tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45534436909676397652024-03-18T09:18:55.002+00:00Grampian Ringing Groupthe website and blog of the Grampian Ringing GroupGrampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-82341731289416273492024-02-02T10:52:00.002+00:002024-02-02T11:41:01.558+00:00Grampian Ospreys in the Sun<p><i> Ian Francis, Ewan Weston, Jenny Weston</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Between 17 and 21 pairs of Ospreys are known to have nested in Aberdeenshire over the past eight years, though we believe pairs are missed. We know that some of our fledged youngsters are breeding elsewhere, so the movement away of potential recruits could influence our local population. In 2023, we only located 17 active nests, with pairs not present at three long standing sites and no new fully occupied nests found. There were rumours of pairs at a couple of other sites, but these were not located. Breeding productivity was a little above average though, at c.1.5 chicks fledged per occupied nest, but outcomes were uncertain from at least one site.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Six chicks were ringed in 2023 and in total, since 1993, GRG has ringed 248 Osprey chicks. Over that period, there have been 133 resightings or recoveries of at least 58 individual chicks. Most are now marked with blue plastic darvic rings with white digits (left leg) and many are now photographed or captured on nest cameras. Technology has certainly improved the reporting rate! </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An interesting set of sightings of one young bird from near Monymusk came last year, 2023. It was one of a brood of three chicks, ringed by a GRG team led by Ewan Weston on 10 July. It probably fledged around the end of July and hung around for a short while. However, from 26 August to 16 September it was near London, and was appreciated by many tens of people in that time. An easterly migration route for our birds is relatively unusual, as more often they are seen in south-west England, particularly Cornwall and Devon.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFGfaKzV5wbDprMKoIdCUoyWAlIykeTkjRj3Ng5d0CVmsRE98O9PVdi53opATMJYUgAkTjkOIHjCHsBl6efGS1Qzwy_xAXugCPudSFf4tQb07YA8xy2EqzD2xl5-NG_vqeosuc3xvxV6gfyJtUWp9vELcPPTSXlwpbuMKxADADYHSWL4eWCslbuOjcng/s775/image001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="775" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFGfaKzV5wbDprMKoIdCUoyWAlIykeTkjRj3Ng5d0CVmsRE98O9PVdi53opATMJYUgAkTjkOIHjCHsBl6efGS1Qzwy_xAXugCPudSFf4tQb07YA8xy2EqzD2xl5-NG_vqeosuc3xvxV6gfyJtUWp9vELcPPTSXlwpbuMKxADADYHSWL4eWCslbuOjcng/w400-h300/image001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osprey brood, Donside, 10.7.23. A chick (Blue 256) fledged from here migrated south via London, spending a week there. Photo: Ewan Weston<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkajpIRKf-mvzuzqijJRQU_bcgQUgG8eKUz3172f0uraJX_34JC1sp7-KYnvGE86ub5cAaK4_Pb8Ysundh2WvESMU4D8Y2meprj6bmDJ_6Fnk0d9F3a1OSLrxlEIZ9v83BQt5dSkTmNRxvRr9DDsNCtUt3gevEVn-h2jviaaxMY_dDEzd4duO8bxX6Is/s1231/osprey%20256%20flying.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1231" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkajpIRKf-mvzuzqijJRQU_bcgQUgG8eKUz3172f0uraJX_34JC1sp7-KYnvGE86ub5cAaK4_Pb8Ysundh2WvESMU4D8Y2meprj6bmDJ_6Fnk0d9F3a1OSLrxlEIZ9v83BQt5dSkTmNRxvRr9DDsNCtUt3gevEVn-h2jviaaxMY_dDEzd4duO8bxX6Is/w400-h259/osprey%20256%20flying.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Osprey Blue 256, from Donside nest, Bowyers Water, Lee Valley , London 31.8.23. Photo: Stuart Fox</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Another 2023 Osprey nest nearby also had a brood of three, all duly ringed. One of the chicks from here was seen by Jean-Marie Dupart on 23 January 2024 at the Karone Islands, in Casamance, Senegal (12 degrees north). </div></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTLV3c7ctlzjUBjQfR2xhUjhrP9Eyya3CQYm0Wm4KeNYU33uLPDdWmW21-qnRKt9TVGSzaE4aH1oJNy9wmyFvhDC3uzLMZCJ1MnWstY7naIb4C8XemVVHIOZVwwB7DaXYDXhuXCJnO89U2K6n_On4JPMqikc994iiyGMMbCZGyEhon8ElFXrCRAKexLo/s3024/IMG_20230709_224446_763.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTLV3c7ctlzjUBjQfR2xhUjhrP9Eyya3CQYm0Wm4KeNYU33uLPDdWmW21-qnRKt9TVGSzaE4aH1oJNy9wmyFvhDC3uzLMZCJ1MnWstY7naIb4C8XemVVHIOZVwwB7DaXYDXhuXCJnO89U2K6n_On4JPMqikc994iiyGMMbCZGyEhon8ElFXrCRAKexLo/w320-h310/IMG_20230709_224446_763.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">Osprey brood, Donside, 10.7.23. A chick fledged from this nest (ring 253) was seen in Senegal in January 2024 (see below). Photo: Ewan Weston</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcl0CZEBIZUi2CgF4VKYGBiMnei28zq1ClJzIriVnFHme-eVZcI0NbT2nBwCVLVxm7WTvTTk8hK_2VWhuOFehpHToeW6vEi8t8XjOv8-hQkqWiheDiFhlQvWt-AHUK26hUq60mdsI2l2Yu-wIY1aJ-Bb4JsdpDrN-FeOcEHfo8hXxIn5tOvPmng5MpkBk/s1377/image004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1377" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcl0CZEBIZUi2CgF4VKYGBiMnei28zq1ClJzIriVnFHme-eVZcI0NbT2nBwCVLVxm7WTvTTk8hK_2VWhuOFehpHToeW6vEi8t8XjOv8-hQkqWiheDiFhlQvWt-AHUK26hUq60mdsI2l2Yu-wIY1aJ-Bb4JsdpDrN-FeOcEHfo8hXxIn5tOvPmng5MpkBk/w400-h244/image004.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Osprey Blue 253 photographed in Senegal by Jean-Marie Dupart on 23 January 2024.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQKYXbdINQSe-neIjoxhH5_riAY9q1JOBJz5vr4FoLvWLfOwm4ads0iQZxZI6RcFm6UZRtQcw43dVsRd5KR9hzz1u7MCxyNVVqwdPT3GD4Y7Eb8OGtgjfsMAyM2q7S-8EdugyxUlcNXMhIfioFWNo_v5wh7hxsy193AKW9scwet8M3H1rpQkEM1Iof4s/s1217/image005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1217" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQKYXbdINQSe-neIjoxhH5_riAY9q1JOBJz5vr4FoLvWLfOwm4ads0iQZxZI6RcFm6UZRtQcw43dVsRd5KR9hzz1u7MCxyNVVqwdPT3GD4Y7Eb8OGtgjfsMAyM2q7S-8EdugyxUlcNXMhIfioFWNo_v5wh7hxsy193AKW9scwet8M3H1rpQkEM1Iof4s/w400-h236/image005.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="text-align: left;">Osprey Blue 253 photographed in Senegal by Jean-Marie Dupart on 23 January 2024</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is not the group’s first Osprey recovery from Senegal – in fact, it’s the sixth. We’ve also had recoveries from The Gambia (three), Ghana and Guinea-Bissau (one each). The sunny climes of west Africa are clearly the place to be in winter for our birds, and this is not just true of juveniles, which spend their first full year there, but also returning adults. And their predilection for winter sun also extends to many sightings in south-west Europe – either on passage or increasingly, wintering, with Portugal a popular resort and Spain a close second.</p><p>Here's another Grampian Osprey, blue JF1, also from a nest in Donside in July 2017 (another brood of three), photographed in Senegal by Jean-Marie Dupart again, in December 2023. This bird is obviously paddling to keep cool or pretending to be a wader! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaMpZWQ9hAw_C4BSEnIbDSGIJlDp8TpWph3bWx5dVfaWbkCfFjMTf4ie2FOzmbbLuvNmZd4CD3_nBbk8JmVo-iHKAk7x_FUTDuSdbuDeRbbxutDomvSrdSPACCKcw5KhSTOmt675zRW8fJ4ALRpfqn_GNcnJ7OhVKk0tcJrV4gFKDaDrKN0Pds89dHWA/s1203/image006.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1203" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaMpZWQ9hAw_C4BSEnIbDSGIJlDp8TpWph3bWx5dVfaWbkCfFjMTf4ie2FOzmbbLuvNmZd4CD3_nBbk8JmVo-iHKAk7x_FUTDuSdbuDeRbbxutDomvSrdSPACCKcw5KhSTOmt675zRW8fJ4ALRpfqn_GNcnJ7OhVKk0tcJrV4gFKDaDrKN0Pds89dHWA/w400-h251/image006.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">JF1 in Senegal, Jean-Marie Dupart</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>JF1 is a bird with a history – it has been a regular in Cornwall on passage (seen first in the year of its birth heading south), plus near Edinburgh, and intriguingly, it was seen in summer in Aberdeenshire, so it must be a local breeder, though we don’t’ know where – somewhere on the Deveron, probably. It may well have been in Senegal every winter since then.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sightings of Osprey JF1 since 2017:</b></div><div>Devoran Creek, Cornwall, 4.9.17</div><div>Devoran Quay, Cornwall 18.9.17</div><div>Tyninghame, Lothian, 15.08.19</div><div>Rothiemay, Aberdeenshire 1.6.20</div><div>Restronguet Creek, Cornwall, 9.9.2021</div><div>Restronguet Creek, Cornwall, 15.9.2022</div><div>Senegal, 9.12.2023.</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlzfz6bkQ8KZoz3jXKw7fQT727gCzHK-cUKemu7IYKaFun5fSUAfHIKc8VpFDl3Muton3ORPYES3KXHWAFc_OliKk9jaFMMJhT3WDQyebX9wRVWlc9y1yAzR61Y4yeDGVh__sniP53ibGs78IpiRSyLTJILG5jPFrEglucFgCeTbJFFvMeOba3zBJDoM/s1155/jf1%20chick.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1155" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlzfz6bkQ8KZoz3jXKw7fQT727gCzHK-cUKemu7IYKaFun5fSUAfHIKc8VpFDl3Muton3ORPYES3KXHWAFc_OliKk9jaFMMJhT3WDQyebX9wRVWlc9y1yAzR61Y4yeDGVh__sniP53ibGs78IpiRSyLTJILG5jPFrEglucFgCeTbJFFvMeOba3zBJDoM/w400-h301/jf1%20chick.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Osprey chick blue JF1 in its Donside nest, July 2017. Photo: Ewan Weston</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>We now know quite a lot about where our Aberdeenshire ospreys go in winter and where they pass through. Although we are ringing fewer birds than previously, it is important to keep a sample going every year. Climate change may well mean that birds winter further north, and we also need to understand how our Aberdeenshire-reared birds are seeding new breeding areas further south in the UK. We would rather our local population increased, but we are also happy to see them settled further south, gradually building overall numbers – and fuelling the continued search for Osprey winter sun!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-65909893091847060932024-01-18T17:21:00.134+00:002024-01-28T12:17:37.178+00:00<p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">AN OLD FRIEND RETURNS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Waxwing colour-ringing this winter has been taking place in Orkney, NE
Scotland and Newtown in Wales (so far up to mid-January 2024). As in previous
winters there has been a single colour ring with the metal put on one leg and 2
or 3 colour rings on the other. I’m sure everybody who has seen and or
photographed a colour-ringed Waxwing is happy that the bird is in no way
bothered or hindered by these small and very light weight rings and is going
about its activities in the very same way as all the others in the flock.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYV4fHc7kXackBcgASmPNhEO3sR9caINES3kZhNFknHatLPDqtX6xOzn_oy4pJb43DJUeFSFYU3fb43l26KsyECbJaq_huVP8uJfFrjj7Ha_QKKT_5TK1SiB7q9Ra1I2L7D4ZohOIc29ZcfxggeeByeJLQFUsUscghz7LsCcBFUu9q0KvuZNCRqUPBF2dD" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="734" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYV4fHc7kXackBcgASmPNhEO3sR9caINES3kZhNFknHatLPDqtX6xOzn_oy4pJb43DJUeFSFYU3fb43l26KsyECbJaq_huVP8uJfFrjj7Ha_QKKT_5TK1SiB7q9Ra1I2L7D4ZohOIc29ZcfxggeeByeJLQFUsUscghz7LsCcBFUu9q0KvuZNCRqUPBF2dD=w392-h307" width="392" /></a></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BWR stretching for
a Mistletoe berry Great Malvern, Worcestershire 06/01/24, Simon Pugh<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhubj7hdtRpUj04xqi4PvBq4ZvsCjNaVRxqiL_CNPcDLenXnZxkpbjYqI_wwrKjOdM1igZnbONSwUgOMUzUL3CdC6XJrvvmpoIKJjAzmWK07Hrg8mBzdEIrR0EiQ81JLna5s8xSm_Y-mC_I46bNT8xn5fH5KqwG_34pwqixvoc8pC4zlqFexrSl1fGoLLbC" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="763" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhubj7hdtRpUj04xqi4PvBq4ZvsCjNaVRxqiL_CNPcDLenXnZxkpbjYqI_wwrKjOdM1igZnbONSwUgOMUzUL3CdC6XJrvvmpoIKJjAzmWK07Hrg8mBzdEIrR0EiQ81JLna5s8xSm_Y-mC_I46bNT8xn5fH5KqwG_34pwqixvoc8pC4zlqFexrSl1fGoLLbC=w368-h261" width="368" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">GYW drinking Hassop
Station, Derbyshire 29/12/23, Simon Benyon</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Metal over blue is the code for this winter 2023/24, on the right leg
for Scotland and on the left leg for Wales, with the other colour rings on the
opposite leg.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In case you are wondering we don’t give the birds names, just the
abbreviations of their colour ring combinations! eg BOB is Blue over Orange over Blue colour
rings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A = Ash/Grey (as G
is used for Dark Green), B = Blue, G =Dark Green, L = Light Green, N = Black
(Niger as B is already used for Blue), O = Orange, R = Red, White = White, Y =
Yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix4jtwq5keaSCGAWRoBgzcK29yC-loNTKwrrI1sjn0xWjCG4pZUVXh7QLqCQU8bq6lpRXHfUrmT-SqxsjWqOqYAQcBPJ7dXilWJwh5YsV8VgnCX9-ZS3zyhqwZgjv41-Za9in0HlpK8V4keNqyk9MAGduahZ4oc2XNi7RNPnfjz3uTz9wF9VcFbrExPp4Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="736" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix4jtwq5keaSCGAWRoBgzcK29yC-loNTKwrrI1sjn0xWjCG4pZUVXh7QLqCQU8bq6lpRXHfUrmT-SqxsjWqOqYAQcBPJ7dXilWJwh5YsV8VgnCX9-ZS3zyhqwZgjv41-Za9in0HlpK8V4keNqyk9MAGduahZ4oc2XNi7RNPnfjz3uTz9wF9VcFbrExPp4Y=w323-h367" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">OLO Aldermaston,
Berkshire 24/01/24, Dave Webster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbLSP-im7_UcY87p9S45gWBg2OzcxCSRJk-qq7OYDEsLYDXjohYvE_03gI1XheVgSVpN_IzJd-vWN39EkBSprMysXTChlwCQk3ZL-jMHc9IaLM4EzvTMdNKFwbuz6mP6GKU8-DHvdnfES5G3hQy3CO1jOz2zTyNaRAS0K833z-SowvJSD3jdIlQ2H4Ke8v" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="586" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbLSP-im7_UcY87p9S45gWBg2OzcxCSRJk-qq7OYDEsLYDXjohYvE_03gI1XheVgSVpN_IzJd-vWN39EkBSprMysXTChlwCQk3ZL-jMHc9IaLM4EzvTMdNKFwbuz6mP6GKU8-DHvdnfES5G3hQy3CO1jOz2zTyNaRAS0K833z-SowvJSD3jdIlQ2H4Ke8v=w336-h276" width="336" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BLB Newton Aycliffe,
County Durham 16/12/23, Roger Simpson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">I think some of the observers in Colchester, Essex were quite pleased to
have their colour-ringed Waxwing quaintly called BOB around, maybe not aware
that it was an abbreviation of the colour ring combination until the not so
quaintly named WOO (White over Orange over Orange) turned up from
Stoke-on-Trent!</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOb3e_52KbbpSa5PatfaoagZl7cJkPtkibJUx0hAoRwVLpdFuNrCrwtHMo63Ny0mgJSze39a4Rjsm77Vfhnh0HCSBKmjBzZfzq_XOMIQMJnIRgvr8o7aXJNBIHTgrqXhJ1HSaypMO3HPl2n17-jBxhJPiCN4rcYhQpwAKHPn_C0ww7ms2FeNOdVwk8KICt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="612" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOb3e_52KbbpSa5PatfaoagZl7cJkPtkibJUx0hAoRwVLpdFuNrCrwtHMo63Ny0mgJSze39a4Rjsm77Vfhnh0HCSBKmjBzZfzq_XOMIQMJnIRgvr8o7aXJNBIHTgrqXhJ1HSaypMO3HPl2n17-jBxhJPiCN4rcYhQpwAKHPn_C0ww7ms2FeNOdVwk8KICt=w355-h338" width="355" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">BOB Severalls Industrial Park, Colchester </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">15/12/23, John French</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnJmOCqYfjkMlaBw_eIG1NatNPHLP5xEqPOVxM33lQkBlE796-05Ve0NITLSdoc4l1a_04IvdrZS1oG4cqoKGRYKSKGn9s1oJTfFi76SvODgPV5ToVPAcfEf3iL5vHFHUQDNdBQrEAtT9gMCf-vSq2zyrXFVwfkyfjTjkQwz5xjllmlDSvp3oCKXrhTt1O" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="614" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnJmOCqYfjkMlaBw_eIG1NatNPHLP5xEqPOVxM33lQkBlE796-05Ve0NITLSdoc4l1a_04IvdrZS1oG4cqoKGRYKSKGn9s1oJTfFi76SvODgPV5ToVPAcfEf3iL5vHFHUQDNdBQrEAtT9gMCf-vSq2zyrXFVwfkyfjTjkQwz5xjllmlDSvp3oCKXrhTt1O=w345-h372" width="345" /></a></div></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">WOO Fenton, Stoke on Trent 09/12/23, Phil Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So with lots and lots of photographs/sightings coming in during November
and December showing a metal over blue ring on one of the legs it came as a bit
of a surprise when an email from Alex Jones (not the one from the One Show I
don’t think but I haven’t asked) came in alerting us to a post on a local
WhatsApp group he’d seen with a photo of a colour-ringed Waxwing taken by Fred
Fearn at Abergele, North Wales clearly showing a metal ring over a red colour
ring on the right leg (and White over Red over Yellow on the left). This was
the code for last winter, 2022/23, when we ringed a mere 25 Waxwings in a winter
of very small numbers. I quickly got back in touch with Alex asking if there’s
any way he could get in touch with Fred to, most importantly of all, get a date
of when the photograph was taken to confirm it was from this winter. Fred
replied himself saying it was taken on 1<sup>st</sup> Jan 2024. What a great start
to the New Year!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcHw45_GOgWmwQNsnXOwr_sYrhB3oOlk9KE2fjDZ2pCVj-PCXUomB8AO5IOjbI5Y8m7Wbki7RA1YK5-ZMWXtaJ6O3qy3F7tmVDpHOaZIgbypbddMrQS6H0eSYJi4l23YxnVqfnoiWZH4V19pPziCf98PcMJXZ7Cs-_cH7qcA6egf8Xu9vxmYBQGuQrvYP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="733" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIcHw45_GOgWmwQNsnXOwr_sYrhB3oOlk9KE2fjDZ2pCVj-PCXUomB8AO5IOjbI5Y8m7Wbki7RA1YK5-ZMWXtaJ6O3qy3F7tmVDpHOaZIgbypbddMrQS6H0eSYJi4l23YxnVqfnoiWZH4V19pPziCf98PcMJXZ7Cs-_cH7qcA6egf8Xu9vxmYBQGuQrvYP=w381-h286" width="381" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MR-WRY Abergele,
North Wales 01/01/24, Fred Fearn</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So it was indeed a
returning bird from winter 2022/23. A quick look at our ringing records showed
WRY to have been ringed as a juvenile female by Innes </span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">on 30<sup>th</sup>
Nov. 2022. She was </span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1 of 4 birds Innes, Sam and Raymond </span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">managed
to catch that morning standing with a mist net across the pavement outside a
pub in Kincorth, Aberdeen. We remember laughing with a mannie that we were
playing badminton! Then we were delighted to hear about her again when she
rather unexpectedly headed back across the North Sea to be
resighted/photographed in Denmark on 26<sup>th</sup> Jan 2023 by Flemming
Pedersen! <o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFzMix0VMbaovvNRnYo-EQLMcLviC9jvP9u9fAnUQ9LslixgmWa0LHWyJSed7zkPmiPvyaDu5aC1UG-8t7k9i6o1i2uRLZl2sK0ljaNlsDpzPoQDtS1EvRUkr11vubIyU0aF2cZ-0iB77qFzEpsRFKv6ay5TeYLqEH0BPOuga_n0SHxnjUS5f7EuM-FEcj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="842" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFzMix0VMbaovvNRnYo-EQLMcLviC9jvP9u9fAnUQ9LslixgmWa0LHWyJSed7zkPmiPvyaDu5aC1UG-8t7k9i6o1i2uRLZl2sK0ljaNlsDpzPoQDtS1EvRUkr11vubIyU0aF2cZ-0iB77qFzEpsRFKv6ay5TeYLqEH0BPOuga_n0SHxnjUS5f7EuM-FEcj=w407-h283" width="407" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MR-WRY Aalborg,
Denmark 26/01/23, Flemming Pedersen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It's very exciting when
we get a returning bird as we don’t get many (I think this our 8<sup>th</sup>
from around 4550 Waxwings ringed over the years by Grampian RG). Waxwings
aren’t nailed on annual winter visitors like the Redwings and Fieldfares which
arrive every winter from Scandinavia. Some winters can see very few if any
Waxwings arrive at all, being an irruptive species dependent on the
availability of berries back home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A huge thank you to you all for reporting your colour ringed Waxwing sightings to us and kindly allowing us to use some of your super photographs on our blog. These one or two colour-ringed birds within a flock of 3 - 100 birds (or the exceptional 11 in the flock of 250+ at Hassop Station, Derbyshire!) </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">allows us to track their movements and </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">gives us a little insight into the vagaries of their fascinating social life, movements, fidelity and survival.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Raymond and Grampian Ringing Group</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p>Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359350033090823619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-35822542129128952852024-01-18T16:51:00.018+00:002024-01-22T13:20:51.712+00:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica;"><b>A MERRY WAXWING XMAS AND A HAPPY WAXWING
NEW YEAR!</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A Happy New Year
and massive thank you to all birders, observers and photographers for reporting
their colour-ringed Waxwing sightings to us. It has certainly been a busy
December and start to January. See map by Euan Ferguson (below). See Sam Lopez
on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Naturalist_Sam/status/1747560447115448720" target="_blank">@Naturalist_Sam</a> for an animated version!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisnFYiZRBzL0MDFQhIl6M3vIygwKbLZkwlmXm2KP1do6JlE_05gU6gwaOjZo6gGB-nVp3kIFmKmVj2f_nXUFFA3y5MUDqhaX2f89sbNzSWCnawJ58G5AlNLxw4qBhsTWFu_S_ryAbhQccb4sEc7IhWuI1hDSzyslGB6a3HzIbJTZTuil03lgUwFtkviD-1" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1090" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisnFYiZRBzL0MDFQhIl6M3vIygwKbLZkwlmXm2KP1do6JlE_05gU6gwaOjZo6gGB-nVp3kIFmKmVj2f_nXUFFA3y5MUDqhaX2f89sbNzSWCnawJ58G5AlNLxw4qBhsTWFu_S_ryAbhQccb4sEc7IhWuI1hDSzyslGB6a3HzIbJTZTuil03lgUwFtkviD-1=w525-h431" width="525" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">It is clear from
the map that many of the Waxwings moved on south out of Scotland and kept on
going with several sightings south of London before the New Year. And
“returning birds?!” </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">(not on map)</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to Denmark, Norway and Sweden already!</span></p>
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Richardson</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT3r2qZjB9G45ttP8T_O4lWq3fqftuX4XcAT5RToyxYrBL9khCt2UKk-ramnadq-uL9TZu0rn_uOzI81U8z2VsJmPooLvopWzd7turXdg8Wn6x4G-5G7nFprMDtifpS5CTfd8zPBL1YVu_djKhiV21gKmNLhMVKIlvIaq0zL4mgaNoJbagTtTx01mdSKwt" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="845" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT3r2qZjB9G45ttP8T_O4lWq3fqftuX4XcAT5RToyxYrBL9khCt2UKk-ramnadq-uL9TZu0rn_uOzI81U8z2VsJmPooLvopWzd7turXdg8Wn6x4G-5G7nFprMDtifpS5CTfd8zPBL1YVu_djKhiV21gKmNLhMVKIlvIaq0zL4mgaNoJbagTtTx01mdSKwt=w339-h242" width="339" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">WGW Uckfield, Sussex 6/1/24, Keith DP Wilson</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWrtHI4j3NiwCcm9ewYAzBIWXtQSFLoC1RXYPooEVociuvloWd4INxySeWP302_ahkdGQXJcMYA36lerEyhQ3OxDlQIOqIocYP_dYWKpQ9xvrTqEF7--ME1SkFHrzuW7xZQe_HV-nLVvlQmt-JWIqOYHWItcHCh5F_XjGoOKUVAVRLy9BRbG6Js9wsTa60" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="594" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWrtHI4j3NiwCcm9ewYAzBIWXtQSFLoC1RXYPooEVociuvloWd4INxySeWP302_ahkdGQXJcMYA36lerEyhQ3OxDlQIOqIocYP_dYWKpQ9xvrTqEF7--ME1SkFHrzuW7xZQe_HV-nLVvlQmt-JWIqOYHWItcHCh5F_XjGoOKUVAVRLy9BRbG6Js9wsTa60=w452-h439" width="452" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">YNW Barnoldswick, East Lancashire 30/11/23, Dave Markendale</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 36pt;">However
just as interesting as the movers are the stayers. Birds in the north of
England included YNW, found in Barnoldswick, East Lancashire on 30<sup>th</sup>
Nov. which then turned up over a month later on 4<sup>th</sup>. Jan only 55km
to the east in </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 36pt;">Middleton Quernhow, North Yorkshire. RYW
was in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 17<sup>th</sup> Dec. then turned up a week
later on Xmas eve in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham 145km to the north west. </span></p><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzNnhOO-Mbi5lrTj7Yn-eENLyLAiDg9ldkFQTMJgGq6X2zy1dSQqTqkoy_iNQ6jQJevfmpMcuwkPq-sAo05jZjQb2gqNB_MCm9r-4pTtgGb4ng9YWnBSedsyMgyqJZYtoTriTxseOGtUTitAXiamoNpT69a0oJMIqJNXWSgOWUZrCADzXeXfg5-SuE7tSP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="703" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzNnhOO-Mbi5lrTj7Yn-eENLyLAiDg9ldkFQTMJgGq6X2zy1dSQqTqkoy_iNQ6jQJevfmpMcuwkPq-sAo05jZjQb2gqNB_MCm9r-4pTtgGb4ng9YWnBSedsyMgyqJZYtoTriTxseOGtUTitAXiamoNpT69a0oJMIqJNXWSgOWUZrCADzXeXfg5-SuE7tSP=w440-h287" width="440" /></a><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">RYW Gainsborough,Lincolnshire 17/12/23, Joe Downing<o:p></o:p></span></p><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-align: justify;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">And a few were still
hanging on in Scotland.</span><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Lorraine McCormack
photographed juvenile female WOW (below) at the south approaches to the Kincardine
Bridge near Falkirk on New Years Day and also managed to capture a bit of pair
bonding between WOW and an unringed male, passing a berry back and forth to
each other repeatedly.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> <span> </span></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHgaa1d3JwpGaTVtC4tNZSZhe7bLeIKkfVH_QkDd2708aAXR6wAB13Kg70cSnq8jW_qbs9NKgjaqm65yGF8CTD59XptLU40R1y0RkxDAMH8NhVFVPcZVjOnSUD7vH0foht885EiyLtfk1IVGCSFZ0UjT9rBzwiyJ1_uwTnYC_jAUUtTwJwqZpQ9z1CQGUT" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="563" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHgaa1d3JwpGaTVtC4tNZSZhe7bLeIKkfVH_QkDd2708aAXR6wAB13Kg70cSnq8jW_qbs9NKgjaqm65yGF8CTD59XptLU40R1y0RkxDAMH8NhVFVPcZVjOnSUD7vH0foht885EiyLtfk1IVGCSFZ0UjT9rBzwiyJ1_uwTnYC_jAUUtTwJwqZpQ9z1CQGUT=w319-h371" width="319" /><span> </span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <span> </span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rJG17keS4Z4JdpK5ahX9rAJINbNBmzvwaqo2lFF8BSKikWuN9s9xjJw7axwf_TYm5prVTH7E92f4JjzfpR_mpPVcElSMU5g1oCl_DaKW--hyxhX-YDjHZncBW87Mr54hvP04VEMtqQev5JItQPovQkuJOb2dzy4YSFgDSotWmbgFJMUAkffRpHhKqTcW" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="566" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rJG17keS4Z4JdpK5ahX9rAJINbNBmzvwaqo2lFF8BSKikWuN9s9xjJw7axwf_TYm5prVTH7E92f4JjzfpR_mpPVcElSMU5g1oCl_DaKW--hyxhX-YDjHZncBW87Mr54hvP04VEMtqQev5JItQPovQkuJOb2dzy4YSFgDSotWmbgFJMUAkffRpHhKqTcW=w367-h362" width="367" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hassop Station (Café depending on the reporters
tendancies!), near Bakewell in Derbyshire was the place to be though if you’re
a Waxwing with 250+ reported feeding on hawthorn berries along the old railway
line. 10 colour-ringed birds have been reported from here so far between 19th
Dec. and 13</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Jan. See some photos below:</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrvPQaxWL0_9pvyWIOiT2baskRWFsRp6QsCApRvc_rUCmbjOT92QCEm1cdiwowzg0OpCqJ5m_XOYZO4L_IQI1EHAD1wpCuv5auLeLWtvdMfAaHlmhEt9rQh6pv5K_AQZNvAPSGLZ6ZOxERcYhoS-pGjsW6PqkeKa4VEv_9PTUZFFfb_eBZC4FxgwDHlFj7" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="488" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrvPQaxWL0_9pvyWIOiT2baskRWFsRp6QsCApRvc_rUCmbjOT92QCEm1cdiwowzg0OpCqJ5m_XOYZO4L_IQI1EHAD1wpCuv5auLeLWtvdMfAaHlmhEt9rQh6pv5K_AQZNvAPSGLZ6ZOxERcYhoS-pGjsW6PqkeKa4VEv_9PTUZFFfb_eBZC4FxgwDHlFj7=w279-h370" width="279" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">LYW after drinking, Hassop 6/1/24, Tim Russon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxmUO-qtN9Bc6JwYvR2G9MjvKr_nG8DEbgauiKVPEWM4hsinY-YWONR2C5Rq65nTltiQuM3VZVMpnbyD2x7xCFpmvH8gDVbPfgUk6A6Iwg93M23tpbOhQhwLBh0M3wMY9axRnU6V0Y7YSXLt0_WvTdNaYDSwRq9kUOtMnqQs9B-Y_sMi1W1dAsotlPGHF" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="651" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxmUO-qtN9Bc6JwYvR2G9MjvKr_nG8DEbgauiKVPEWM4hsinY-YWONR2C5Rq65nTltiQuM3VZVMpnbyD2x7xCFpmvH8gDVbPfgUk6A6Iwg93M23tpbOhQhwLBh0M3wMY9axRnU6V0Y7YSXLt0_WvTdNaYDSwRq9kUOtMnqQs9B-Y_sMi1W1dAsotlPGHF" width="320" /></a><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-indent: 36pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">OGW “Where’s all the berries gone?” Hassop 6/1/24, Peter Garrity</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhKD9I64ro_esan2I0T7mUM9GCjy4WGuAFzqd9UBvupWbHqi8oU2A_luLhybGLr3xDr7h_x6F8gRCz9JI94ZomDjPI4mUWOp0KUH0Bp0d6yFHfrtn0x2OEMpfwg7dky3bFZb1ookYHS9Jq4ljiMYEV9RiEvJ79jQfptDZ52wFwmWxil1SbwC2yNHRvYogY" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="627" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhKD9I64ro_esan2I0T7mUM9GCjy4WGuAFzqd9UBvupWbHqi8oU2A_luLhybGLr3xDr7h_x6F8gRCz9JI94ZomDjPI4mUWOp0KUH0Bp0d6yFHfrtn0x2OEMpfwg7dky3bFZb1ookYHS9Jq4ljiMYEV9RiEvJ79jQfptDZ52wFwmWxil1SbwC2yNHRvYogY" width="320" /></a><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">WYW Hassop 13/1/24, Richard Oswold</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">Waxwings generally
show little flock fidelity and pretty random dispersal when they arrive in the
UK so it is interesting to speculate how flock faithful some of these birds at
Hassop Station are. Seven have come from the same flock, same day ringing in
Elgin on 13<sup>th</sup> Nov., 1 from Aberdeen on 4<sup>th</sup> Nov. and 1
from Orkney on 7<sup>th</sup> Nov. We’ll take a closer look at this in a future
post.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">The large flock at
Hassop is feeding on hawthorn berries, a berry species they all but ignored in NE
Scotland this winter, much preferring the rowan berries. It has been very
interesting to see from photographs and information provided by observers what
the Waxwings are feeding on at various other locations around the country.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">LLO photographed by
Keith Gillon near Longniddry, East Lothian 7/1/24 was not only notable for
still being in Scotland but also for feeding on rose hips. </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyac_iqmyYmO4vP7yYNObIPTdCxkT0hLPucY3K1FHWPsO_MerewE9pFoM58dN8e1nBZcAU_Ib61gVNPu6OlzV988glHenAdecsUinXpnqi3V7D5Y5dX_Su9CXt_tBfXoIdOF2wmYfAkMO1-pL2mVnE7B46nbo1tBmdcObfcliBqpiCx-Vp1AXErJvY2gi4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="754" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyac_iqmyYmO4vP7yYNObIPTdCxkT0hLPucY3K1FHWPsO_MerewE9pFoM58dN8e1nBZcAU_Ib61gVNPu6OlzV988glHenAdecsUinXpnqi3V7D5Y5dX_Su9CXt_tBfXoIdOF2wmYfAkMO1-pL2mVnE7B46nbo1tBmdcObfcliBqpiCx-Vp1AXErJvY2gi4=w451-h327" width="451" /></a></div><br /> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 289.8pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 385.8pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Keith
commented, “The birds were managing to feed on the rose hips though they maybe
did select the smaller ones.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Interestingly
WYG, seen by Angus Croudace on 27/12, also still in Scotland in Abernethy,
Perthshire, was also feeding on rose hips. Rose hips are not just a Scottish
thing though, Andrew Merrick reported birds at Arborfield Garrison, Berkshire
feeding on them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">It was great to see the Waxwings tucking
into big juicy bunches of white rowan berries at Farnham in Surrey and
Orpington in Kent. This ornamental rowan, sorbus hupehensis, can be found
scattered around Aberdeen but none of the trees here had anywhere near such an
abundant crop of berries as those shown in the Waxwing photos from these sites.</span><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_DRbYyA2auG0_L5UAioNTB1au0coapNmtU0HSTdFHt1P-KvQjcwirZPQQ6bhVFT1QxWY2K6KyVf_7HMY13IJ4sh4A4zNeBUpKwvUCQK8N4TPwup5t5F1VLYQBRlFD7ZZ562v6SwmIrqzrUT4Jdk-SSxDSZEHGi9gMqs8E4MDalPPsq6UfvxxDX8KvxBpe" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: 36pt;"><img alt="" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="768" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_DRbYyA2auG0_L5UAioNTB1au0coapNmtU0HSTdFHt1P-KvQjcwirZPQQ6bhVFT1QxWY2K6KyVf_7HMY13IJ4sh4A4zNeBUpKwvUCQK8N4TPwup5t5F1VLYQBRlFD7ZZ562v6SwmIrqzrUT4Jdk-SSxDSZEHGi9gMqs8E4MDalPPsq6UfvxxDX8KvxBpe" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">BYR Farnham, Surrey 30/12/23, George Newton</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNKPEYHhjEm5o2KPGdJSqsSO6BnavMDRrAer7g5mQRDjQC9exnkSb5xVexN_gYCJfAgbbTn5fqPjvcLlGEHSDAv5ppWBTwA54Rw0OkpNRslXjdiOGZe1wxZaHCXDJxneHc7eQvrVZVUAHFSPtn8Xe7zQJsQAu2NHw7GfylM21-18vxFKc6yyqL2Sip2Q9j" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="609" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNKPEYHhjEm5o2KPGdJSqsSO6BnavMDRrAer7g5mQRDjQC9exnkSb5xVexN_gYCJfAgbbTn5fqPjvcLlGEHSDAv5ppWBTwA54Rw0OkpNRslXjdiOGZe1wxZaHCXDJxneHc7eQvrVZVUAHFSPtn8Xe7zQJsQAu2NHw7GfylM21-18vxFKc6yyqL2Sip2Q9j" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">RRB Orpington, Kent 9/1/24, R. Sim</span></div></div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4Obnly41l7h9JWPsFKvxhY0cmWXmEsQVsoet-YRyIDmWaBsP39C1COPaXlE_tekDERIIA35ai3gHB1hL_Fu07aXh6GYRdTwByVkJJ3Z2T8FT17w3Y5lob3F5pjiIxKPe-EFCKxnrKAaLH3dBmbUDs76-nXGSyKH7wUtWEMcUzIlh7fq71WXzXaApSo4Uz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="430" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4Obnly41l7h9JWPsFKvxhY0cmWXmEsQVsoet-YRyIDmWaBsP39C1COPaXlE_tekDERIIA35ai3gHB1hL_Fu07aXh6GYRdTwByVkJJ3Z2T8FT17w3Y5lob3F5pjiIxKPe-EFCKxnrKAaLH3dBmbUDs76-nXGSyKH7wUtWEMcUzIlh7fq71WXzXaApSo4Uz=w255-h348" width="255" /></a></div><br /></span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;">WGW on Hawthorns Uckfield, Sussex 5/1/24, Alex Brookes <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">What I’ve never seen and was reported from Great Malvern in Worcestershire and Farnham in Surrey amongst other places is Waxwings feeding on Mistletoe berries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Mistletoe is not a common berry at all up here in NE Scotland so thanks to Emma & Graham Stephenson for some extra photographs of the birds eating Mistletoe berries in Farnham and to Simon Pugh for the video footage from Great Malvern. From what I can see the Waxwings have to work quite hard to get the berries, searching around in the foliage for each single or double berries. A big bunch of red, yellow or white berries on bare stems looks a lot easier to me but having said that the Mistletoe berries do look quite large, soft and juicy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEileYdJTZcz3V2sQuM5QKa78eyUtbCCicxUIE7cGHWJYr5Xu4rb4tC0EsSNJBoaJq84OykFEaXYoTrvJ3dqZXMsnQUcK9PgZhXGTMjOAlG7mSclCiSb2w6WcjSf3hm0RCNv09YOU9UfSoWWjjdb40POTN_vHpgAKGu37J1i5G84lwlRnuHRQnUGmvCqlwiR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="745" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEileYdJTZcz3V2sQuM5QKa78eyUtbCCicxUIE7cGHWJYr5Xu4rb4tC0EsSNJBoaJq84OykFEaXYoTrvJ3dqZXMsnQUcK9PgZhXGTMjOAlG7mSclCiSb2w6WcjSf3hm0RCNv09YOU9UfSoWWjjdb40POTN_vHpgAKGu37J1i5G84lwlRnuHRQnUGmvCqlwiR" width="290" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">Waxwings feeding on Mistletoe berries Farnham, Surrey 7/1/24, Emma Stephenson<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkcrOP5Q5UhjsZxga2e7AG9qOUicIPnKazQjWnViXbSC0Nh7mBIhySGCFnzstThlwze_Qqg46apDY6LKXN6P_g2O4VjVriDit_5UgBZhzjZux-650Sz7ovQRJ_xZTn7jNZvwGNnrhAJVQGe9Tht07BUKioWkCA-YwmcJCXmEgw4xhzUIoX10s6oUYf1Z3P" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="704" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkcrOP5Q5UhjsZxga2e7AG9qOUicIPnKazQjWnViXbSC0Nh7mBIhySGCFnzstThlwze_Qqg46apDY6LKXN6P_g2O4VjVriDit_5UgBZhzjZux-650Sz7ovQRJ_xZTn7jNZvwGNnrhAJVQGe9Tht07BUKioWkCA-YwmcJCXmEgw4xhzUIoX10s6oUYf1Z3P" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 72pt;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">BWR swallowing a Mistletoe berry Greater Malvern, Worcestershire 6/1/24, Paul Harwood Browne</span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As well as reporting your colour-ring sightings (and flock size and berry types) we would be interested to hear about any casualties anybody might have come across </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">to add to our casualties table below.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Many thanks again for everybody’s tremendous contributions to our Waxwing tracking project so far.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Raymond and Grampian Ringing Group</span><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 330px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.35pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td colspan="2" nowrap="" style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 19.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 247.85pt;" valign="bottom" width="330"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">CASUALTIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 21.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 21.1pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Cause<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 21.1pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Number<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 27.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 27.2pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Car<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 27.2pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 28.3pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28.3pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Cat<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28.3pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 28pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Sparrowhawk<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">7<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 28.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 28.15pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Window strike<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 28.15pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">20<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 21pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 21pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 21pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: 1pt solid windowtext; height: 25pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 167.1pt;" valign="bottom" width="223"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td><td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-top: none; height: 25pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 80.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">31<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p></div><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359350033090823619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-47310255693933235572023-12-30T02:40:00.018+00:002023-12-30T08:39:47.600+00:00MULTIPLE RESIGHTINGS OF COLOUR-RINGED WAXWINGS ALREADY <p> <span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">As the Waxwings continue to move through the UK (and beyond!) we are delighted to
have already received 50 distant (>50km) colour-ringed sightings of birds
from our Orkney and NE Scotland colour-ringing/tracking project.</span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">A huge thank you to all ringers, birders, photographers and
observers who have gone to the bother of reporting their sightings to us. It is
very much appreciated. Many have been from photographs, some discovered
afterwards whilst sifting through them at home on the camera or computer.</span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">All are very exciting and of great interest to us and it gets
even more exciting and interesting when the same colour-ringed bird turns up
again elsewhere. We have had 7 of these multiple resightings already this
winter, featured below, and another, not a multiple resighting but worthy of
mention, has already returned to the continent, resighted in Denmark on 18<sup>th</sup>
December, our earliest ever returner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">MAP OF WAXWING MULTIPLE COLOUR-RING SIGHTINGS UP TO 29/12/23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOVwiUkq9SbiF6kRGHhIMaSkm9YjonEu2ArHAekFwGOmEtPmmfnXD0QMkXTdm8RnlQV4Vo3FMsGJWBmBAzwfgvbI3Bkd7yU4GCuI3ZctVwIT-yo9vbkQOia39ZxQqEHOccXT-Zq25VQCai2IoOSaCzp1oSJjAvYBmOF8sgChDNclx0HwRmkqsM8Cu1_WCL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="772" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOVwiUkq9SbiF6kRGHhIMaSkm9YjonEu2ArHAekFwGOmEtPmmfnXD0QMkXTdm8RnlQV4Vo3FMsGJWBmBAzwfgvbI3Bkd7yU4GCuI3ZctVwIT-yo9vbkQOia39ZxQqEHOccXT-Zq25VQCai2IoOSaCzp1oSJjAvYBmOF8sgChDNclx0HwRmkqsM8Cu1_WCL=w406-h498" width="406" /></a></b></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Apologies but there are
too many observers to list here for the sightings. Massive thank you to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">KEY</span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <span> </span></span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">XXX
= Colour ring combination (eg RYW = Red over Yellow over White)</span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial;">1 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> OOY Saltcoates, Ayrshire 13/11 <br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Gargrave, North Yorkshire 12/12 <br /> Barnoldswick, Lancashire 16/12 <br /> Clitheroe, Lancashire 17/12 <br /><br />2 <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> WOO Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent 8/12 – 11/12 <br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Severalls Ind. Park, Colchester, Essex 23/12 <br /><br />3 <span> </span><span> </span> RYW Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 17/12 <br /> Newton Aycliffe, County Durham 24/12 <br /><br />4 BOB Severalls Ind. Park, Colchester, Essex 15/12 - 17/12 <br /> Halisham, East Sussex 26/12 <br /><br />5 LNW Bakewell, Derbyshire 19/12 <br /> Sefton Street, Liverpool 26/12 <br /><br />6 RWO Musselburgh 21/11 <br /> Sedbergh, Cumbria 11/12 <br /><br />7 RYR Rendlesham, Suffolk 11/12 <br /> Farnham, Surrey 29/12</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">So these multiple resightings (and the bird to Denmark) have
pretty much covered all compass points on their travels through the UK, and
beyond, so far in search of berries. And it’s only just past Xmas! It will be
very interesting to see what they do in the next few months.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG_8eIXCQMRyrtW1mFxmWxgx-VAkmVR5Xi9qz5T8sb_6z-BBH3Rz3pbU-OKg2y9sMMMMoGNpJtk5KdyE0hD92BCHfvQciIuT_4JIpNAx_jAUmVDKucCODRiQaelrXNZ9Gh9Ik_WVS_o-HqMiFRbLRcAaE2Lp-gAYCrNuQ-wU6vahM-7Is_yNLZgxScXu4N" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="734" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiG_8eIXCQMRyrtW1mFxmWxgx-VAkmVR5Xi9qz5T8sb_6z-BBH3Rz3pbU-OKg2y9sMMMMoGNpJtk5KdyE0hD92BCHfvQciIuT_4JIpNAx_jAUmVDKucCODRiQaelrXNZ9Gh9Ik_WVS_o-HqMiFRbLRcAaE2Lp-gAYCrNuQ-wU6vahM-7Is_yNLZgxScXu4N=w334-h273" width="334" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>BNW 18/12 Langeland, Denmark. Henrik Knudsen</span><div><div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="470" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH-VqJNsfCkuFMjYaIAo-L4x00sNGCo8_dALw2r5PP-aciIPlvAB4a3RrDXPsgidbx7I07tNmf74wbMi6qhthlvzKIHv9ThX_cg-AZLnsMWMzSQGzwB7PZlpE7GPTmA9WqX6C9LHtd-OorAMFvXoI4tUVhK_eyK24BIkHNfSpyy4Iqn9ty_KaFbw3beDCU=w333-h439" width="333" /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">OOY 12/12 Gargrave, North Yorkshire. Annie Shadrake</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinNctqZdXaBczaE4Mky8BE78EMhcCpDTbaAAIH53YFAqYbAVClHm7dCKVO4o5h8je0Eq98cXEjiBTUNnsQA3V4tjzhcQR91frHg4EH6lLKjKiKfL59pw_kMI1dbaFpyKoC4Zu4rlJ8Hqdl1JATKVTDvoPqnDomWYX3o7PDcC6Y3hJM_iBO2qORRPuIy1Mc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1038" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinNctqZdXaBczaE4Mky8BE78EMhcCpDTbaAAIH53YFAqYbAVClHm7dCKVO4o5h8je0Eq98cXEjiBTUNnsQA3V4tjzhcQR91frHg4EH6lLKjKiKfL59pw_kMI1dbaFpyKoC4Zu4rlJ8Hqdl1JATKVTDvoPqnDomWYX3o7PDcC6Y3hJM_iBO2qORRPuIy1Mc=w303-h318" width="303" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> WOO 23/12 Colchester. Dan Mills</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPeztHB7-LX_35GGTS_XEnrLT2KSrDT4TgnkDhwAt8dtCX9IYGtzfLamvg0R-bCe-DRj2m3L-LpIQldBUP98ZMr0dAd5AOFH-zsZrUOzoOuaH9rpiUq7sWZPovW4Sn-nIrmtnVpyJPVp-oSi8oDpHWR-LLD2Y5_BW7yKcs1e07WOdohkETBLo03TIEP_RP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="858" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPeztHB7-LX_35GGTS_XEnrLT2KSrDT4TgnkDhwAt8dtCX9IYGtzfLamvg0R-bCe-DRj2m3L-LpIQldBUP98ZMr0dAd5AOFH-zsZrUOzoOuaH9rpiUq7sWZPovW4Sn-nIrmtnVpyJPVp-oSi8oDpHWR-LLD2Y5_BW7yKcs1e07WOdohkETBLo03TIEP_RP" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> RYW 17/12 Gainsborough, Lincs. Joe Downing</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPv2Q_ylUGhqeG7l25jex0zipfPnI3thmnnCnS9K9nkRyVWy2VzFR1rkDyKURiETF1vliHz2Qi1JVPnc-SgLH7mI5yd0dJ-exKIOPF3nI26KgA_t3zm_I4DKLCEStfNHngdteXT6yHkOSY08359sEIyoMdhdUUodN5TSUbAVCUEzttZzwCMrRPCRqV7h2a" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="550" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPv2Q_ylUGhqeG7l25jex0zipfPnI3thmnnCnS9K9nkRyVWy2VzFR1rkDyKURiETF1vliHz2Qi1JVPnc-SgLH7mI5yd0dJ-exKIOPF3nI26KgA_t3zm_I4DKLCEStfNHngdteXT6yHkOSY08359sEIyoMdhdUUodN5TSUbAVCUEzttZzwCMrRPCRqV7h2a=w291-h325" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">BOB 26/12 Hailsham, East Sussex. Maria McGrath</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQST_eHQBfgiRcNM9cPqP0bGdX7tVqcn_VSXSuoL3tVh7dRu73xYRha-F9nagtnvAur0xm0A_xe_7YERj3xF6mf6DByjjA6uq3dNL_VrBe99ciTyfZ1h3bihIoGabPMLOWO-BPl1IlS2A5xcddranrJfs57RQr-k0rqAz76Myyf7aWzBT-OTcCX3lZBNQB" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="560" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQST_eHQBfgiRcNM9cPqP0bGdX7tVqcn_VSXSuoL3tVh7dRu73xYRha-F9nagtnvAur0xm0A_xe_7YERj3xF6mf6DByjjA6uq3dNL_VrBe99ciTyfZ1h3bihIoGabPMLOWO-BPl1IlS2A5xcddranrJfs57RQr-k0rqAz76Myyf7aWzBT-OTcCX3lZBNQB=w280-h298" width="280" /></a></div></span><span style="text-align: start;">LNW 19/12 Hassop Station, Derbyshire. Andy Gregory</span><span style="text-align: start;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFSVZrAh7QfzCaVbUOjDgk9SpRh_F6BUzWWh2wnkfAxQr67uDoSeCzthhSVoLpsdkQuIfhQ_h9FJY3jf-GJutU2VMrb0_52jfM3WsJNuapLEOR2q4piFrdE5F32FAQa23SjNuNE1rnvJ7DU_hGDIMx9kNJJOgYBJVS_by65rqWb3hOp3W3MOIM4cxqx6Ni" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="645" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFSVZrAh7QfzCaVbUOjDgk9SpRh_F6BUzWWh2wnkfAxQr67uDoSeCzthhSVoLpsdkQuIfhQ_h9FJY3jf-GJutU2VMrb0_52jfM3WsJNuapLEOR2q4piFrdE5F32FAQa23SjNuNE1rnvJ7DU_hGDIMx9kNJJOgYBJVS_by65rqWb3hOp3W3MOIM4cxqx6Ni=w279-h293" width="279" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> RWO 21/11 Musselburgh. Len Hunter</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKNl3bg88PpfeBQMNVItdAFbmsw3fTPP14rtidXf0FY8ez5DKhRJNIdOk9oY8HrloPjLEf1usCnLberNbpd1xDalkZohpHEnc8K2p6sxI9Xhjdd7Obk3A-D14HmDOYkXZZTAs_K0fuspZhkRv9c_jtBzblJjlZwn9iWOTcSNVe8tW68uBmvXeRuu1gRUCQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="993" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKNl3bg88PpfeBQMNVItdAFbmsw3fTPP14rtidXf0FY8ez5DKhRJNIdOk9oY8HrloPjLEf1usCnLberNbpd1xDalkZohpHEnc8K2p6sxI9Xhjdd7Obk3A-D14HmDOYkXZZTAs_K0fuspZhkRv9c_jtBzblJjlZwn9iWOTcSNVe8tW68uBmvXeRuu1gRUCQ=w353-h224" width="353" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> RYR 11/12 Rendlesham, Suffolk. Jim Mountain</span></div><div><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Aptos, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">We have been asking observers about “their” flock sizes and
what berries the Waxwings have been feeding on which might give us a wee clue
to their future plans. The berries of course are the critical thing in the
Waxwing’s winter life and govern the distances they have to travel. They have
been on quite a variety of rowans and hawthorns mostly so far by looks of
things.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Back up here in Aberdeen we’re in a wee bit of a huff really
as the Waxwings have all but gone. The critical rowan berries which they prefer
to feed on had a rather patchy crop up here and critically there weren’t enough
to see the birds through to the transition to Tree Cotoneaster which usually
happens about Xmas. The Tree Cotoneaster has a very good crop so we are
intrigued to see if the Waxwings might have a “berry memory bank” (ooh there’s
a project for some keen student?!) and some return north to capitalise on this
food supply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Thank you all very much again for all your great sightings,
photographs and interesting observations. Keep up the good work. We’ll post up
a map of all December’s colour ring sightings and some more of your great
photographs in early January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Oh and worthy of further discussion will be the 2 colour ringed
birds resighted at the same site at Hassop Station, near Bakewell, Derbyshire in
the same week and another 2 at the same site at Ipswich, Suffolk in the same
week, all ringed on the same day in Elgin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Have a Happy New Year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-no-proof: yes;">Raymond Duncan and Grampian Ringing Group <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> <br /></span></span><span face=""Aptos",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359350033090823619noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-87933471438928954362023-12-24T08:04:00.022+00:002023-12-24T21:58:49.675+00:00WAXWINGS moving south, coming to a car park or street near you!<p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After being busy ringing Waxwings for much of November up here in Aberdeen and Elgin it is a tad disappointing to see numbers drop away as a rather patchy rowan crop begins to run out.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">There were still a few wee flocks around into December.</span></p><p></p><p class="xxxmsonormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Olivier, Edgar, Edit, Mya and Karla Jolly photographed a bunch
on the smallest rowan tree in Aberdeen on Sunday 3/12……..!!</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh14Zi_XUqH43LUlibDD_orpgAwwdAzyv6ahNVsvfGmX2gAjJoH3U26kPDcuvOIfJA7BykaRbatMaSvd8iH59AiHlDf93Rd5intj_gaMKWEeVMeTQkodjDrq8QbI2UNZ4VAnmZBk6xf265M9zO-PMs_BI5KRtkioGGDmXacS4l148aVHGN7n5WbcB6RTY36" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="417" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh14Zi_XUqH43LUlibDD_orpgAwwdAzyv6ahNVsvfGmX2gAjJoH3U26kPDcuvOIfJA7BykaRbatMaSvd8iH59AiHlDf93Rd5intj_gaMKWEeVMeTQkodjDrq8QbI2UNZ4VAnmZBk6xf265M9zO-PMs_BI5KRtkioGGDmXacS4l148aVHGN7n5WbcB6RTY36=w551-h369" width="551" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And got 3 interestingly diverse colour ringed birds in the flock…………<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">(B = Blue, G = Green, L = Light Green, O = Orange, R = Red, W = White)</span></p><p></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">GOR
adM Ringed 5/11 Kings Gate<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">OGW juvF Ringed 13/11 Elgin <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal">
</p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">BBB
adF Ringed 22/11 Claremont Gardens</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">(photographs below)</span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUDmTwI0raEihftOYkdTF09fH3pgw-1CDo3ZekPjnFCYfJyv7p1ntVmvbd1xL2RJdB_ishF_3CxYH5MlivTM0ccjxmkri1AEZ7KtfbT8Q9002WUHMjeouFormqcRLzh6pfNqce_6hIZxK6HvGf6x1qtPRFVWHm4wberTCopE4f5TTCJyAle9MBCZi-swQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="343" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUDmTwI0raEihftOYkdTF09fH3pgw-1CDo3ZekPjnFCYfJyv7p1ntVmvbd1xL2RJdB_ishF_3CxYH5MlivTM0ccjxmkri1AEZ7KtfbT8Q9002WUHMjeouFormqcRLzh6pfNqce_6hIZxK6HvGf6x1qtPRFVWHm4wberTCopE4f5TTCJyAle9MBCZi-swQ=w220-h316" width="220" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1O4l801fSXyIQlcYBDq4ccXmHZIdGLSNIZ8iMYyd7-LqteaF3BYuB1KN-X1rnVkgF1GTRkGopi0SoJ4_AX3JUq8POM1_UsZR_VWnBM1Op8tvyUIZJWk8nPMlWei4ymMS7V6TA8n1kgWIyS4Ib8KuTlfoRUu7gt4wxnPkLToSJ8aOLEGKbLCI9hNqI2FEv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="361" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1O4l801fSXyIQlcYBDq4ccXmHZIdGLSNIZ8iMYyd7-LqteaF3BYuB1KN-X1rnVkgF1GTRkGopi0SoJ4_AX3JUq8POM1_UsZR_VWnBM1Op8tvyUIZJWk8nPMlWei4ymMS7V6TA8n1kgWIyS4Ib8KuTlfoRUu7gt4wxnPkLToSJ8aOLEGKbLCI9hNqI2FEv=w188-h315" width="188" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUDmTwI0raEihftOYkdTF09fH3pgw-1CDo3ZekPjnFCYfJyv7p1ntVmvbd1xL2RJdB_ishF_3CxYH5MlivTM0ccjxmkri1AEZ7KtfbT8Q9002WUHMjeouFormqcRLzh6pfNqce_6hIZxK6HvGf6x1qtPRFVWHm4wberTCopE4f5TTCJyAle9MBCZi-swQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUDmTwI0raEihftOYkdTF09fH3pgw-1CDo3ZekPjnFCYfJyv7p1ntVmvbd1xL2RJdB_ishF_3CxYH5MlivTM0ccjxmkri1AEZ7KtfbT8Q9002WUHMjeouFormqcRLzh6pfNqce_6hIZxK6HvGf6x1qtPRFVWHm4wberTCopE4f5TTCJyAle9MBCZi-swQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1O4l801fSXyIQlcYBDq4ccXmHZIdGLSNIZ8iMYyd7-LqteaF3BYuB1KN-X1rnVkgF1GTRkGopi0SoJ4_AX3JUq8POM1_UsZR_VWnBM1Op8tvyUIZJWk8nPMlWei4ymMS7V6TA8n1kgWIyS4Ib8KuTlfoRUu7gt4wxnPkLToSJ8aOLEGKbLCI9hNqI2FEv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1O4l801fSXyIQlcYBDq4ccXmHZIdGLSNIZ8iMYyd7-LqteaF3BYuB1KN-X1rnVkgF1GTRkGopi0SoJ4_AX3JUq8POM1_UsZR_VWnBM1Op8tvyUIZJWk8nPMlWei4ymMS7V6TA8n1kgWIyS4Ib8KuTlfoRUu7gt4wxnPkLToSJ8aOLEGKbLCI9hNqI2FEv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgtyKv9OccM148B_pBxNu9brX049vmoZZQv4PKjJmBX00b00MTN3XZOINP8hSCPZAiZpPXMMxfefZKYs8Hns1y1JBhco057EaCsqJfqU8DJNkNroD9T8s5fgJpesoUnYSj1_KK5A1nrk1dMrLMrXDz8mdUySiNMNdx3AGXNq3F6V5t5-S4ZFAtMyc1r22Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="545" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgtyKv9OccM148B_pBxNu9brX049vmoZZQv4PKjJmBX00b00MTN3XZOINP8hSCPZAiZpPXMMxfefZKYs8Hns1y1JBhco057EaCsqJfqU8DJNkNroD9T8s5fgJpesoUnYSj1_KK5A1nrk1dMrLMrXDz8mdUySiNMNdx3AGXNq3F6V5t5-S4ZFAtMyc1r22Q=w351-h232" width="351" /><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></a></div></div></div><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">GOR was our longest staying bird so far at just under
a month until Jenny saw GLR, another bird from the 5/11 catch in
her inlaws garden on 5/12.<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We’ve now had 13 resightings already (7 local and 6
distant) from that catch of 38 at King’s Gate/Stronsay Drive on 5/11! </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our loss is other folks gain though. </span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The map below by Euan Ferguson shows all the resightings of colour-ringed birds up to end of </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">November </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">from the ringing in Orkney, Elgin and Aberdeen. A really big thank you to everybody for reporting their sightings, most nowadays accompanied by photographs, some of which are just so close up and sharp they are incredible.</span></span></p><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn-yKdegx0jioaqvH7_OHiY1UqYFvq_jgZAS9bNT0vyiZpBu32zECFr44oqOiuQT2p1iTP2ELrL7VW-nSlnFcvTJGCRVAv03m2dMdcMRrUimpM3t-ilYOrHA4BAy_XXVY6ZNGUdhAT3JQIXK5yF2ZJEtUzdu1MDAm-Nui-q4Y_UTwqZWrShF_kkXhX5qNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="772" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn-yKdegx0jioaqvH7_OHiY1UqYFvq_jgZAS9bNT0vyiZpBu32zECFr44oqOiuQT2p1iTP2ELrL7VW-nSlnFcvTJGCRVAv03m2dMdcMRrUimpM3t-ilYOrHA4BAy_XXVY6ZNGUdhAT3JQIXK5yF2ZJEtUzdu1MDAm-Nui-q4Y_UTwqZWrShF_kkXhX5qNA=w409-h524" width="409" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">Showing typical lack
of flock fidelity and random dispersal, sightings have come from a wide variety of places. A juvenile male was retrapped by ringers away over </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">in the Western Isles </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">in Tobha isgeirnis on 15/11, 2 weeks after ringing in Aberdeen. Many were in the Central Belt and into Northern England. One had reached Northern Ireland 24/11. Most southern birds so far are one in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales in the west and Boston, Lincolnshire in the east.</span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJAPdoNJZ-vaZgzPKj4QSuJAWhWW9axStXD1qbV5k6HdQIPmqkZ0_wZGvt0CFHAJYvGqSp-zP1dSfJZGbl0EaNLMwzOzpHRgJ7xQDnp2xkR8xowWPaGD-ynjtQvKF2FctsONKOwXEIdumzfr5H-p5bmiP8gKal6dsjGbRHWiWwQuXuy2kKuLD2uNo45Mln" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="548" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJAPdoNJZ-vaZgzPKj4QSuJAWhWW9axStXD1qbV5k6HdQIPmqkZ0_wZGvt0CFHAJYvGqSp-zP1dSfJZGbl0EaNLMwzOzpHRgJ7xQDnp2xkR8xowWPaGD-ynjtQvKF2FctsONKOwXEIdumzfr5H-p5bmiP8gKal6dsjGbRHWiWwQuXuy2kKuLD2uNo45Mln=w223-h330" width="223" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">RBW juvM 28/11 Motherwell John Agnew</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span> </span><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjppF0Eh_R4JsmtSt_RPpjSnaAFrBRgM5fSgAjOtfL8yaqp8mSaqYDRfxlG42ZohF1aNImzA1a4LOqiJAuVY1m73n8D42fndjJd6c3TjqdSg2SElgrxpT3MoZ2E4iA5KBNV2MU-Sa-7maBnIDKrx_Z1gT9vT9Y4cnjeEdYfLnzWXDdOBHjbCLt5OiLVQVif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="974" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjppF0Eh_R4JsmtSt_RPpjSnaAFrBRgM5fSgAjOtfL8yaqp8mSaqYDRfxlG42ZohF1aNImzA1a4LOqiJAuVY1m73n8D42fndjJd6c3TjqdSg2SElgrxpT3MoZ2E4iA5KBNV2MU-Sa-7maBnIDKrx_Z1gT9vT9Y4cnjeEdYfLnzWXDdOBHjbCLt5OiLVQVif=w355-h245" width="355" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> YNW juvF 30/11 Barnoldswick, E.Lancashire, Kevin Singleton</div> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6M7hrHdF_vNShJpfR5QjTUuLvXZOOxnzuy53CeNzCnW_vqmCB6UhtUAQzlplD02SR4QhCwYJw1jvqvgWgT-r8P2rp8kF9kVZNd9_YOgGOZ6YdQ22iby24vh3efGPrnimNhupo8iBCg9l6ILSxUbbkMSDvpbyXV1iGYjXunmi12FDkrmkURfPIAv9YBTJt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="631" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6M7hrHdF_vNShJpfR5QjTUuLvXZOOxnzuy53CeNzCnW_vqmCB6UhtUAQzlplD02SR4QhCwYJw1jvqvgWgT-r8P2rp8kF9kVZNd9_YOgGOZ6YdQ22iby24vh3efGPrnimNhupo8iBCg9l6ILSxUbbkMSDvpbyXV1iGYjXunmi12FDkrmkURfPIAv9YBTJt=w245-h314" width="245" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"> WR adF 27/11 Knaresborough, Mark Whorley</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As mentioned in the last post a Waxwing in the hand is worth two in the bush not only because you get to see all their unique plumage features in real fine detail but other surprises can sometimes be revealed. For example in this invasion a few of the juveniles have still been in body moult, most noticeable around the head, and quite a few of the adults have not been able to complete their wing moult before migrating. This suggests a fairly abrupt, rushed departure, probably driven by a sudden need to find food. Birds need to be in their best condition before undertaking such hazardous journeys as a 400km+ flight across the North Sea but the photo below is one example of several adults ringed this invasion which still had some old wing feathers from last year. </div></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrLXSqbhUGuJ3xxTesHCJhxtT-r7NHMdlOHXFDno1ov-4LA9fWqxCwveJ1zO0RSca2QmxDcUj0_wO6oz16VGk4VpcyGbQXEYxqqLaX9yodI2uoIufj5Q3jnph3mMqM3W7CMxFpTG6Me5D8Du6n5bzxLB35JW48IenwVgq7-oZDjFPFy6afXNFHJJQOK-KG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="806" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrLXSqbhUGuJ3xxTesHCJhxtT-r7NHMdlOHXFDno1ov-4LA9fWqxCwveJ1zO0RSca2QmxDcUj0_wO6oz16VGk4VpcyGbQXEYxqqLaX9yodI2uoIufj5Q3jnph3mMqM3W7CMxFpTG6Me5D8Du6n5bzxLB35JW48IenwVgq7-oZDjFPFy6afXNFHJJQOK-KG=w370-h192" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqKdHsH6fL7WnA2NxHU5-b3rOJzxRJwTh9hZ5SC6RV7-anBkaFpu3OG5hnQtmWb9xg0KUtnt52hR4KTOVrOf-vXb1fprzi-BwCVOyX-G5hGASfKPzaWp5RcjJqlX8YrIoEhPHoYV27ofH3cqo-Xf_mPNfvr_QpFZCJjvgVCFwWeMFExK9q3zYgYGaWPti" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="418" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqKdHsH6fL7WnA2NxHU5-b3rOJzxRJwTh9hZ5SC6RV7-anBkaFpu3OG5hnQtmWb9xg0KUtnt52hR4KTOVrOf-vXb1fprzi-BwCVOyX-G5hGASfKPzaWp5RcjJqlX8YrIoEhPHoYV27ofH3cqo-Xf_mPNfvr_QpFZCJjvgVCFwWeMFExK9q3zYgYGaWPti" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Above is an adult wing with an old outer primary feather (brown looking) and a partially grown second outer primary feather. In the secondary wing feathers (zoomed in on bottom photo) the first 2 are new and almost fully grown but the inner 4 are old (very ragged looking)</span></div><p class="xxxmsonospacing"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3iTVg6f95C28ZXp4CXkoPDNN6kLEeCubmCLGA5dh79aJpZ-qiafNqZ_oYMBewX3hZlB1BhfnFu5y4YDCjP4RCuZdmhmlnW7edsl6tthb1qBaVXYGqn_len2WAVXve0Po84nMqvOiuX3sKVU5STsU72BY6h8-Q7Rjlhnpfhfui3P9gTZrwWpMr5i_Qx-R" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span> </span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="272" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis3iTVg6f95C28ZXp4CXkoPDNN6kLEeCubmCLGA5dh79aJpZ-qiafNqZ_oYMBewX3hZlB1BhfnFu5y4YDCjP4RCuZdmhmlnW7edsl6tthb1qBaVXYGqn_len2WAVXve0Po84nMqvOiuX3sKVU5STsU72BY6h8-Q7Rjlhnpfhfui3P9gTZrwWpMr5i_Qx-R=w156-h207" width="156" /></a></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUayVlq9IFqOg8lUUFYbAFv3ZIh834roDzKj2AuFG0n74-4vP9jhaWP9odryarttppqkYxr433tOdYMIlSjT6l2fRoQpyFl0fYXO4x2XMButYiV0hVMbmQCRWR-NYmshrj_SWcaN0zcuGBkT-n1AnnO_vae-YZawejd5L5zrWNHXNj-Ywhal3P8b2Em8uS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="494" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUayVlq9IFqOg8lUUFYbAFv3ZIh834roDzKj2AuFG0n74-4vP9jhaWP9odryarttppqkYxr433tOdYMIlSjT6l2fRoQpyFl0fYXO4x2XMButYiV0hVMbmQCRWR-NYmshrj_SWcaN0zcuGBkT-n1AnnO_vae-YZawejd5L5zrWNHXNj-Ywhal3P8b2Em8uS=w161-h182" width="161" /></a></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN0H3rcT3og8N7AxzPbqxM1tpyIk3T0swwu1QMATryNVL2gwaudVHTI_DAeS4q6ZXq2bi3KAtnPVLP_TMm3iaEqI_nIpQuoRiT81nmYv1-7cW7GR6km-1d5_CAOHiYd_axUqRZdkeq0whWzPsm2kVhk8RUcVG3MpSpl5I1QtTIOdIWh8Cqvwph_tdh5c_N" style="font-family: helvetica; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="650" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN0H3rcT3og8N7AxzPbqxM1tpyIk3T0swwu1QMATryNVL2gwaudVHTI_DAeS4q6ZXq2bi3KAtnPVLP_TMm3iaEqI_nIpQuoRiT81nmYv1-7cW7GR6km-1d5_CAOHiYd_axUqRZdkeq0whWzPsm2kVhk8RUcVG3MpSpl5I1QtTIOdIWh8Cqvwph_tdh5c_N=w158-h164" width="158" /></a></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The above 3 photos show a juvenile still in body/head moult with old loose head feather, pins on the throat and chin where new feathers were growing in and a semi naked underwing.</span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Lots more colour-ring sightings have been coming in during December. WOO at Fenton, Stoke-in -Trent and BOB in Severalls Industrial Park, Colchester trying to out do each others celebratey status as the most photographed colour-ringed Waxwing this winter and BNW, our earliest ever returning bird to the continent, sighted in Denmark on 18/12. We'll post up something early in the New Year. </span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And finally some quick Waxwing news from our foreign correspondents. Jane Reid in Trondheim, Norway, "still had a few Waxies hanging on in here" on Monday the 4th December whilst Sam Lopez said "in Spain this winter there had been 4 sightings of 5 birds (that means a flock of 2?!), </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">3 in Galicia, the first in 19 years, and 1 in the Basque country."</span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Thank you all very much again for reporting your sightings of colour-ringed Waxwings along with some amazing photographs. Keep up the good work. </span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Have a very Merry Xmas and a guid New Year. Hopefully your New Year bird list will kick off with a flock of Waxwings (and a colour-ringed one in it).</span></p><p class="xxxmsonormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Raymond and Grampian Ringing Group</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><p></p></div>Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359350033090823619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-66951863157712957692023-11-26T16:43:00.002+00:002023-11-26T16:43:38.668+00:00A waxwing winter<p><span color="inherit" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">Well what a super Waxwing invasion! An early spread of birds from mid-October including down into England and over to the west and right down to the south west suggested it was going to be a big one. Now flocks of 100s and up to 1,000 have confirmed this.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">Over 100 have been ringed on Shetland and also on Orkney, where 69 of them have also been colour-ringed. 224 have been colour-ringed in NE Scotland in Elgin, Banchory and Aberdeen. We would be very grateful to all observers and photographers if they could report any colour ringed birds they might see or find on their photographs. Some birds are on the move down the country already, continuing their search for rowans and other berries, whilst others have settled down a bit. We have been receiving lots of sightings already. Thank you very much.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">A bird ringed in Finstown, Orkney on 29<sup>th</sup> October was photographed by Stuart McMahon and Steve Clarke in Saltcoates, Ayrshire on 10<sup>th</sup> November.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDuJWYlloMciaBXIB3AHrqV833Qe5k_4_7uecapQtHUJwtxbsCSC_bYD128XZp5ZZgjc74facm0g1MkO2mkEOdA14Br1euGT0F_hnrENsrPwpI8X-TD57rHsSVBsEGr49IgM5x37t11tnZy8_98XZmjjNP_Ndb2EzzXdSy4Hz4x5krT1tHMPp5XV_V4_-/s1500/StevieC_R7A3992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDuJWYlloMciaBXIB3AHrqV833Qe5k_4_7uecapQtHUJwtxbsCSC_bYD128XZp5ZZgjc74facm0g1MkO2mkEOdA14Br1euGT0F_hnrENsrPwpI8X-TD57rHsSVBsEGr49IgM5x37t11tnZy8_98XZmjjNP_Ndb2EzzXdSy4Hz4x5krT1tHMPp5XV_V4_-/s320/StevieC_R7A3992.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;">Juvenile female Waxwing Orange/Orange/Yellow ringed in Finstown, Orkney on 29</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> October and photographed by Stuart McMahon and Steve Clarke (shown) in Saltcoates, Ayrshire on 10</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> November.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo3SN9DqOhwNzOF3ci1iYKHLdd85IUqzjZVcRsg6daewYVGSNa8J2_4oGaUbxKknwbrMJvj4-SUY1JbSFAE8rg0aRkWlZdN2R8F4204mqS2_S3Zgq89u8LypOKX3Q4W2ly71UcvoYxsW9ymOJVvq_FYAujc95ZZNP7x3u9W43fyF-r0X-NrOqjClDMF95/s5472/5F3A0963%20waxwing%20small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo3SN9DqOhwNzOF3ci1iYKHLdd85IUqzjZVcRsg6daewYVGSNa8J2_4oGaUbxKknwbrMJvj4-SUY1JbSFAE8rg0aRkWlZdN2R8F4204mqS2_S3Zgq89u8LypOKX3Q4W2ly71UcvoYxsW9ymOJVvq_FYAujc95ZZNP7x3u9W43fyF-r0X-NrOqjClDMF95/s320/5F3A0963%20waxwing%20small.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Juvenile male Waxwing Green/Red/Red basking in the Aberdeen sun on 6<sup>th</sup> November (Mark Sullivan) the day after ringing nearby.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">From a catch of 38 in Aberdeen on 5</span><sup style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> November so far colour-ringed birds have been photographed in Dunblane on 12</span><sup style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> November by Gillian Baird, Glasgow on the 16</span><sup style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> by Stuart Watson and Newcastle on the 17</span><sup style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> by Mike Carr while one was retrapped still in Aberdeen on the 22nd. </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmaoBa8CQhtnqIWAs-RsukNhY5lG27bjxmIozmOcud2BMnJKMqRLDFEqI7e5-jA2CIQHzeBgTBCAPD7ABJUt94TgaHeHoQEQBEOKHnVlw36S6NCnyb4DygrRONI0CflHXSLbVhAMW0FHzdDNy7LGv77oc8AFPucaeByXUg8mCjpUqxYHvOhkYC8ImKdaN/s4608/DSCN6096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmaoBa8CQhtnqIWAs-RsukNhY5lG27bjxmIozmOcud2BMnJKMqRLDFEqI7e5-jA2CIQHzeBgTBCAPD7ABJUt94TgaHeHoQEQBEOKHnVlw36S6NCnyb4DygrRONI0CflHXSLbVhAMW0FHzdDNy7LGv77oc8AFPucaeByXUg8mCjpUqxYHvOhkYC8ImKdaN/s320/DSCN6096.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;">Juvenile female Waxwing Light Green/Blue/Red basking in the Dunblane sunshine on 12</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> November (Gillian Baird)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Q6iUP7kwqdl5kiaIpOM_L4FYmygngfs17IXFMrsDl7m-vDTzJ3T3-6hLdal1I55cYei4Lp8_Iol-kdpt9EtasucWqoJ_NBEj04Cr3IFXsGx4OO4P10rCj5I5tVqTq1KVIKGRWJiRGuVOfKoR1vrmTCXb13Sk3he8PA7qSz_i8AsGrub5WE0eSYiKBHJ/s1080/FB_IMG_1700228055239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5Q6iUP7kwqdl5kiaIpOM_L4FYmygngfs17IXFMrsDl7m-vDTzJ3T3-6hLdal1I55cYei4Lp8_Iol-kdpt9EtasucWqoJ_NBEj04Cr3IFXsGx4OO4P10rCj5I5tVqTq1KVIKGRWJiRGuVOfKoR1vrmTCXb13Sk3he8PA7qSz_i8AsGrub5WE0eSYiKBHJ/s320/FB_IMG_1700228055239.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;">Adult male Waxwing Green/Green/Red basking in the Glasgow sun on Possil Road on 16</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> November (Stuart Watson).</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixG8l6QDb1V8OKSbfnAte6tLlmh6f9jr0FldQy85kS-He58qWX6zn0VutQnH0ofqwcoE1QSkWDkrRXnOv5sSjwvmc3OmL36RJbd-Ho80eE7hwnnbBu69OnkgaMFDqGuohl4wcdfvKsjw2ylETFREKVdv_hZL8lEnj4jwj0Qep_n6owZ2yUR3Q9M-SjzZDt/s2531/W%20CR%231a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="2531" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixG8l6QDb1V8OKSbfnAte6tLlmh6f9jr0FldQy85kS-He58qWX6zn0VutQnH0ofqwcoE1QSkWDkrRXnOv5sSjwvmc3OmL36RJbd-Ho80eE7hwnnbBu69OnkgaMFDqGuohl4wcdfvKsjw2ylETFREKVdv_hZL8lEnj4jwj0Qep_n6owZ2yUR3Q9M-SjzZDt/s320/W%20CR%231a.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;">Juvenile male Waxwing Red/Orange/Orange basking in the Newcastle sun in Benton on 17</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> November (Mike Carr).</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">2 others ringed on the 4<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> were resighted by Ian Rendall in a flock of 60 25kms out of town in rural Banchory on 15th. One of these was photographed 5 days later in Errol, Perth & Kinross 85kmSW by Christine Hall who then on going to see another flock at Invergowrie in Dundee on the same day photographed another colour-ringed bird, this time from Elgin ringed on the 13<sup>th</sup>. </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And Red/White/Orange in Musselburgh on 21<sup>st</sup> surely photographed at a distance of 1m by Len Hunter?!</span></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhZKg5oqcgP7BsOqeX5bMN3d0ndCr0exfdrQhYsMoC5SZ2NuMmzdmvg7x0aDgogXi5pmR40qsxkVm-CISgMWMHE81gIsow8hHNqMYqD9M99TLT-CxDJmnjLHB22j3hIgmipCt9URGP53zR5OSMFXhQUQX1fdwxNT3Ahw2q2HA10LH6nB1kjwqO74JktXD/s5568/DSC_2220%20Waxwing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #444444; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3898" data-original-width="5568" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhZKg5oqcgP7BsOqeX5bMN3d0ndCr0exfdrQhYsMoC5SZ2NuMmzdmvg7x0aDgogXi5pmR40qsxkVm-CISgMWMHE81gIsow8hHNqMYqD9M99TLT-CxDJmnjLHB22j3hIgmipCt9URGP53zR5OSMFXhQUQX1fdwxNT3Ahw2q2HA10LH6nB1kjwqO74JktXD/s320/DSC_2220%20Waxwing.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;">Juvenile male Waxwing Red/White/Orange photographed in Musselburgh on 21</span><sup style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: start;">st</sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start;"> November (Len Hunter)</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">A Finnish ringed bird has had its ring partially read from photographs in Kirkwall, Orkney but efforts to catch it have so far proved unsuccessful.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">It is both fascinating and exciting to follow the movements of these irruptive winter visitors when we are lucky enough to have an invasion but it’s not so good news for them. They have vacated their breeding areas to find a lack of berries and so have had to make a sea crossing into unknown territory (for most of them) in search of food. Fortunately many of our towns and cities have large amounts of ornamental rowan trees which attract and support these hungry birds but this comes at a cost. A lot of them have never come across houses and windows (and bus shelters) before! Along with other urban hazards such as traffic, cats and sparrowhawks mortality is quite high.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7t8psJOYxMqLow53Rmlk5-Q93MT67GNaOKSRp9_sUSbO_gHzUjYM05WAgdIL7SgJHGNgvJtreaw7nK0ACN2cNPwlg_iiAiFj-SspyLRvDjZHUxPp1X852l6fDozfkJY-7EUjPNSjvnuIILJ_aqkSzgTe78oaNJNhZy1P_EANIwDDrRRkxgbv3lrlpan4/s3264/Windows2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #444444; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7t8psJOYxMqLow53Rmlk5-Q93MT67GNaOKSRp9_sUSbO_gHzUjYM05WAgdIL7SgJHGNgvJtreaw7nK0ACN2cNPwlg_iiAiFj-SspyLRvDjZHUxPp1X852l6fDozfkJY-7EUjPNSjvnuIILJ_aqkSzgTe78oaNJNhZy1P_EANIwDDrRRkxgbv3lrlpan4/s320/Windows2.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">Window strike fatalities are particularly common. We have heard of 19 so far this invasion in Aberdeen and Banchory. The photos show a rather innocuous yellow rowan tree beside houses in Kincorth, Aberdeen. A flock of up to 100 birds were coming into feed on it when we found it and despite birds usually flying out the opposite way to rest in taller trees 3 dead birds were found below the windows to the left. The occupant was disappointed to hear about this and her upstairs windows now have large black bird silhouettes on them. Maybe too late for this winter but we’ll alert her in future winters if the Waxwings come back.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you arrive at a typical site such as this rowan tree in the street do have a look around for nearby obvious house windows reflecting back trees and/or sky. Have a word with the owners who perhaps could open or shut blinds/curtains to reduce this reflection. Or even better silhouette shapes or anything dark/matt. It will only be required for a short period of time (a few days maximum?) as Waxwings are like locusts and all the berries will soon be gobbled up and the birds will move on. </span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; color: white; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Local wildlife rescue New Arc have also highlighted the issue of window strikes recently: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://www.facebook.com/newarcwildliferescue/posts/pfbid023Dnp4CdwVnBvDWQMax1FeZtK31e54yzpntMnmRDo2rzeR9hmyAoyamH9nvxJyHVRl" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/newarcwildliferescue/posts/pfbid023Dnp4CdwVnBvDWQMax1FeZtK31e54yzpntMnmRDo2rzeR9hmyAoyamH9nvxJyHVRl</a>.</span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_xelementtoproof" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please try and be a step ahead and take action, and spread awareness of how to protect these birds.</span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">Here's hoping we’ll post again soon with more colour ring sightings from observers and photographers helping us to follow the Waxwings fortunes and movements throughout the country.</span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="color: white;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We’ll also describe how a Waxwing in the hand is worth two in the bush: </span></span><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As their moult reveals just how abruptly some of these birds have had to leave home to find food. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">And their unique plumage features sometimes enables us to pin point which bird it is when colour ring reports are uncertain. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Just what are the Waxwings favourite berries? </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">And has Elgin taken over from Aberdeen as the new Waxwing capital?</span></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-linkindex="4" href="mailto:rduncan393@outlook.com" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">rduncan393@outlook.com</span></a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span color="inherit" lang="EN-GB" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: verdana;">Grampian Ringing Group</span></span></p>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-10542658566628839842022-11-22T11:24:00.000+00:002022-11-22T11:24:08.039+00:00Colour-ringing of Upland and Lowland Stonechats in Grampian<p> During 2022 Stonechats have been colour-ringed in Grampian in an attempt to find out a bit more about their survival in relation to movements and territory habitats throughout the year.</p><p>Ringing has taken place at two main locations; Glen Dye, the upland site (300m asl) and Forvie National Nature Reserve (NNR) the lowland site (50m asl). As of 21/11/2022 a total of 107 Stonechats have been ringed as part of this project.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibOIT1yUCPNPIWeRrOcthoJs9LRCDLXhuPOmEBzT6vVIwCOurARH_3zTpkONzYlgOO6i4do7AR_gGWXpV5sJgE6GVETWkIv117oClcnq80f4Azl8DvneXrDDtVE00VvcKtVqP1eB2dPT7T3uXj5WIuKm-1Hwv-8yDk5V4vHNecVRXBD8jjg47rOzHIA/s384/Stonechat%20Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibOIT1yUCPNPIWeRrOcthoJs9LRCDLXhuPOmEBzT6vVIwCOurARH_3zTpkONzYlgOO6i4do7AR_gGWXpV5sJgE6GVETWkIv117oClcnq80f4Azl8DvneXrDDtVE00VvcKtVqP1eB2dPT7T3uXj5WIuKm-1Hwv-8yDk5V4vHNecVRXBD8jjg47rOzHIA/s320/Stonechat%20Map.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p>The colour-ringing scheme involves adding a white coded ring above the normal BTO metal ring on the right tarsus and two coloured rings on the left tarsus.</p><p>In Glen Dye, most birds were trapped by mist nets, whilst at Forvie, all captures were executed by spring traps. Ninety-two Stonechats were ringed in the Glen Dye area and 15 were ringed at Forvie and other lowland sites. Juveniles made up the majority of birds trapped in Glen Dye, with only two adults being caught there. Most birds at lowland sites were seen during autumn and noted to be in pairs.</p><p>So far, only a few birds have been resighted or recaptured and all bar one were observed near their ringing location. The exception to this was a surprising record of a juvenile male, ringed in Glen Dye on 19 July 2022 and photographed at Rhoon, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 11 November 2022, a dispersal distance of approximately 727 km.</p><p>Of all 55,563 Stonechats ringed in the UK up to the end of 2021, only 49 have been recovered abroad, mainly Spain, but none of these were in the Netherlands. This is therefore the first record of a Stonechat, ringed in the UK and seen in the Netherlands.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3jIOb0DgtWfuaUDkF3dGcHd-et8Ou4zP6ZeJqTFHnd_BPIJEa65uoOelhtgYinm-LauL1Fhkfsw1jhcip5m6UirPhsc1yYCzxG-v2k5l44Z-GaUK3RAxsbX6vSJ4AY_00DMRPRt14Iawg8SZ1H4R1z5fLfv01ms7ZeASDtGtsYUIzqn_yaZ3siwTog/s2077/A-RN%20111122%20Netherlands.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2077" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3jIOb0DgtWfuaUDkF3dGcHd-et8Ou4zP6ZeJqTFHnd_BPIJEa65uoOelhtgYinm-LauL1Fhkfsw1jhcip5m6UirPhsc1yYCzxG-v2k5l44Z-GaUK3RAxsbX6vSJ4AY_00DMRPRt14Iawg8SZ1H4R1z5fLfv01ms7ZeASDtGtsYUIzqn_yaZ3siwTog/w320-h236/A-RN%20111122%20Netherlands.JPG" title="Stonechat WN(A),M /RN photographed in the Netherlands 11/11/2022" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Stonechat WN(A),M /RN photographed in the Netherlands 11/11/2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4AofBHTb1Wrd28TZ16nUd57A8j0PCJbfhex8R0HTKhZtZfPD91ocYQ6s1h-i7qM9PuXSqcTzEUtc88VudCYixaAmETqrpMy3yX3I8XWfCKwYuwe2SolNdiIqGNYy4DSycNKY-ZOdL7dMc3OOhHbGko1olMthIbC7zX3Hmb6wfjG87zYkGsrWhdnfYA/s5184/A-RN.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4AofBHTb1Wrd28TZ16nUd57A8j0PCJbfhex8R0HTKhZtZfPD91ocYQ6s1h-i7qM9PuXSqcTzEUtc88VudCYixaAmETqrpMy3yX3I8XWfCKwYuwe2SolNdiIqGNYy4DSycNKY-ZOdL7dMc3OOhHbGko1olMthIbC7zX3Hmb6wfjG87zYkGsrWhdnfYA/s320/A-RN.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Stonechat WN(A),M /RN when ringed in Glen Dye 19/07/2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please keep an eye on your local Stonechats and report any sightings and colour-ringed birds in the usual way.</p><p>Moray Souter</p></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-89452237525254701422022-10-25T11:12:00.001+01:002022-10-25T11:13:25.971+01:00Ring ouzel resightings from Glen Clunie<p><span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><span><span class="xcontentpasted0"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On
25 September 2022, a colour ringed ring ouzel was photographed at a headland
near Santander, northern Spain, by Guillermo Lazaro. This bird had been r</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">inged
as a chick on 17 May from a brood of 5 (ring number LL21463) in Glen Clunie by
Innes Sim and Alys Perry, as part of a project aimed at finding out more about
their migration journeys to and from their winter quarters by fitting adults
with GPS tags.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkHA7wV-AQOpzWViylYhGOI4PtmgP916TUK7h4qf1fVponJ19tPNwDVpAcrHv6D8I8K9dSFpFcv4rcpRzowruEaV1Rp2zf3DIyxqZQVSBBg2t5E3cTajS27qJ8v9xnrAXW96lIYGbQmNCvc4ftvAxtljFXT_euCwV99xYmKQ6UZ77iumUcVH3tSTNwg/s1384/Ringed%20pullus%20Clunie%20May%202022.%20Sighted%20Santander,%20north%20Spain%20Sep%202022.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1384" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkHA7wV-AQOpzWViylYhGOI4PtmgP916TUK7h4qf1fVponJ19tPNwDVpAcrHv6D8I8K9dSFpFcv4rcpRzowruEaV1Rp2zf3DIyxqZQVSBBg2t5E3cTajS27qJ8v9xnrAXW96lIYGbQmNCvc4ftvAxtljFXT_euCwV99xYmKQ6UZ77iumUcVH3tSTNwg/s320/Ringed%20pullus%20Clunie%20May%202022.%20Sighted%20Santander,%20north%20Spain%20Sep%202022.png" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;">Ringed as pullus in Glen Clunie May 2022, sighted in Santander Northern Spain September 2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;">It was the smallest of the 5 chicks, but not a runt,
and all chicks fledged around 21 May. Both adults were unringed initially, but
both were caught and colour ringed, and the male fitted with a tag. The same
pair had a second nest around 300m away and reared a brood of 3, all of which
fledged around 2 July. Both adults were retrapped and the female fitted with a
tag. Two previous sightings of chicks from Glen Clunie, both in 2013, were
on 15 and 27 October in Isles of Scilly and Portland, Dorset, respectively. And
data from 2 tagged birds in 2018 showed that they left Glen Clunie on 2 and 5
October. So, this bird seems to have left the UK unusually early.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1jZW3VZ0_7G5Upo6PrvSfTejlGhjabGdsaxnwv5FPm7FXyeFqKuLY-jjeVrS8ln53smX__T6lW9NwLIMEmTzcU15EkKaEFh9KHbBnetJ1IMCMeZ_BE5A_s8h3FAZNfcmJTmfAB04AX2dgLVRqLtgi5QXum8Cx34tnSqWftvtUx_li8Lc7BvilbJFZQ/s500/Ringed%20as%20pullus%20Clunie%20July%202013.%20Sighted%20Portland,%20Dorset,%20Oct%202013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1jZW3VZ0_7G5Upo6PrvSfTejlGhjabGdsaxnwv5FPm7FXyeFqKuLY-jjeVrS8ln53smX__T6lW9NwLIMEmTzcU15EkKaEFh9KHbBnetJ1IMCMeZ_BE5A_s8h3FAZNfcmJTmfAB04AX2dgLVRqLtgi5QXum8Cx34tnSqWftvtUx_li8Lc7BvilbJFZQ/s320/Ringed%20as%20pullus%20Clunie%20July%202013.%20Sighted%20Portland,%20Dorset,%20Oct%202013.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;">Ringed in Glen Clunie in July 2013, sighted at Portland, Dorset October 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L6ysTuFm3tvci8HLo1fphisaaEDppjskdCywxD9xopHnLHezLNTozN1FbiWzYV4xPVsIUme71f_7KjDoWGR0x9GvfptmwVZrsBOVn5z2bUzuGKoRd_E3es8e42DVE9eiR305mIolM8V-ZJZdW3YbaHVTyp0Sgc8kInlNra158nI6QHOhkGdzdSLcNQ/s1883/Ringed%20as%20pullus%20Clunie%2028%20June%202013.%20Sighted%20Scilly%20Isles%2015%20Oct%202013%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1883" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1L6ysTuFm3tvci8HLo1fphisaaEDppjskdCywxD9xopHnLHezLNTozN1FbiWzYV4xPVsIUme71f_7KjDoWGR0x9GvfptmwVZrsBOVn5z2bUzuGKoRd_E3es8e42DVE9eiR305mIolM8V-ZJZdW3YbaHVTyp0Sgc8kInlNra158nI6QHOhkGdzdSLcNQ/s320/Ringed%20as%20pullus%20Clunie%2028%20June%202013.%20Sighted%20Scilly%20Isles%2015%20Oct%202013%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ringed in Glen Clunie as a chick in June 2013, sighted on the Scilly Isles October 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;">Twenty adult ring ouzels were
fitted with GPS tags in Glen Clunie in 2022. These tags were programmed to take
a fix once per day between 1 September 2022 and 30 April 2023. Each fix should
be accurate to around 10m, but the bird has to be retrapped in order to access
the data. We obtained high quality data from 2 tagged birds which were
retrapped in 2019, so fingers crossed that we can catch any returning adults in
2023.</span><o:p style="background-color: white;"></o:p></span></p>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-86769466604684823892021-01-11T12:13:00.001+00:002021-01-12T10:50:06.456+00:00Ythan Twite a twittering<p> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi Aye, Happy New Lockdown 2021 to yiz all. Here's a wee bittie aboot oor Twite.</span></p><p>Following low numbers for several years now the wintering twite flock around the Ythan Estuary seems to have taken a turn for the better. It is difficult to establish exact numbers as there is usually a varying number of linnets in the flock but we think there could be over 200 present. Three catches so far have resulted in 175 different twite being handled.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfav9Je8rbT603G1M8-6cn7taMsdHQQeDv-5hY9hI_oAhz5fcWveZscUo6SLs8ozG3E6xEcaWWpZX1eHAmJtQrmB-N7uImYgIZOVLlz47o4sW-A3x7DINE9wK2Y8uO_EGx7bt-Z28qBhRy/s866/YthanWinteringTwite.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfav9Je8rbT603G1M8-6cn7taMsdHQQeDv-5hY9hI_oAhz5fcWveZscUo6SLs8ozG3E6xEcaWWpZX1eHAmJtQrmB-N7uImYgIZOVLlz47o4sW-A3x7DINE9wK2Y8uO_EGx7bt-Z28qBhRy/s320/YthanWinteringTwite.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The graph shows the number of different twite caught here each winter from 2018/19. What a whopping increase this winter! It also shows there are a lot more juveniles in the flock than in the previous two.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>With twite not being artificially fed/ringed at Montrose Basin this winter (75km down the coast) we wondered if the increase might be partially down to some of these birds shifting north but the only Montrose bird we have caught so far has been a bird which was ringed there in October 2018 and retrapped at the Ythan the same winter on 6 January 2019 and was retrapped again here last winter.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC63VJsC3Ap6TVo9HAypZGklwWuMUOSkjg86DuK42eI-oFNU1FrGLjYCQnJI4u6iIx5rBytAbhgglZSlspQ9pgyNYTnT8bhC3-vi3-hqLA_PhfhGy0B0535xfta47fENJoRTCkUYGekFj_/s2048/IMG_20201223_093855361_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC63VJsC3Ap6TVo9HAypZGklwWuMUOSkjg86DuK42eI-oFNU1FrGLjYCQnJI4u6iIx5rBytAbhgglZSlspQ9pgyNYTnT8bhC3-vi3-hqLA_PhfhGy0B0535xfta47fENJoRTCkUYGekFj_/s320/IMG_20201223_093855361_HDR.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wee corn yellow beak, peachy chin and buffy wing bar (and wheezy call) help distinguish the twite from linnet (Photo MS)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcgi_BwwsZvrm-KJ2fQaD_EqPLMMjWeU3N8RbZC-wEVJpeDgkAOpRdPLKBVVk9fXfQD0qK_GeTpdjVduP964gRJoichDpLIPq-eptf5XhP3TvCXhhzjU9UKK2k3RU7v3OEMZZNNoIvbpR/s2048/IMG_20201223_110429144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcgi_BwwsZvrm-KJ2fQaD_EqPLMMjWeU3N8RbZC-wEVJpeDgkAOpRdPLKBVVk9fXfQD0qK_GeTpdjVduP964gRJoichDpLIPq-eptf5XhP3TvCXhhzjU9UKK2k3RU7v3OEMZZNNoIvbpR/s2048/IMG_20201223_110429144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></a></div><p></p><p>Unfortunately a good breeding season appears to have also come with the loss of some of our older regular returning birds. This includes AYA3689 which we were hoping to retrap for a fourth winter, having been caught on the west coast at Clachtoll by Tony Mainwood in each of the intervening springs but so far no sign.</p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcgi_BwwsZvrm-KJ2fQaD_EqPLMMjWeU3N8RbZC-wEVJpeDgkAOpRdPLKBVVk9fXfQD0qK_GeTpdjVduP964gRJoichDpLIPq-eptf5XhP3TvCXhhzjU9UKK2k3RU7v3OEMZZNNoIvbpR/s320/IMG_20201223_110429144.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A (particularly) pink rump on this bird helps distinguish this as a male twite. The female usually has a brown rump (Photo MS)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>We have decided to colour-ring them again this winter to compare results with similar research done between winters 2008/09 - 2010/11 when, to our surprise this revealed the origins of our wintering twite flock to be from the west coast of Scotland. Sightings came from nine different islands from Lewis in the north to Oronsay in the south as well as many reports up and down the west coast mainland.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXz0MTw3GmjGlD9v4O8R01psIRzPaHiFksYuVk2dRbL35ttCHX2MAyuOqFJEX61rbEVxTulXVjSVvWXzsfmrRe18PWARuJPtQxyhGToJaAth-DhUy6HYoDOnd7BHROc8QMuskfCdox4Ut/s2048/IMG_20201223_110140077.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXz0MTw3GmjGlD9v4O8R01psIRzPaHiFksYuVk2dRbL35ttCHX2MAyuOqFJEX61rbEVxTulXVjSVvWXzsfmrRe18PWARuJPtQxyhGToJaAth-DhUy6HYoDOnd7BHROc8QMuskfCdox4Ut/s320/IMG_20201223_110140077.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The colour rings identify this bird as a twite ringed around the Ythan Estuary in winter 2020/21</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the past these winter twite catches have been well attended by many of the groups ringers but alas with this worldwide pandemic putting us back into almost full lockdown again we have unfortunately had to continue to keep it within local ringers this winter.</p><p>Please look out for any wintering flocks near you and who knows, we might be allowed summer holidays as far as the west coast this year so keep your eyes peeled for birds over there and be sure to check them for colour rings.</p><p>Raymond, Moray and Skitts</p>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-22604984029112263382020-11-18T21:38:00.017+00:002020-11-18T23:59:22.329+00:00Redpoll exodus <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSVOfOxUY-mRVxNdRwEl-MRAWOGdr-lu9OWajDVxEtbjg-Xmm3XPh0X4-IKBZVW2zQjlTEE5b2dXRqFUSEEvB9NAjKvV6U7MyLUHsQPijhNPDRRmQCH4acZeZnGQzBrgtIVKXF497Go2n/s2048/Orangepoll.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSVOfOxUY-mRVxNdRwEl-MRAWOGdr-lu9OWajDVxEtbjg-Xmm3XPh0X4-IKBZVW2zQjlTEE5b2dXRqFUSEEvB9NAjKvV6U7MyLUHsQPijhNPDRRmQCH4acZeZnGQzBrgtIVKXF497Go2n/w400-h260/Orangepoll.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser orangepoll</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Last year GRG achieved our highest ever ringing total for redpoll,
with 3837 lesser and 19 common redpoll ringed. Most were caught in spruce plantations
in October and early November. There were exceptionally large flocks present in
the region, demonstrated by over 1500 being ringed at the same site over the
course of four days. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We were hoping for a repeat of that this autumn, and at
first it looked promising. 106 redpoll were ringed on 3<sup>rd</sup> August, which
was a great total for that time of year, and we continued to have reasonable
numbers into September. But by mid-October, the time we normally start to have
our largest catches, there was barely any to be found! Sites where last
year flocks numbered in the thousands were completely devoid of redpolls.</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RP-9Rqfo7-n0BoR98jCxmTaj9jdf5nIk6AKz70HkQKWNVO0WYdCjI56zQYQUzb88cSlx15PXrxjOek_5TJz5EcqzUZ42QOW2Zolz1EGsRh-qL8YjeIxveQChtBtL23Ho6iGkOjHLl0jZ/s2048/goldpoll.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RP-9Rqfo7-n0BoR98jCxmTaj9jdf5nIk6AKz70HkQKWNVO0WYdCjI56zQYQUzb88cSlx15PXrxjOek_5TJz5EcqzUZ42QOW2Zolz1EGsRh-qL8YjeIxveQChtBtL23Ho6iGkOjHLl0jZ/w400-h270/goldpoll.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser goldpoll<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: justify;">The mystery of where they’d gone was quickly answered, with ringers
in southern England reporting they were experiencing record catches of the species. This
was further confirmed by a slew of controls, 19 of which were recaptures by English
ringers, and one which impressively had its ring read in the field on Helgoland,
Germany.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The map below shows the location of the birds we’ve had
controlled over the past couple of months. We've not had any reported this week, but that may be due to the persistent winds we’ve been having making conditions
for ringing unsuitable! Based on the concentration on the south east coast it
looks like many of the redpolls may not spend the winter in the UK, and
we are expecting recaptures to be reported from the continent soon.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-tzTB_29sFxtujtGTFs_N9hR5a_eDZAN8_JRx7-r3uq8Um7ZD1-oCbZAmJ9TJCb08muaE__9nuOWZ7Kpts0oYBQPPzcO9sdugF0_a9wEa135x2BUlSno7HtGfTw9ufS4q8CfOxQBW34X/s1400/Redpoll+map+autumn+2020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1400" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu-tzTB_29sFxtujtGTFs_N9hR5a_eDZAN8_JRx7-r3uq8Um7ZD1-oCbZAmJ9TJCb08muaE__9nuOWZ7Kpts0oYBQPPzcO9sdugF0_a9wEa135x2BUlSno7HtGfTw9ufS4q8CfOxQBW34X/w400-h305/Redpoll+map+autumn+2020.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">What caused the redpolls to clear out of NE Scotland is unclear. The spruce crop was poor compared to last autumn, yet there was plenty of birch for them to feed on as they’ve done in the previous years. Hopefully when the winds die down ringers down south can get out in field again, and we can understand more about their movements this winter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Euan Ferguson</div>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-46977446645443768452020-03-13T20:19:00.003+00:002020-03-13T20:19:44.601+00:00Waxwings - a slow movement south<br />
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a wee flurry of colour-ringed Waxwing sightings. With a small invasion and a
decent crop of ornamental white and yellow rowan berries to feed on it has been
a slow movement of birds south this winter, as can be seen on the map. Some
have also remained locally. Looks like the rowans have run out though as recent
photographs of colour ringed birds have shown them to now be feeding on tree
cotoneaster, hawthorn and guilder rose.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Waxwings MY-LGG (metal ring over yellow ring right leg,
light green over dark green over dark green rings left leg) and MY-WNR (white
over black over red rings left leg) were together in a flock of 18 birds in Hessle,
Hull, Yorkshire on 8/3/20. This was very interesting as they had both been
ringed in the same flock on the same morning in a garden in Aberdeen on
7/12/19. In between however, MY-LGG was resighted in Thirske, N. Yorkshire
(130km NW of Hessle) from 30/12/19 to 3/1/20 whilst MY-WNR was still in
Aberdeen on 5/1/20. So they had caught up with each other again. Makes you
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22/2/20 and another in Shropshire on 6/3/20 while down the east side of the
country 2 different birds were seen in Suffolk 20kms apart and 3 days apart on 9/3 and 11/3.</div>
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Others remained a bit more locally. MY-YWG was in Arbroath
on 8/3/20 with no previous sightings since being ringed over 2 months
previously 82 kms to the north in Inverurie on 19/12/19.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, in a first for the project we have received news of
a colour-ringed Waxwing which presumably remained in Norway during the same
winter as an invasion into the UK. MY-YBR was photographed in Kapp, 100km north
of Oslo on 21/2/20. It had been ringed last winter in Aberdeen on 24/11/18.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s still time before the Waxwings start heading back to
Scandinavia so if you get the chance please get out there and check for and
report any colour-ringed birds you see. We have received sightings of 28
different birds away from Aberdeen out of 101 colour-ringed which is a
tremendous return for a passerine. Like fishing we had a few blank days and
lots of hard luck stories about the ones that got away but it makes it all
worthwhile when we receive resightings of birds moving on. We are very grateful
to so many observers and photographers, too numerous to list here, for
reporting their sightings, many thanks to you all.</div>
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Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-87318502432337409052020-02-10T14:27:00.002+00:002020-02-10T14:27:54.927+00:00Returning waxwings<br />
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There has been a small invasion
of Waxwings into the country this winter. With a bit of effort and good luck we
managed to colour ring 100 in Aberdeen and Inverurie before Xmas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was great to hear about our
first movement away from Aberdeen on 2 December 2019 when group
member Euan Ferguson received news of right leg metal over yellow, left leg
dark green over white over red, photographed in Blyth Civic Centre,
Northumberland by Tom Tams (see photo). It had been ringed as a rather handsome
adult male in Kincorth, Aberdeen on 23 November, noted as even
having faint waxy tips to his tail!</div>
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An email from Harry Scott on 3 February said he’d had a lady phone him from Alford (40km NW of Aberdeen) to
say she had picked up a dead colour-ringed Waxwing beneath her window. She said
the colours were green, white and red but, unsure of the order, we thought it
was probably a bird ringed at Strachan (30km SE of Alford) just a few days
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Alas on delivery and inspection
it turned out to be the handsome male photographed down in Blyth in early December.
The photo of the dead bird shows close up just how handsome he was, with the
faint waxy tips to his tail also visible. Such a sorry end for such a beautiful
bird. Windows are the death of many a Waxwing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />It was actually quite a surprise
to see him back up here around Aberdeen (and so quickly). Waxwings returning
north are fairly unusual, at least amongst the several thousand we have
colour-ringed over the years. Some wander over to the continent but most in the
UK seem to depart from where they end up during the winter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This invasion however, with a
very high proportion of adults, does appear to be a little different in that
this is our third bird returning north. Others were sighted in Dundee
and at Flamborough Head before recently being resighted back up here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have also had two returning
birds from previous invasions, a bird ringed in spring 2013 which we didn’t
quite get the full combination of (name your drink if you get it on your
camera!) and another ringed three years to the day in 2017 in Aboyne, resighted
15kms away in Strachan on 28/1/20.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There’s still a couple of months
before they depart back to Scandinavia so if you hear of a Waxwing flock near
you we would be very grateful if you can check for and report any colour-ringed
birds you see. We are out most weekends checking our flocks for colour-ringed
birds of which there are a few but it is clear that many have moved on. Please report them to <a href="mailto:grampianringing@gmail.com">grampianringing@gmail.com</a> and/or <a href="mailto:rduncan393@outlook.com">rduncan393@outlook.com</a></div>
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<br />Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-48412501140701474052019-12-27T21:08:00.000+00:002020-02-10T14:43:24.633+00:00Waxwings 2019Before you read this, and in case you don’t get further,
please go and look at your local waxwings for colour rings, and photograph them
in particular. I know- a real hardship, but we really do want to get as many
resightings as possible, so even if it’s just a brief look, we would really
appreciate it! <b>Each bird has a metal over yellow plastic colour ring on the
right leg and more importantly, three individual colour rings on the left leg
identifying the individual. </b>It’s worth noting that individual birds can
splinter off from a group from day to day, so, (for example) just because
thirty were sighted both today and the day before in your local area doesn’t
mean that these are the same birds!<br />
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<b>If you resight a waxwing with a colour ring – please send
the location, date, ring colour combination (and photograph if you have it and
are happy to share it with us!) to: </b><a href="mailto:grampianringing@gmail.com" target="_blank">grampianringing@gmail.com </a>and/or <a href="mailto:rduncan393@outlook.com">rduncan393@outlook.com</a>.<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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There are many ways to mark the coming of winter. The final
leaves dropping from the trees, the first frost that doesn’t lift all day, or
the September rush on Christmas chocolates in the shops. But here at Grampian Ringing Group it really isn’t winter until the first group of waxwings arrive
in Aberdeen.<br />
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The soft chirruping of these birds marks the start of a new
season of deep Scottish winter, when you have six hours of daylight to scramble
and try to find the birds – let alone ring them. In our own Raymond Duncan’s
words, waxwings are ‘spooky’ and by that we don’t mean that they’re terrifying.
Rather that they will scattily move from tree to tree across the city,
sometimes without warning, disappearing into the cool air - much to the sighs
of despair of those of us out in negative temperatures trying to set nets.<br />
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In order to successfully ring waxwings, you first need
plenty of birds. That might sound obvious, but the number of waxwings in the
city makes a real difference between how likely we will be to catch and how
many cold mornings are going to be spent waiting by empty nets. A hundred, two
hundred birds are pretty slim pickings across the whole of Aberdeen, especially in years
with high berry crops. This seems to be because the birds split into smaller
groups to feed across the city; as and when they feel like rather than staying
together as a single entity. The bigger the flock, the better chance you have
of both the birds coming back to strip a tree, and of catching. Higher berry
crops mean that not only do they split off more readily, but that there are
that many more places to check as well. Many a morning has been spent driving across
the city searching for birds that were sighted less than an hour ago, but have
since disappeared into thin air.<br />
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This year has been a particularly good berry crop across all
of the rowan trees in the city, and we’ve had a reasonable number of waxwings
arrive. At its maximum point, we’ve had around four to six hundred in the city
(sadly never in one flock) – certainly a number we’ve been able to work with.
For those of you reading who aren’t familiar with the project, GRG has
been colour ringing waxwings for over thirty years, and have had thousands of resightings over that period to map their transit as an eruptive migrant.<br />
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The first weekend of November is usually the best indicator of how many
birds we’re going to get in a season, with a good number being sighted in that
first week indicating a good start, or a lack of birds a possible no-show or
poor year. This year there were as few as fifty birds being seen in the first ten
days of November, followed by a decent influx of birds in the fourth week of
November and early December, which was when our best days so far this season
have been.<br />
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Not including the several days of attempted catches without
success, we had our first catch on 23 November, once the numbers of
birds had sufficiently increased to a level that made it possible. At the time
of writing we have precisely one hundred waxwings colour ringed and out
into the world, and have had eight resightings as far south as Northumberland.<br />
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<b>The delicate art of ringing waxwings</b><br />
<b></b>Waxwings tend to eat off of rowan trees with the small,
red/orange rowan berries first, before moving on to the ornamental yellow/white
and lastly the pink berries. They’ll also have a picking at other large red
berried rowan, hawthorn and whitebeam trees. This seems to be the general order
of preference if you are a waxwing. This year has been no exception, with the
birds following this order nicely, apart from there being so many berries that
they haven’t been able to finish one group before either seemingly without
reason swapping to the next variety or the berries of one group have started
rotting on the tree. The ornamental rowans tend to rot later than the more
natural types, so it makes sense that they at least would use that in
determining preference. Our most success this year has been on yellow berries,
with one low lying tree in particular next to a busy intersection in an
industrial estate allowing us to catch over thirty birds over several days –
despite the traffic putting the birds off at less than opportune moments!<br />
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When we are out catching and ringing waxwings we often get people coming and asking us what we're doing, which can be a great opportunity to both show local people what we are doing and get them interested in the birds and project. Many local photographers who had come out to snap the birds are really engaged with what we are doing, and seem delighted to see the birds up close as well as lern more about what we are doing. We have a network of waxwing spotters across Aberdeen whome we know from years of studying waxwings and are now kind enough to let us know when birds start to use their sites; it feels great to engage the local community in this way.<br />
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<b>Aging and sexing waxwings – just add binoculars</b><br />
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Waxwings are one of the most straight forward passerine species
to age at this time of year, with first year and adult birds being very
straightforward to tell apart. As seen below, it all comes down to the ‘hook’
on the primaries. Juvenile birds lack this, and only have the downwards bar on
the leading edge. This can easily be seen in the field, and it can be really
satisfying and useful to see whether a flock is mainly adults or juveniles.
There is a very high proportion of adults this winter.<br />
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Sexing can be a little more difficult, but is still possible in the field. Waxwings get
their name from the ‘waxy tips’ on their secondaries, small red extrusions from
the rachis (central spine) of a feather out of the end of the feather. Males
tend to have a higher number of these (up to all eight secondaries) and will
tend to be both wider and longer than those on females. There are also particularly obvious females lacking any
waxy tips, known sometimes as ‘waxless’ wings or just ‘wings’, to much
amusement whilst ringing. Some particularly flashy males will also have waxy tips in the
tail, and is a mark that is really impressive in the hand! There is an overlap in both the length of and number of
waxy tips in a birds wing to determine whether it’s male or female, and the
length of yellow in the tail should also be used to determine this with males having broader bands. The bib can also be looked at if there is still doubt
after these two criteria, with males having a more distinct line separating the
body plumage, with females’ bibs diffusing more subtly. And just to round off
their ridiculously beautiful plumage, check out the under tail coverts!<br />
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As part of the study
we measure: the number of waxy tips, length of longest waxy tip, and length
of yellow band on both the first and fifth tail feathers on all birds ringed.
Interestingly we have caught mainly adults so far this year, and two juveniles
have had particularly short wing length (~10mm shorter than they should be) and
no, we haven’t just had trainees measure them. It’s impossible to know but
because of this we wonder if the waxies had a poor breeding season this year,
and therefore there are less young on migration, or if it’s just random chance.
Nonetheless, it’s been interesting to note.<br />
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<b>How you can help!</b><br />
Now that we’ve unleashed a flock of one hundred colour ringed
birds into the country, we need your help to resight them. We've started to get resightings across the northern UK already, showing our
birds are already splintering off south. What we need is for a continuous look
at the waxwings in your local area to look for rings. With the advent of modern
photography, we get some fantastic records of our birds back and if birds hang around in your area we would appreciate you checking them again for rings as they might have been joined by new birds from the north and it helps us build a picture of their movements this invasion.<br />
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As it is, we think that with such a high number of berries
many birds might stay with us up north all winter, and we’ll be out checking,
but as there have been a good number going south already, it will be
interesting to see if that rings true!<br />
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Thanks for reading, and happy waxwing hunting!<br />
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If you resight a waxwing with a colour ring – please send
the location, ring colour combination (and photograph with rings visible if you
have it and are happy to share) to: <a href="mailto:grampianringing@gmail.com" target="_blank">grampianringing@gmail.com </a>and/or <a href="mailto:rduncan393@outlook.com">rduncan393@outlook.com</a>.<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-76308682333836862682019-12-05T19:51:00.003+00:002020-11-18T20:39:13.403+00:00Redpoll madness!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2016 we achieved the highest ever redpoll total for Grampian Ringing Group, with 2280 lesser redpolls and 45 common redpolls ringed. Most of these birds was caught at two birch woodland sites at Drumoak and Banchory, almost entirely during October and November.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Foreign travels stopped us ringing redpolls the past couple
of years, but this autumn we were back in the country and keen to have another
go. We started catching in mid-September and through October, averaging 70
redpolls a session. It was the end of October and beginning of November that
saw our peak numbers in 2016, so we took a couple of weeks off work and hoped
that time of year would deliver again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first catches at Drumoak and Banchory were quieter than expected, with 83 and 66 redpolls caught. Perhaps
there wasn’t the big numbers around this autumn like in 2016? However,
some intel from Al Young in Moray suggested the redpolls were feeding on spruce
this year instead of birch. On 29</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> October we tried a new site with
plenty of spruce at Pitfichie Forest, which resulted in a record catch of 343
redpolls. Interestingly this was exactly the same date we’d had our previous
highest catch in 2016 (324 redpolls).</span></div>
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the record catch keep being surpassed! Over 4 days we ringed 1580 redpolls at the site, with the peak
being 510 birds ringed on 05<sup>th</sup> November. There was clearly enormous numbers of redpolls in the area as amazingly we didn’t have a single same site retrap during these sessions. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And then just like that it was all over! 9</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit;">
November saw only 42 redpolls ringed, and the following weekend only a measly 7
were caught. Multiple sites have been checked but it appears that the large flocks of redpolls have cleared out of the region. Interestingly English ringers have noted a lack of any significant redpoll numbers down south this autumn, so perhaps they will have a deluge of redpolls </span>hitting<span style="font-family: inherit;"> them soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We ringed 2850 lesser redpolls over the autumn, and with Al
and Skitts getting some good catches too, the group total for the year sits on
over 3800. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Common redpoll numbers were down on 2016, with only 16
caught compared to 45. This may be do with the prevalent easterly winds we had
in 2016 which we’ve lacked this autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The map below shows movements from birds ringed in 2016 (including one to the south of France, right at the edge of the lesser redpoll's range). We look forward to seeing </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">where the</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> birds ringed this year end up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">On Saturday 13 April we were invited to host a ringing demonstration
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">It was a very chilly day but the sun was shining and we had
a great turn out with the event fully booked with lots of young people plus a
few passers-by getting involved too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">T<span style="font-family: "calibri";">he centre’s well stocked feeding station, complete with
blind and automated feeders, made the perfect place to set some mist nets.
Although the nets were visible in the strong sun we had a constant stream of
birds to show the visitors and ended up with a nice variety of species with
highlights including a treecreeper, a goldcrest and a pair of great spotted
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Many thanks to David Norman and the BTO for spicing up our
University training site ringing this winter with a new Blue Tit moult/survival
project. For various reasons we didn’t manage as many visits as hoped for
during the 2 months outlined for recording Blue Tit moult limits, November and
February, but hopefully we got enough to make a useful contribution to this UK
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Looking at the numbers of Blue, Coal and Great Tits ringed
and retrapped during the sessions we were just glad Blue Tit was the target
species and not Coal Tit (see graph). There were plenty of each in November but
come February last session we caught no Coal Tits! We wondered if the large
numbers in November were associated with a decent beech mast crop in the nearby
beech trees in Seaton Park. By February perhaps the beech seed had run out and
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Well done to our young athletes David Hunter, Chelsea Ward
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mist-nets from distance (four out of six) to capture some of our larger
visitors to the feeding station (see photos). We’re baiting a whoosh net site
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">With several reports of waxwings up and down the east coast from mid-October excitement mounted for hopes of a another of Aberdeen’s bumper waxwing winters. Numerous mobile flocks began to be reported and numbers built up to 300+ birds across the city by late November. Traditional berry tree hotspots were under surveillance as smaller flocks began grouping up. The city’s mistle thurshes were starting to panic as waxwings descended on their prized rowan trees. But the rush didn’t last, numbers soon stalled and as birds continued moving southwards totals began to dwindle and soon fizzled out. We did, however, succeed in colour ringing a few birds while the numbers peaked with the current total standing at 23 (22 juveniles and 1 adult). </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Even with this small sample we quickly received a resighting from Tony Davis in Kirkcaldy (Fife) a week after ringing in Aberdeen. Although the full combination couldn’t be read, the right leg showed a yellow colour-ring below the metal ring which identified it as one of ours from this year</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">Just as I was writing this blog and already feeling quite pleased with our capture/resighting ratio the next flurry of resightings came as a welcome surprise… Among a flock of around 150 waxwings that spent several days in Edinburgh was waxwing YGR, a young male ringed in Aberdeen 17 days earlier.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">We then had a pair spotted in Yorkshire, a young male (YYW) and female (YWW), on 24 December by Mike Robinson, Richard Hughes, and Hannah Greetham. Waxwing YWW then went on to be seen with a flock of 5 birds in Norfolk 5 days later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was topped off by another Norfolk sighting, this time of YBR in Norwich – a young female ringed a week earlier in Aberdeen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">So with only 23 birds ringed we managed 6 resightings of 5 birds – a 26% resighting rate! Proving that these little scandi jewels are always quality, even in small quantities. A massive thank you to all our wonderful waxwing reporters! As always, any colour ring resightings are hugely appreciated and we’re very grateful to anyone who takes the time to look - so please do check any waxwings you see(and your photographs!) and report them to grampianringing@gmail.com and/or rduncan393@outlook.com </span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-85856036253716098422018-12-02T20:54:00.000+00:002018-12-02T20:54:08.590+00:00A day in the life of a trainee<span style="font-family: calibri;">On an unseasonably warm November morning, several members of
the group braved the darkness to head out to the finch ringing site at
Girdleness, Aberdeen City for the final finch catching of the autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">After setting up both the finch net and starling net, with
different foods, the usual waiting game ensued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">After a few flocks of finches came and went our luck finally
struck and a flock of linnet came down and we were able to capture them. After
extraction was complete there was 15 finches all nicely in bird bags. At the
end of the session we had ringed a total of 6 new linnet and retrapped 2
goldfinches, and another 7 linnet from previous sessions this autumn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The second ringing session of the day involved some titmice
ringing at some bird feeders in the Cruikshank Botanical Gardens in Old
Aberdeen. The site seemed promising on arrival as the place was busy with coal
tits (with a few great & blues thrown in). The next hour of the nets up
proved to be a productive one and to end our catch, we'd managed a grand total
of 63 new birds (24 blue tit, 24 coal tit, 14 great tit & a robin) and
single retraps of coal & blue tit. However this session was
particularly special for myself as I handled three new species in the form of
coal, great and blue tit. For someone who has been ringing for several years, it
would come as a surprise that I hadn't come across these species before but
coming from Shetland we don't have many of these peerie fluffballs and usually,
when they do show up, it ignites a twitch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Blue tits, however, were a species we were particularly
interested in (not something people say very often!) due to a new national
moult project that GRG has joined, that looks at the post-juvenile moult of
blue tits. This project aims to give us a better understanding of how juvenile
blue tits moult their feathers and allow for another piece of the moult cycle
puzzle to be solved, more information can be found in the Autumn issue of the
Lifecycle magazine. As the gardens seem to have a decent number of blue tits,
it will probably see us returning for a few more titmice sessions in the coming
weeks and months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">For the final ringing session of the day we decided to cross
the River Dee and head into Kincorth to locate the local flock of waxwing which
was numbering over 100. In previous winters the group has colour-ringed many
100s of waxwings and contributed to our understanding of their movements
through the UK during irruptions (see our previous blog posts). Arriving on the
site, we set up a couple of mist nets, which hopefully would get us a few of
these Scandinavian visitors. Over the space of the next few hours, the waxwing
flock did several pass overs and at one point came as close as to land in a
large tree near to the nets, but unfortunately never close enough to catch. The
group will undoubtedly be trying again to ring waxwings if they stick around
for the winter, there's enough berries in the area so only time will tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Logan Johnson - Trainee (Shetland RG, adoptee of Grampian
RG)</span></div>
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Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-90099564593556092572018-02-15T09:02:00.003+00:002018-02-15T09:04:02.099+00:00Frozen Water Helps Identify Visiting Gulls<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Cold conditions can result in some of our local
lochs and ponds freezing over. This can be a disadvantage for birders as most
waterbirds move out to unfrozen more saline areas such as estuaries. However,
the ice covered waters often attract gulls and ducks where they can still roost
in safety. The clear lines of a frozen loch offer a great opportunity to check
the legs of the gulls for colour rings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">During
the third week of January such cold conditions occurred causing most water
bodies to freeze. Checking these areas resulted in four interesting Herring
Gulls being recorded. The first (Yellow Y:D85) was originally ringed at </span>Harewood
Whin Landfill, west of York on 30/06/2017, the next (Orange UA5Z ) was ringed
at Pitsea Landfill, Essex on 25/03/2017, the third was a locally ringed bird
(Yellow T:341) while the forth (Black JN377) was a much older bird of the <i>argentatus</i> sub-species and was ringed in
Vardo, Finmark, Norway on 05/06/2010. This site is 2784km away from Meikle
Loch.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As many wintering gulls send much of their
time in fields or on the water their legs are seldom visible. Their use of the
frozen ponds and lochs has highlighted that there are probably quite a few
colour-ringed gulls around which go unnoticed. MS</span><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-56911726955585784562017-11-06T12:03:00.001+00:002017-11-06T12:03:46.960+00:00Neck collared Mute Swan from the Netherlands<div class="MsoNormal">
This was surprise one morning and stretched my skills in
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This mute swan first appeared on Cotehill, Aberdeenshire on 9 October 2017 and was also seen the following day. It
was originally ringed as a juvenile female one year, two months and three days previously on
7 August 2016 in Zuidhorn, Zuiderdijk in the Netherlands. A total distance of 699.2 km away.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, following contact with the Dutch ringers it
transpired that following ringing it stayed in the Groningen region of the
Netherlands until at least 14 April 2017 before being seen at Loch of Strathbeg
on 20 June 2017. There was also a later
report of a neck collared mute swan on Meikle Loch the day before it appeared
on Cotehill but was too far the observer to read it, presumably it was this
bird.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-14462833917477463052017-06-20T13:45:00.000+01:002017-06-20T13:46:31.784+01:00New eider project on the Ythan<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The University of Aberdeen, Grampian Ringing Group and
Scottish National Heritage are collaborating to try and understand the large
decline of the eider population (-70% since 1991) around the Ythan Estuary and
Forvie NNR, Aberdeenshire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">After several decades of pause, the colour ringing of common
eiders has now resumed with over 90 birds ringed in spring 2017 (and more to
come). Combined with other data, we expect ring sightings will help elucidate
the mechanisms of population change. In particular, large numbers of
resightings of females all around the year are a key priority and individual
birdwatchers’ contribution could make a difference. The eider have been ringed on their left legs with green colour rings with 2 white letters on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; text-align: center;">Observers of ringed eiders are welcome to report their observations online using one of these two ways:</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">For occasional records, you may directly use the registration-free
online form here: </span><a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/3RNRBUrqkQ1Ia"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">https://goo.gl/forms/k0TYtngZ7ropCIIs2</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
(slower data entry, no photo upload or location acquisition)</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 105%;">
</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">For regular observers or those with multiple records to submit, we
strongly recommend using the much faster Epicollect5 app (on iPhone and Android)
or website </span><a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/qOKOBhpzdqDs3"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">https://five.epicollect.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
(registration required at first to be able to access the eider project). The
form allows you to enter resighting data rapidly from your computer, tablet or
smartphone, either online or offline in the field (with the app installed on
your smartphone), to upload photos of the bird/rings, and to acquire the record
location directly from your device. The data are stored on the device and can
be uploaded to the project database once back online. To get registered as a
user, please send an email to grg.ringing.eidersNoRobotgmail.com (replace
NoRobot by @), providing your name and the email address of your Google account
(a Google account can be set up with any email address). Registration is manual
and may take a day or two.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A colour-ringed eider on the Ythan. Photo by Thomas Cornulier</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">To our knowledge, the current record is 27 individuals
resighted in half a day on the Ythan and the first sighting from outside the
area is eagerly awaited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Many thanks in advance for your help,</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thomas Cornulier</span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><o:p>Aberdeen University</o:p></span></div>
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Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-47663736727797235392017-06-13T15:02:00.002+01:002017-06-13T15:02:30.588+01:00Forvie sandwich tern success spawns new grounds<div class="MsoNormal">
Group members Ann and Walter Burns had a wee trip up north
on the 7<sup>th</sup> June, 2017, including a visit to St. John’s Pool in
Caithness.. <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/ZpopBUkqbWpFx">http://www.stjohnspool-birds.co.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Whilst there they managed to photograph 3 colour-ringed
Sandwich Terns nesting on a purpose built island.</div>
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All 3 had been colour-ringed at the Ythan/Sands of Forvie.</div>
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<b>WHITE EBT<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Ringed as a juvenile on the Ythan on 16/8/10.</div>
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Had a Mediterranean holiday in Italy in late summer 2013.</div>
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Seen in the colony on Coquet Island, Northumberland in June
2014.</div>
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Seen at Lossiemouth in April 2016 before turning up at St
John’s Pool 3 days later.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White EBT (Walter Burns)</td></tr>
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<b>YELLOW ECC<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Ringed as a chick at Forvie on 24/6/11.</div>
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Seen at Coquet Island, Northumberland on 30/5/14.</div>
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Seen at St John’s Pool in July 2016.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow ECC (Walter Burns)</td></tr>
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<b>Light green/red<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Ringed as a chick at Forvie in 2008.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lime/red (Walter Burns)</td></tr>
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The Sandwich tern colony at Forvie has enjoyed considerable
success in recent years thanks to the efforts of the SNH full time and weekend
staff who are kept busy with the public and maintain a protective electric
fence around the colony to keep out ground predators. This year a whopping 950
pairs have settled down to breed.</div>
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Ringing has been carried out for more than 50 years at the
colony. This allows us to monitor survival, recruitment, fidelity and the
causes of any fluctuations within the colony. In this instance it also lets us
know that with the colony thriving this is allowing the population to increase
and expand, helping to establish new colonies such as the one at St. John’s
Pool as identified by the colour-ringed birds from Forvie. </div>
Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-38142169978222891782017-02-06T11:27:00.005+00:002017-02-06T11:37:34.267+00:00An auld dipper<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">After a tip-off from Maureen and Gordon
Berry that a ringed Dipper had appeared on the Cowie River in Stonehaven,
myself and Sam decided to try to retrap the bird and see where it had come
from. Dippers aren’t generally known for long-distance movements, and with no
birds having been caught there for several years, it was an interesting
sighting. </span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Maureen and Gordon's ringed dipper which set the ringers in motion © Gordon Berry</span></td></tr>
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We met up with Gordon and got a net
set up near the river mouth, with a Dipper keeping an eye on us all the time.
Sadly, the only thing we caught in 3 hours of waiting in the rain there was an
over-excited dog - so after repairing a broken shelf string, we decided to try
somewhere else!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We moved upstream about a kilometre,
to a wide, fairly shallow, rocky area that looked like Dipper heaven. It was
some way from where Gordon had photographed the ringed bird, but we were
hopeful it would be around there somewhere. After resetting a net here (with
the rain still falling), we didn’t have to wait long before we caught our first
Dipper - a fine 1st winter female, but not the ringed individual we were after.
Then came another, this time an adult male, but unringed as well.</span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Third time lucky - the ringed bird, an adult female. A quick text to Raymond with the ring number and we got her details - ringed as a chick at Cullerlie, around 20km inland from here, back in the spring of 2011. A good movement for a Dipper, and at 5+ years old, a good age too, with the oldest recorded in Britain at 8+ years old. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The second and third birds that were caught in quick succession, the third being the retrap we were after</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
retrap bird. This is a clear adult with no contrast between juvenile and adult
feathers in the greater coverts. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Soon after this we caught a fourth
bird - a young male. There’s a good chance that these four birds constitute 2
pairs using the river. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A successful day in the end, with 3
new birds ringed and an excellent recovery - worth getting a soaking for. A big
thank you to Maureen and Gordon for the tip-off, and sorry we didn’t catch
while you were with us!</span><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The same adult retrap bird. Dippers can be sexed using
wing length - with a short wing of 88mm this bird is a female. </span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">Alex & Sam</span></div>
Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-48397206288134243482017-01-27T20:05:00.003+00:002017-02-02T09:15:02.339+00:00Waxwings on the move - thankyou for all your sightings<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 35.95pt; mso-para-margin-left: 3.27gd;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What
a difference a few weeks can make in the life of the Waxwings! Since previous
update on 6 January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Five in
Ireland, a record number for our studies and at least one on the Isle of Man (which then
diverted to Wales rather than carry on over to Ireland).</span></div>
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build up in middle England, including GB who didn’t like the east coast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Movements
down the east side with noteable build ups in Tayside and Fife, Eastern
Scotland; NE England with birds in Newcastle (3), Hull and Durham and around
London into Kent and our furthest bird south so far in Crawley, West Sussex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And
we still have quite a lot in and around Aberdeen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maps
below show the changes since 06/01 and an interesting comparison with the same
time in 2010/11 when cold weather suddenly increased berry competition and lots
fled rapidly south, not lingering in Scotland………..with a build up along the
south coast.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing sightings up to mid-January on our last invasion 2010/11</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing sightings from the last update just over two weeks ago</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A
huge thank you to everybody for their sightings and photographs so far. Each
contributes greatly to the overall picture of what the Waxwings are getting up
to across the country. All are greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work. A
free plug on Winterwatch didn’t do any harm either!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Rachel Hynes © Waxwing BB (colour rings blue/blue) in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland 12/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Brian and Karen Mullins © Waxwing LOW (colour rings light green/orange/white) in Sligo Town, Ireland 07/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">James O’Neill © Waxwing LGL (colour rings light green/dark green/light green) in Portadown, N. Ireland 15/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Sue Blyth © Waxwing RRW (colour rings red/red/white) on the Isle of Man 08/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Clive Hurford © Waxwing RRW in Newtown, Powys, Wales 20/01/17</span></td></tr>
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Waxwing GB (dark green/blue) the next bird after BB in Dublin to be ringed in Ballater on 04/12/16.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Andrew Easton and Rob Wilton © Great Yarmouth 08/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">George Ewart © 414km W in Derbyshire.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And
as we were out ringing Waxwings in Aberdeen on Saturday 21/01 we received a text
message from Tony Cross and his colleagues in mid Wales to say they had just
caught Waxwing RB (red/blue), ringed in Ballater at the same time as BB and GB!
And Waxwings WL and YB also ringed in Ballater at the same time were in
Aberdeen at the weekend!</span></div>
Grampian Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05555697802714241099noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553443690967639765.post-87512520901775391542017-01-06T12:50:00.000+00:002017-01-06T13:36:46.556+00:00Waxwings – Going, staying……..and wandering aboot<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
It’s turning out to be a
tremendous winter for Waxwings (hopefully) throughout the UK. In and around
Aberdeen we are getting the best of both sides we think. It’s early January and
we still have 100s here whilst, thanks to so many birders, photographers and
observers around the country our colour ringing project is helping us keep tabs
on the movements and fortunes of many of those birds which have chosen to move
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The map below shows the
distribution of colour-ring sightings (up to 06/01/2017) of birds ringed in
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Just some of the great
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Mike Sinclair © Waxwing LGY </span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Motherwell 02/01/17</span></td></tr>
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Waxwing YLO, ringed as a young
male in Aberdeen on 27/11/16, was photographed by Neil Alderson and Yvonne
Williams in the B&Q car park in Llandudno, north Wales on 30/11/16 then 5
days later by Emyr Evans 82km south in Machynlleth in mid Wales.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Neil Alderson © Waxwing YLO </span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Llandudno, north Wales 30/12/16</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Emyr Evans © Waxwing YLO Machynlleth, mid Wales 04/01/17</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Alan Scoullar © Waxwing YOB</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> Wrexham, north Wales 30/12/16 Also reported and photographed by Hugh Linn</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">David Preece © Waxwing WLO</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> Roade, Northhamptonshire 02/01/17. Also reported and photographed by Duncan Baxter and David Jackson</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">Trevor Williams © Waxwing LLB</span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;"> Cromer, Norfolk 31/12/16. Also reported and photographed by John Furse</span></td></tr>
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Sadly not all
reports/photographs have been of happy berry eating birds. Below is Waxwing BLO
found dead after striking a window in St Andrews in Fife.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>Windows and Perspex bus shelters are a very real and fatal hazard to
Waxwings. Despite our best efforts around Aberdeen we have still had over 20
birds reported dead in the city due to striking windows.</div>
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Meanwhile other birds
colour-ringed at the same time as some of the movers above are still being
recorded in Aberdeen. Having almost completely finished the rowan berries
(apart from a couple of trees still being guarded by reeeeeally hard Mistle
Thrushes) they have now moved onto Tree Cotoneaster, a species so abundant
around town this should keep birds with us until May.</div>
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<b>THE WANDERERS<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Some of the birds don’t seem
to have decided if they are going or staying though. Once the flocks had
finished the berries in rural towns such as Inverurie and Ballater (22km NW and
58km W of Aberdeen) colour-ringing has shown that some birds moved away south
whilst others moved into the city where berries were still plentiful. One
decided to be different and headed 77km W over the hills into Speyside while a
bird ringed in Aberdeen City Centre on 28/12/16 decided to head 35 km W back
out into the countryside to Aboyne where it was photographed on 05/01/17.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Desmond Dugan © Waxwing RO Nethybridge, Speyside
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And wanderer of them all so
far is a bird colour-ringed in Perth, Central Scotland on 15/12/16 which turned
up in Aberdeen on 05/01/17, a movement NE of 117kms!</div>
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So a very big thank you to all
you folks (too numerous to thank individually here) who have kindly taken the
time and trouble to report a colour-ringed Waxwing to us. Each sighting
contributes greatly in helping us to follow the movements and fortunes of these
truly awesome Scandinavian invaders. If you do see a colour ringed waxwing then let us know: grampianringing@gmail.com. </div>
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Happy New Year</div>
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Raymond Duncan</div>
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(on behalf of Grampian Ringing
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