alcedo.atthis
Well-known member
A request for sightings of colour-ringed Waxwings was previously posted through
various channels. We have now colour-ringed nearly 300 birds in and around
Aberdeen City, with the majority of birds ringed during the initial influx of
Waxwings into the UK during the end of October and beginning of November.
It appears that the birds which arrived in our region during the initial influx
have now left NE Scotland as we can only find a few of these birds around the
city. Sightings of colour-ringed birds in Fife, Glasgow, 2 in Lancashire (from
Burnley and Barrow) and 1 in the Netherlands confirms this and that the recent
arrival of birds into North-West of England probably involves these initial
birds. It seems likely that there are now many more colour-ringed birds in
central Scotland and south of the border than several weeks ago.
We would be very keen to receive any further sightings of colour-ringed birds
and ask observers to check all birds for colour rings. Can I ask that this
request be also published on local web-sites that I don't have access to so that
this request reaches as many observers as possible.
Many thanks to those observers who have already reported sightings. Any
sightings will be acknowledged and a history of the bird will be supplied,
detailing ringing data and movements (if any previous).
(RBA - thank you for the message broadcast on the pager system - this has
resulted in at least one report from Burnley)
kind regards
Paul Baxter / Raymond Duncan
Grampian Ringing Group, Aberdeen.
[email protected]
various channels. We have now colour-ringed nearly 300 birds in and around
Aberdeen City, with the majority of birds ringed during the initial influx of
Waxwings into the UK during the end of October and beginning of November.
It appears that the birds which arrived in our region during the initial influx
have now left NE Scotland as we can only find a few of these birds around the
city. Sightings of colour-ringed birds in Fife, Glasgow, 2 in Lancashire (from
Burnley and Barrow) and 1 in the Netherlands confirms this and that the recent
arrival of birds into North-West of England probably involves these initial
birds. It seems likely that there are now many more colour-ringed birds in
central Scotland and south of the border than several weeks ago.
We would be very keen to receive any further sightings of colour-ringed birds
and ask observers to check all birds for colour rings. Can I ask that this
request be also published on local web-sites that I don't have access to so that
this request reaches as many observers as possible.
Many thanks to those observers who have already reported sightings. Any
sightings will be acknowledged and a history of the bird will be supplied,
detailing ringing data and movements (if any previous).
(RBA - thank you for the message broadcast on the pager system - this has
resulted in at least one report from Burnley)
kind regards
Paul Baxter / Raymond Duncan
Grampian Ringing Group, Aberdeen.
[email protected]
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