MTem
Well-known member
I have spent a bit of time on the BTO website and that has given me some answers but I have a few other questions that I'm sure an experienced ringer on here will be able to address.
I am fortunate to live in a detached country house with fields/woods around, and my several nest boxes (for tits mainly) are used every year. Consequently I have a tit flock of circa 50 around the house at this time of year, and I regularly patrol the surrounding fields/woods when walking the dog. I have for some time wondered if I could do some sort of a survey of the local dispersal/returning to breed/life-span of the youngsters. All I need is an appropriate mechanism to mark the young birds just before they fledge. It would seem simple one ring/colour ringing would be best. To be clear this would not involve trapping and ringing adults, just fledging young in the nest boxes.
Clearly I don't want to do anything illegal or inappropriate.
What training/certificates/licence would this require? Is it a daft idea best forgotten?
I am retired with both time and resources, and am considering acquiring a ringing qualification anyway.
I am fortunate to live in a detached country house with fields/woods around, and my several nest boxes (for tits mainly) are used every year. Consequently I have a tit flock of circa 50 around the house at this time of year, and I regularly patrol the surrounding fields/woods when walking the dog. I have for some time wondered if I could do some sort of a survey of the local dispersal/returning to breed/life-span of the youngsters. All I need is an appropriate mechanism to mark the young birds just before they fledge. It would seem simple one ring/colour ringing would be best. To be clear this would not involve trapping and ringing adults, just fledging young in the nest boxes.
Clearly I don't want to do anything illegal or inappropriate.
What training/certificates/licence would this require? Is it a daft idea best forgotten?
I am retired with both time and resources, and am considering acquiring a ringing qualification anyway.