I don't want to upset you but you obviously do not understand why this is done.
First of all ringers are highly trained and are trained for at least two years before they are allowed a licence to ring birds.
There is a great need to do this as it gathers huge amounts of data that can be used to see what happens with our birds. They are rung, weighed and measured, aged and condition of the bird checked, and all this information goes into a data base. Each ring has a number on it and if that bird is caught again (be it in this country or abroad) it tells us what its movements are.
Birds can be tracked down to where they migrate to, what condition they are in and also if the birds return to the same area, again either here or abroad.
You can monitor their movements whilst they are here and also what condition they are in. Dead birds that are found can be analysed and tracked. It also gives up to date information about the possible declines in our our birds and all this from the various ringing stations around the country.
This is a very necessary addition to collating how are birds are doing and without it we would be in the dark on what is happening to our birds.
John
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Originally Posted by goldie  catching and holding these little birds must cause them some distress and i think it is cruel why do they need to do this sort of thing why dont they just leave the little birds alone without any disturbance |