Bird migration and ringing.

[mackem 26,890]

Youngest son saw a cat eating a fledgling at school,the bird was rung and he duly sent the ring off to the BTO,it was a sedge Warbler which had covered the 270km from Cheshire to surrey in 8 days,anyone else ever sent rings back?What were the findings?

[J Darcy 5,871]

Once found a gull that had come all the way from norway...

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Once shot a homer on my roof from 2 doors down.Ferret food. :11:

[irishhunter 0]

shot a woodcock last year in the west of ireland.it had a ring on its leg,we sent it away and they sent us the details back and it said that the woodcock was from moscow in russia and that it was 7 years old.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

shot a woodcock last year in the west of ireland.it had a ring on its leg,we sent it away and they sent us the details back and it said that the woodcock was from moscow in russia and that it was 7 years old.

 

 

and you shot it ya c*nt !

 

:11:

[irishhunter 0]

shot a woodcock last year in the west of ireland.it had a ring on its leg,we sent it away and they sent us the details back and it said that the woodcock was from moscow in russia and that it was 7 years old.

 

 

and you shot it ya c*nt !

 

:11:

 

 

f**king right i did :11:

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

:11: :11:

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Once shot a homer on my roof from 2 doors down.Ferret food. :11:

 

 

I know I shouldn't, really. But;

 

 

 

About thirty five years ago now, I found a female Blackbird (Turdus merula), killed by a golf ball, on a golf course. She was ringed.

 

Sent in the details and it seems she was a year or two old and had been born pretty much where she died. No great shakes then. But nice to know and to know that they had one more record of what becomes of their birds.

 

I've since spent the rest of my life jumping on every sad pile of feathers I ever spot. Baited breath. Peering at the legs.

 

Never since found a single f*cking one with a ring on! B*llocks!

[mj robson 8]

We've had dozens on geese we've shot, all from Scotland or Iceland. A Teal from Holland, a Snipe from Poland and a Woodpigeon from I can't remember where.

 

Mark.

[ferreterno1 0]

Once shot a homer on my roof from 2 doors down.Ferret food. :11:

 

 

do you think thats clever you can get nicked for that you wouldnt be laughing then

[Meerihunter 7]

I have a gull ring here to send off, I keep forgeting to send it off it.

 

I picked it up of the road for the ferrets.

 

I'll post the info here when I get it.

[mackem 26,890]

Try and find the BTO webiste Meeri,you get the info much quicker,takes about 3 months using snailmail

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Once shot a homer on my roof from 2 doors down.Ferret food. :11:

 

 

do you think thats clever you can get nicked for that you wouldnt be laughing then

 

It wasnt big or clever but at a time when I was frantically feeding kits ,a chance shot at those disease ridden ,tile shitters was justified pay back

[targa 5]

Found an "Yellow wiggle tail" once, -dont now the name in english- -motacilla flava-, ringed in Danmark 5 years before.

 

oh yes, and sometimes a feral with a ring hit by a .177

[J Darcy 5,871]

Found an "Yellow wiggle tail" once, -dont now the name in english- -motacilla flava-, ringed in Danmark 5 years before.

 

oh yes, and sometimes a feral with a ring hit by a .177

in the UK they are called Wagtails.