Ian Rendall
Wednesday 11th December 2002, 16:18
For the past three winters, members of Grampian Ringing Group have been colour-ringing goldfinches as part of a study into the movements of these lovely but enigmatic little finches. Many of the goldfinches were caught as part of winter flocks around Aberdeen (North-East Scotland), feeding in various crops such as unharvested linseed, rape, stubble, weedy turnip fields etc. Increasingly though, goldfinches are coming to garden feeding stations and, there too, we have been colour-ringing them.
This is a request for all of you out there to keep an eye open please for any colour-ringed goldfinches you see. If you do see one, please contact me with date, location, colour(s) of rings and on which legs rings are on.
Results thus far are showing that our goldfinches are largely sedentary, forming flocks in the winter and breeding locally in the summer. One unconfirmed report of a colour-ringed goldfinch in Holland though suggest that there could be a continental element in our winter birds.
Thanks.
This is a request for all of you out there to keep an eye open please for any colour-ringed goldfinches you see. If you do see one, please contact me with date, location, colour(s) of rings and on which legs rings are on.
Results thus far are showing that our goldfinches are largely sedentary, forming flocks in the winter and breeding locally in the summer. One unconfirmed report of a colour-ringed goldfinch in Holland though suggest that there could be a continental element in our winter birds.
Thanks.