Bird Ringing

To say that this year’s mad summer has played havoc with bird ringing (especially at Howick) would be an understatement…

We had our first ringing session of the year at Howick on Friday 19th July catching only 18 new birds…

 June saw the last ringing of a brood of young tawny owls on the 11th.  This year I had around…

May is the month when the majority of birds nest and we have been very busy Nest Recording and ringing…

April 2019: Most activity this month has been in respect of larger nesting birds but I have done some ringing…

 I have had some returns from the BTO of ‘Controlled’ Barn Owls including an amazing report of an owlet ringed…

The uncharacteristically mild (and often damp) weather had led to some poor conditions for ringing but we did manage a…

Ringing at Howick Arboretum continued this month despite the troublesome weather.  On the 1st   22 new birds and 17 retraps…

Ringing at Howick Arboretum continued this month with 35 birds processed on the 3rd of August.  These included 8 retraps…