Bird Ring found depicting London Museum (1 Viewer)

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stormgazer

New member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #1

Hi all

Husband was walking our dogs today and saw the remains of some kind of bird, there was not much left apart from a bit of a leg and on the leg was a tag

the tag reads

BTO British Museum
AT History London SW7
FA37303

any ideas anyone

Please mail me through

stormgazer 'at' btinternet.com

Stephanie

 

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jimbob

Well-known member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #2

Hi Stephanie, welcome to birdforum.
Try this webpage:

http://blx1.bto.org/euring/lang/pages/rings.jsp?country=EN

Fill in the details you posted here and they will get back to you. What was the bird, do you know? Do you still have the ring?

Cheers,
Jim.

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #3

FA denotes an 'F' sized ring from the BTO ringing scheme - could have been a Wood Pigeon....
Jon

 

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stormgazer

New member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #4

Hi Jimbob and jon

it was found on the beachfront and is some kind of sea bird, the only feathers around it were black and white

stephanie

 

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stormgazer

New member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #5

Thanks for the link jimbob, have just reported it found and given all the details

stephanie

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Dec 3, 2008

• #6

Apart from several duck species, Oystercatcher takes an F size ring. Black & white feathers... could be....
Can you post the details here ... when you get them?
Jon

 

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deansmith

Well-known member

• Dec 4, 2008

• #7

it may take a while to get the information back, i found a greenfinch in out garden with a british museum ring on, i reported it to bto who then said they would post me out a print off of the birds details. its been a couple of months now but i know it can take them that long to get back too you. i guess there busy with more important stuff which is fine. i only wanted to know out of curiosity where the bird was caught ect.

DS

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Dec 4, 2008

• #8

The BTO may seem slow, but I recently had a Swallow record which I ringed in Devon in April 2002, it was controlled (caught and released again) in Italy in April 2004 - the record took 4 years to get to me!

Jon

 

Marmot

Well-known member

• Dec 4, 2008

• #9

Here is a page on the BTO which suggest that you should send the ring with a letter

http://www.bto.org/ringing/ringinfo/index.htm#report