peregrine 2, Tawny Owl 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Tree Pipit 3, Wren 1, Dunnock 2(1), Robin 5, Blackbird 5, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 9, Willow Warbler 6, Goldcrest 1, Pied Flycatcher 10, Long-tailed Tit 1(1), Marsh Tit 15(11), Coal Tit 1(2), Blue Tit 11(1), Great Tit 9(12), Nuthatch 11, Treecreeper 1, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 3, Greenfinch 2.
a total of only 137 birds processed of which there were 25 species. They were as follows (retraps) :
Peregrine 2, Tawny Owl 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker (2), Tree Pipit 3, Wren 1, Dunnock 2(1), Robin 5, Blackbird 5, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Garden Warbler 2, Blackcap 3, Chiffchaff 9, Willow Warbler 6, Goldcrest 1, Pied Flycatcher 10, Long-tailed Tit 1(1), Marsh Tit 15(11), Coal Tit 1(2), Blue Tit 11(1), Great Tit 9(12), Nuthatch 11, Treecreeper 1, House Sparrow 1, Chaffinch 3, Greenfinch 2.
Nest and eggs of a ground nesting Tawny Owl against a large conifer. Two pulli ringed and survived as the nest was in the middle of a fox proof pheasant pen.
Some people spend money on fibre optic endoscopes. This photograph through a mirror shows a correctly designed nest box and a mirror is all you need.
One of two ringed with a Schedule 1 Licence. A very poor year in our area for this species.
Labels: Various
Monday, 23 April 2012
Ground Nesting Tawny Owls
Present RG, CG, KH, LH and JS.
When this bird was found we could not believe how early she was nesting and that it was on the ground.There is a definite shortage of natural holes in this large larch wood. All three eggs hatched but only two have survived to this stage.
Labels: Numerous Sites
Monday, 9 April 2012
March - Ringing Totals
Present RG, CG, LH, JS, AM and KH
The highlight of the month was a returning Chiffchaff that was ringed and re-trapped on two occasions last year, therefore, it would be reasonable to say it is returning to breed. The other thing worth mentioning was the Blackbird with the de-formed bill, was re-trapped and does not appear to be losing any condition, see earlier blog for photographs. A total of only 13 species was processed during the month. They were as follows, re-traps being the second number shown.
Wren 4,4; Dunnock 4,1; Robin 1,0; Blackbird 0,2; Song Thrush 2,0; Chiffchaff 7,1; Marsh Tit 0,4; Coal Tit 1,1; Blue Tit 9,3; Great Tit 1,5; Treecreeper 1,0; Chaffinch 6,0; Bullfinch 0,2.
The highlight of the month was a returning Chiffchaff that was ringed and re-trapped on two occasions last year, therefore, it would be reasonable to say it is returning to breed. The other thing worth mentioning was the Blackbird with the de-formed bill, was re-trapped and does not appear to be losing any condition, see earlier blog for photographs. A total of only 13 species was processed during the month. They were as follows, re-traps being the second number shown.
Wren 4,4; Dunnock 4,1; Robin 1,0; Blackbird 0,2; Song Thrush 2,0; Chiffchaff 7,1; Marsh Tit 0,4; Coal Tit 1,1; Blue Tit 9,3; Great Tit 1,5; Treecreeper 1,0; Chaffinch 6,0; Bullfinch 0,2.
Labels: Various
Monday, 20 February 2012
Eskmeals - Old Robins Re-visit.
Present KH. LH. RG, CG, and JS. Date 11/02/2012
A total of 48 birds were processed of which 33 were re-traps. They were as follows (re-traps).
Sparrowhawk 1, Wren 1(2), Dunnock (2), Robin 2(7), Blackbird 1(1), Blackcap 2, Goldcrest (1), Long-tailed Tit (3), Coal Tit 1(1), Blue Tit 5(15). Bullfinch 2(1).
Two of the seven re-trap Robins were a minimum of five years old and although re-trapped previously one had not been seen for two and the other three years.
This got me thinking about winter visitors to Eskmeals.
It has long been a disappointment, that in ringing 1194 Blackcaps since 1988, our group have never had a control at Eskmeals. I have investigated, using IPMR, and found that if you regard the beginning of November through to the end of February as winter, then we have had birds returning consecutive winters on 8 occasions. This is with only 44 other re-traps, summers and same winters. There have been no occurrences of a summer bird being re-trapped in this winter period. This, I believe, shows how important this west coast Sea-buckthorn site is for Blackcaps.
It is not a site for other over wintering warblers with only 2 Chiffchaffs out of 658 and 1 Willow Warbler out of 3497 caught in what I would call deep mid-winter.
A total of 48 birds were processed of which 33 were re-traps. They were as follows (re-traps).
Sparrowhawk 1, Wren 1(2), Dunnock (2), Robin 2(7), Blackbird 1(1), Blackcap 2, Goldcrest (1), Long-tailed Tit (3), Coal Tit 1(1), Blue Tit 5(15). Bullfinch 2(1).
Two of the seven re-trap Robins were a minimum of five years old and although re-trapped previously one had not been seen for two and the other three years.
This got me thinking about winter visitors to Eskmeals.
It has long been a disappointment, that in ringing 1194 Blackcaps since 1988, our group have never had a control at Eskmeals. I have investigated, using IPMR, and found that if you regard the beginning of November through to the end of February as winter, then we have had birds returning consecutive winters on 8 occasions. This is with only 44 other re-traps, summers and same winters. There have been no occurrences of a summer bird being re-trapped in this winter period. This, I believe, shows how important this west coast Sea-buckthorn site is for Blackcaps.
It is not a site for other over wintering warblers with only 2 Chiffchaffs out of 658 and 1 Willow Warbler out of 3497 caught in what I would call deep mid-winter.
Labels: Eskmeals
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