#banding — Public Fediverse posts

Very privileged to be able to ring storm petrels on the beach near my house! 6 ringed and 2 controls, including one with a Norwegian ring.

Will I ever get the weird smell off my hands however? (It smells a bit like Parma violets)

#ringing #banding #seabirds

The oldest Oystercatchers have been discovered in the Wash in East England! 2 birds were found within 1 month of each other earlier this year; the first had been ringed in 1983 as a chick, while the second was ringed in 1982 as an adult - so it's at least 46 years old (!) and potentially even older. Amazing!

https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/oldest-oystercatcher-discovered

#ShoreBirds #Birds #Ornithology #Banding #Ringing

Finally, Blue N:334, a lesser black-backed gull ringed as an adult in 2020 at Ecomare, an animal rescue facility in Ílhavo, Portugal, this is the first sighting since.

#gulls #Banding #ringing #Seabirds

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/Europe/ecomare-saving-and-protecting-marine-life-in-portugals-ria-de-aveiro-lagoon

Final ring information recieved: Two Herring Gulls with yellow rings N1:W and X8:W both were ringed in 2014 and seen multiple times since, but only ever either at Walney or in the local area, quite a contrast to the Lesser Black-backs who enjoy trips to Spain and North Africa!
#gulls #Seabirds #ringing #banding

I escaped the house to get outside earlier today; a brief visit to #Exmouth #Devon for a look at the River Exe.

I was watching some #Oystercatcher and I saw that one had rings. I reported the sighting and the Devon & Cornwall Wader Ringing Group ( https://www.dcwrg.org.uk ) were good enough to reply with the bird’s history (see the screenshot) below.
#Birds #Birding #BirdsofMastodon #wildlife #nature #waders #ringing #banding

The BTO have developed an adaptor for Number 2 ringing (banding) pliers, to make them easier to use for people with smaller hands - an excellent and simple bit of kit that will make ringing easier for a whole load of people

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/british-trust-for-ornithology-bto-_thanks-to-the-seabird-appeal-we-have-developed-activity-7055076900699877376-wxcZ

#seabirds #BTO #ringing #banding