| Bird ringing etc.........
Hello everybody........I went out mothing last night in an area that has not been done for many years and despite the rain comming and going we did well and trapped loads of moths and also loads of hornets, one of which stung the warden. When we got there, there was a guy doing some bird ringing, he had a couple of large nets which were set up near where the birds were roosting, I think he got 16 swallows and some other birds too. I was interested in watching as I have never seen it done before and was asking lots of questions, like what is the furthest away, birds have been reported etc. I was told about a juvenile kingfisher that was ringed in horsham and was found dead weeks later in the pyrenees. I did not even know that kingfishers traveled far.
There are about 2000 bird ringers in this country and they don't just ring the bird, they measure it and sometimes weigh it too, and it is all recorded.
Does anyone on here ring birds.......... |