On Monday I had a few hours at Rufford and Clumber Park, looking for ringed Black-headed Gulls. In total, I saw 5 known birds and 2 new ones. I also saw a new Canada Goose.
At Rufford, the gulls seen were 217A, 237A, 255A, EUM3 and V77K. 225A, the first new bird, had been ringed at Center Parcs on 25th January 2020. It was seen there again on 26th November 2020, but Monday's sighting was my first and the first record for Rufford.
255A, Rufford CP
The new Canada Goose was ring number 5215987. It had been ringed on 1st January 2003, making it at least 18 years old (born in 2002), but I'll update when I get the age and place of ringing back.
When I arrived at Clumber Park there were about 100 Black-headed Gulls out on the grassed area by the Chapel. Unfortunately, there weren't any darvic rings to be seen, but I did spot a new British-ringed bird, EY30536, which had been ringed 4th March 2013 (location yet to be confirmed), and a Danish-ringed bird, VAO171, which I first saw here on 18th November 2018. It had been ringed 911km away on Hirsholm, on 26th May 2015.
EY30536
VAO171
The darvic-ringed Mute Swan, Y204, that Jayne and I saw back in November, was also present.
Hi there, not sure if you’ll see this but I saw the Canadian Goose you mentioned in your blog (ring number 5215987) at Centre parks Nottingham last week. I googled the ring number and saw your blog. I wanted to report it on a bird monitoring site but couldn’t see any that would let me do it without having a special account
ReplyDeleteHi. The best way to report a ringed bird is to go the BTO's website www.bto.org and click on the orange Report a Bird link at the bottom of the home page. You will get an email back telling you where and when the bird was ringed. It also helps scientists track things such as longevity and movements of individual birds.
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