Hi all. New here so forgive me if I am posing in the wrong area.
I feed birds in my garden, the majority of which are a very large number of House Sparrows, 3 Spotted Woodpeckers, Finches and a variety of Tits.
A couple of days ago I found a dead Blackcap under the feeding station, birds do die!, but this one had been ringed, I reported the find to the BTO with the place found and ring details and today I had a reply saying that this bird was ringed by the Rockingham Forest Ringing Group on Sept 24 2018 near Southwick, Northamptonshire. I found this bird on 18 August and I am located 10 miles West of Exeter on the Eastern edge of Dartmoor. So in it's life this bird has travelled quite some distance for a small bird.
Is there an area to post such 'finds', if not, could Admin perhaps create one?
I feed birds in my garden, the majority of which are a very large number of House Sparrows, 3 Spotted Woodpeckers, Finches and a variety of Tits.
A couple of days ago I found a dead Blackcap under the feeding station, birds do die!, but this one had been ringed, I reported the find to the BTO with the place found and ring details and today I had a reply saying that this bird was ringed by the Rockingham Forest Ringing Group on Sept 24 2018 near Southwick, Northamptonshire. I found this bird on 18 August and I am located 10 miles West of Exeter on the Eastern edge of Dartmoor. So in it's life this bird has travelled quite some distance for a small bird.
Is there an area to post such 'finds', if not, could Admin perhaps create one?