2013 Totals

The group totals for 2013 are in. 11,601 birds of 113 species were processed. 8632 were full grown birds, and 2969 were pullus. The only new species for the group was Black Tern.

The top 10 species were - 

		Full Grown	Pullus	Total
1	Swallow	1219	241	1460
2	Arctic Tern	946	92	1038
3	Goldfinch	621	25	646
4	Herring Gull	497	108	605
5	Sandwich Tern	62	472	534
6	Chaffinch	446	12	458
7	Tree Sparrow	180	178	358
8	Sedge Warbler	197	152	349
9	Waxwing	326	0	326
10	Linnet	194	124	318

2012 Totals

The totals for 2012 are in. 12,572 birds of 121 species were processed.

4 species were new for the group, Scaup, Red Grouse, Whimbrel and Paddyfield Warbler

The top ten species ringed were - 

1. Swallow – 1552
2. Goldfinch – 1078
3.  Linnet - 580
4.  Greenfinch - 468
5.  Arctic Tern - 455
6.  Waxwing - 430
7.  Chaffinch - 422 
8.  Blue Tit - 414
9.  Sandwich Tern – 413
10.  Herring Gull - 354

2011 Totals

The totals are in for 2011.

13,193 birds were processed of 115 species. 3555 of which were pulli.

Sandwich Tern tops the list, with 1157 individuals processed, including 93 retraps/controls.

The top 10 fully grown species processed were-

1. Goldfinch -1037
2. Blue Tit - 684
3. Chaffinch - 658
4. Siskin - 559
5. Arctic Tern - 512
6. Common Tern - 497
7. Linnet - 416
8. Great Tit - 414
9. Coal Tit - 392
10. Sandwich Tern -321

The top 10 pulli species were -

1. Sandwich Tern – 836
2. Linnet – 292
3. Tree Sparrow – 248
4. Swallow - 207
5. Willow Warbler - 185
6. Ring Ouzel – 161
7. Whitethroat – 137
8. Cormorant -101
9. Sedge Warbler - 87
10. Kittiwake - 84

2009 Totals

The totals for 2009 are in. The top 10 fully grown species to be ringed in Grampian last year were:

1 - Swallow 2192
2 - Greenfinch 560
3 - Goldfinch 548
4 - Chaffinch 533
5 - Twite 492
6 - Siskin 400
7 - Blue tit 376
8 - Great tit 265
9 - Linnet 245
10 - Oystercatcher 211

Top 10 pulli species:

1 - Sandwich Tern 851
2 - Guillemot 196
3 - Comorant 138
4 - BH Gull 129
5 - Swallow 107
6 - Ring Ouzel 106
7 - Kittewake 97
8 - Tree sparrow 96
9 - Shag 88
10 - Starling 77