Good news is that the annual report should be finished soon and I'll post it on here as soon as it is. In the meantime, here's a short piece on another foreign recovery from Northern Ireland.
Ring reading can become a bit of an addictive pass-time and while seeing a ringed bird which hasn't also been fitted with a colour-ring can be frustrating, it is all the more rewarding when you finally manage to get all the information.
A couple of our regular contributors, Gareth Platt and Chris Smith have, between them, put in a bit of time trying to get the details of a metal ringed bird which was been at Antrim since December.
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| Photo by Gareth Platt |
Their efforts finally paid off when they managed to piece together the ring number and were able to report it to the appropriate ringing scheme in Sweden.
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| Photo by Gareth Platt |
Gareth heard back this week that this bird had been ringed as a nestling at a colony at Axviks Hallar in southern Sweden on 17 June last year. Another example of a Scandinavian bird making its way to our shores to spend the winter.
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| Red - Ringing location Blue - Re-sighting location |
Excellent work by Chris and Gareth and many thanks to both of them for their efforts and for passing on the information. You can read all about their efforts by visiting Gareth's blog.
