It seems as though priorities have been elsewhere for us IRG bloggers in the latter half of the summer and moving into the Autumn. I have time to briefly redress that situation:
CES sessions at Priory Country Park were conducted, ALL 12 of them + 3 extra! Bad weather, what bad weather? Joking aside, it's not been easy to fit them in and because of the weather, we've been successful in not catching lots of birds. Overall one of the worst in 20 years but not a complete disaster.
Priory Country Park produced a very late Reed Warbler yesterday and a Jay (only the second to be ringed here). Last week it produced a Woodpigeon and a retrap Green Woodpecker (first ringed in 2011).
Ringing at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve in Septmeber added Goldcrest (2) to the ringed list for the site. 44 species have now been ringed there.
Those are my highlights. Hopefully, the winter will continue to bring more!
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Wheatear being ringed
The Ivel Ringing Group was formed in 1990 and currently consists of half a dozen ringers and as many trainees/helpers. We operate at sites across Bedfordshire, some associated with the river Great Ouse, but concentrating on the CES sites as well as catching Mute Swans.
Contact information
Group Secretary - 01525 221023
The group is now closed. Any queries relating to the group's history can be directed to the Group Secretary.
The group is now closed. Any queries relating to the group's history can be directed to the Group Secretary.
Ringing in Action
Wheatear being ringed
IRG Bird Ringing Reports
- Sandy Smith NR Report (2014)
- IRG Report no.11 (2010 to 2013)
- Sandy Smith NR Report (2013)
- IRG Report no.10 (2008 to 2009)
- Priory Country Park Report (2009)
- Priory Country Park '20 Year' Report (2008)
- IRG Report no.9 (2006 to 2007)
- IRG Report no.8 (2004 to 2005)
- IRG Report no.7 (2002 to 2003)
- IRG Report no.6 (2000 to 2001)
- IRG Report no.5 (1998 to 1999)
- IRG Report no.4 (1996 to 1997)
- IRG Report no.3 (1994 to 1995)
- IRG Report no.2 (1992 to 1993)
- IRG Report no.1 (1990 to 1991)
Selected Latest Recoveries
Cetti's Warbler: Y113468
Ringed: 26/08/12 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Controlled: 11/11/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 77 days Distance: 63km Direction: WSW
Mute Swan: W34918
Ringed: 03/10/12 at Brandon Creek, Norfolk.
Controlled: 15/10/12 at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Duration: 12 days Distance: 54km Direction: SW
Lesser Redpoll: Y754233
Ringed: 13/10/12 near Bestwood, Nottinghamshire.
Controlled: 28/10/12 at Priory Country Park, Bedford. Duration: 15 days Distance: 113km Direction: SSE
Swallow: Y258832
Ringed: 09/07/12 near Hawnby, North Yorks.
Controlled: 22/09/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 75 days Distance: 258km Direction: S
Swallow: Y763184
Ringed: 13/07/12 near Hazleslack, Storth, Cumbria. Controlled: 03/09/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 52 days Distance: 283km Direction: SSE
Sand Martin: Y426744
Ringed: 19/08/12 at Icklesham, East Sussex
Controlled: 31/08/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 12 days Distance: 154km Direction: NNW
Goldfinch: Y656093
Ringed: 10/08/12 at Links Wood, Newport, Fife
Controlled: 15/11/12 at Eversholt, Bedfordshire
Duration: 97 days Distance: 515km Direction: SSE
Ringed: 26/08/12 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.
Controlled: 11/11/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 77 days Distance: 63km Direction: WSW
Mute Swan: W34918
Ringed: 03/10/12 at Brandon Creek, Norfolk.
Controlled: 15/10/12 at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Duration: 12 days Distance: 54km Direction: SW
Lesser Redpoll: Y754233
Ringed: 13/10/12 near Bestwood, Nottinghamshire.
Controlled: 28/10/12 at Priory Country Park, Bedford. Duration: 15 days Distance: 113km Direction: SSE
Swallow: Y258832
Ringed: 09/07/12 near Hawnby, North Yorks.
Controlled: 22/09/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 75 days Distance: 258km Direction: S
Swallow: Y763184
Ringed: 13/07/12 near Hazleslack, Storth, Cumbria. Controlled: 03/09/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 52 days Distance: 283km Direction: SSE
Sand Martin: Y426744
Ringed: 19/08/12 at Icklesham, East Sussex
Controlled: 31/08/12 at Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. Duration: 12 days Distance: 154km Direction: NNW
Goldfinch: Y656093
Ringed: 10/08/12 at Links Wood, Newport, Fife
Controlled: 15/11/12 at Eversholt, Bedfordshire
Duration: 97 days Distance: 515km Direction: SSE
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IRG 2015 Species List (so far)
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Blue Tit
- Bullfinch
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Coal Tit
- Dunnock
- Garden Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Goldcrest
- Goldfinch
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Green Woodpecker
- Greenfinch
- Jackdaw
- Jay
- Kestrel
- Lesser Redpoll
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Long Tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Marsh Tit
- Reed Bunting
- Reed Warbler
- Robin
- Sedge Warbler
- Siskin
- Song Thrush
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Starling
- Stock Dove
- Swallow
- Treecreeper
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Pigeon
- Wren
- Yellowhammer
British Trust for Ornithology
Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland is organised and co-ordinated by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
A network of over 2,500 highly trained and licensed volunteers currently ring over 850,000 birds every year. On average only one in every one hundred birds ringed is subsequently recaught elsewhere or found by a member of the public and reported.
Every report of a ringed bird is therefore of extreme value. To report a dead or colour-ringed bird, go to http://www.ring.ac .
For more information about ringing in the UK and Eire, please go to http://www.bto.org/ . A ringing scheme operates in every European country and most countries of the world.
A network of over 2,500 highly trained and licensed volunteers currently ring over 850,000 birds every year. On average only one in every one hundred birds ringed is subsequently recaught elsewhere or found by a member of the public and reported.
Every report of a ringed bird is therefore of extreme value. To report a dead or colour-ringed bird, go to http://www.ring.ac .
For more information about ringing in the UK and Eire, please go to http://www.bto.org/ . A ringing scheme operates in every European country and most countries of the world.
Other Links
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- BTO 'Out Of Africa' blog
- BTO ringers email forum
- BTO ringing (demography) blog
- Christchurch Harbour RS
- Ed Green's Blog
- Errol's blog
- Isle of Man (Sean Gray)
- Kane's Ringing blog
- Manx Ringing Group
- Phil's blog
- Priory C P (Bedford) Blog
- Ringing on Utsira
- Why we ring birds
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IRG Ringing Totals
New birds ringed in 2012
(2010/11 in Brackets)
Ivel Ringing Group rings
Bedfordshire -
2012 = 3619 including 328 pulli of 68 species
(2011 = 4683 including 527 pulli of 59 species)
(2010 = 3877 including 869 pulli of 58 species)
(2010/11 in Brackets)
Ivel Ringing Group rings
Bedfordshire -
2012 = 3619 including 328 pulli of 68 species
(2011 = 4683 including 527 pulli of 59 species)
(2010 = 3877 including 869 pulli of 58 species)