Ringed Nuthatch (1 Viewer)

Mick Harris

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• Jun 9, 2014

• #1

Hi saw this bird last week in my East Surrey garden and wondered if there is enough info visible for it to be of interest?

Thanks for looking,

Mick H.

 

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Jon Turner

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• Jun 9, 2014

• #2

Probably not quite..... It's a BTO ring and most likely a local bird - do you know anyone ringing locally? Numbers look like 5943 but BTO rings generally have a letter and 6 numbers.....

 

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AlfArbuthnot

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• Jun 9, 2014

• #3

Jon Turner said:

Probably not quite..... It's a BTO ring and most likely a local bird - do you know anyone ringing locally? Numbers look like 5943 but BTO rings generally have a letter and 6 numbers.....

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It might be possible. It's a B ring, so will have two letters followed by 5 numbers. From the position, I think 5 is the first number, so it will be

Letter-Letter-5943-number, something like e.g. TJ59430

The BTO wont be abe to trace it from that alone, as you don't have any letters so don't know the ring series. But local ringers could probably work it out. Nuthatches don't tend to move very far, so chances are it was ringed within a couple of miles.

 

Jon Turner

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• Jun 10, 2014

• #4

Thanks Alf, forgot that B rings have 2 letters!

 

Mick Harris

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• Jun 10, 2014

• #5

Thanks a lot for the info chaps

 

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LowellMills

Is this your Sanderling?

• Jun 12, 2014

• #6

Agree with Jon and Alf. Your nearest ringer, if he/she puts B rings on a few species (e.g. Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Great Tit...), may be able to get it down to the individual, if there is only one Nuthatch out of all birds ringed __59430 to __59439. Therefore it is worth asking around!

 

Mick Harris

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• Jun 13, 2014

• #7

Thanks again.

 

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Mark Grantham

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• Jul 8, 2014

• #8

We don't have any Nuthatches on the BTO database with rings including 5943 so I can only presume this is a bird only ringed recently or one ringed a while ago and onlyexisting on a paper record. By the look of the ring the latter is perhaps more likely, but impossible to trace... I'll check again at a later date, so watch this space.

 

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Mark Grantham

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• Oct 8, 2014

• #9

Tracked down now - a local bird ringed in 2012, so we'll send you full details soon Mick.