Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
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Ringed Great Tit France (1 Viewer)
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It is not a Lithuanian ring, but from it is worth mentioning that most females and young birds do migrate out from this part of the world, heading south into at least middle Europe. Wouldn't surprise me very much if some of these birds get down to you.
I had a bird in my garden a few winters ago with a Croatian ring - didn't get the full number, but I assume this was an adult bird had wintered as a first year bird in the south, thereafter staying In Lithuania i suubsequent winters.
I had a bird in my garden a few winters ago with a Croatian ring - didn't get the full number, but I assume this was an adult bird had wintered as a first year bird in the south, thereafter staying In Lithuania i suubsequent winters.
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Thanks Jos, yes, we certainly saw a good number of Blue and Coal Tits migrating south last autumn, Coal Tit numbers in the vicinity have increased this past week, I'm wondering if they're already starting back northwards, though it seems a little early......
Phil Belman
Active member
Richard,
Your photos are good enough to see that this is a Swiss ringed bird.
The inscription on the ring is (Vogelwarte) Sempach, Helvetia. You
might want to send the details to them at:
http://www.vogelwarte.ch/de/vogelwarte/mitarbeit/beringung/
but unless you have more pics, only the start of the serial (N50...)
is visible and this won't be enough to track this ring down to
an individual.
Phil
Your photos are good enough to see that this is a Swiss ringed bird.
The inscription on the ring is (Vogelwarte) Sempach, Helvetia. You
might want to send the details to them at:
http://www.vogelwarte.ch/de/vogelwarte/mitarbeit/beringung/
but unless you have more pics, only the start of the serial (N50...)
is visible and this won't be enough to track this ring down to
an individual.
Phil
KenM
Well-known member
A good find Richard!...FWIW I had a Redpoll several Winters ago with a Brussels ring, sent it off to the BTO and it was confirmed as such.
Now I always check the ''feeder'' birds in particular...for ''jewellery.'' :t:
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Thanks Phil, unfortunately it hasn't stayed so that was the only decent pic I managed.
Ken, it's only the second ringed bird I've had in 10 years, the other was a Siskin which I never managed to photograph.
Ken, it's only the second ringed bird I've had in 10 years, the other was a Siskin which I never managed to photograph.
KenM
Well-known member
I've had no ringed birds on the feeders this year, however have had about 6 returns from the BTO over the last few years. All Redpolls bar one Siskin, Brussels apart!...Kent, Suffolk, Yorkshire, North Wales and Norfolk...always been partial to the ''glint of jewelry''.
John Morgan
Well-known member
That might turn out to be quite frustrating :C
The Sempach-ringed Blue Tit I caught at my feeders took 4 years for me to finally hear that it was ringed at Col du Bretolet. By contrast, a Swedish-ringed Robin took just a couple of days and a Sparrowhawk from Germany with a Hiddensee ring, about 1 week.
Just heard today that one of the Great Tits at my feeders here in Lithuania has been caught in Switzerland ...pretty neat movement, 1520 km.
Fits in line with my ideas about Great Tits at my feeders - almost all birds during the winter are adult males, females and young males migrating out. I caught this bird (a female) on 16 March as the annual arrival of females was occurring into Lithuania, they caught it seven months later on 18 October, about a week or so after most females have departed Lithuania.
The Swiss do seem to move a little slowly - they caught the bird in October 2014, only heard today (they also aged it incorrectly, calling it a first-year bird).
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John Morgan
Well-known member
Maybe your Lithuanian Tits are among the wintering and passage birds that I catch at my feeders in the Montagne Noire near Carcassonne. So far, just the one Blue Tit from Col du Bretolet as I mentioned, but after your Swiss recovery/control ...
I found my wintering Tits quite difficult to age sometimes. The ground colour of juv primary coverts is often very close to that of adults and my records hold quite a few 2A? (no equivalent to a Euring code but it means 'possible 5') and even +1A in first half of calendar year (Euring code 4 when '5' or '6' should be possible ). So it is conceivable the Swiss ringers, looking for very subtle distinctions, see it when there actually isn't one. I can honestly say I know that feeling
