East Dales Ringing Group

For more information about BHG 21TV, please click on the following link : Dallowgill Moor Colour Ringed Black-headed Gull Project

For more about 22PA, click on the following link and look down the list for information about the birds’ movements since first being ringed. Colour Ringed Black-headed Gull Project

There have been a number sighted, controlled or recovered by EDRG in the weeks leading up to the end of the year.

Below is a brief summary of some of these.

Chiffchaff RHD556

Juvenile ringed on 26 August 2024 at Ripon Parks and controlled on 13 October 2024 at Letchworth Sewage Works, Hertfordshire having travelled 256km (159 miles) in a SSE direction.

Lesser Black-backed Gull GR98473

Adult ringed on 10 June 2015 at Abbeystead, Lancashire, with colour rings left below the knee YN(4X1B), right below the knee M and sighted by EDRG on 10 August 2024 and Langwith House, North Yorkshire having travelled 73km (45 miles) in a ENE direction.

Marsh Harrier GY85823

Female pullus ringed on 14 June 2024 near Manea, Cambridgeshire also with colour rings left wingtag YN(AD), right wingtag YN(AD) and sighted by EDRG on 5 October 2024 at Langwith House, North Yorkshire, having travelled 218km (135 miles) in a NW direction.

Mute Swan W52736

Second Year Female ringed on 27 February 2023 at Yeadon Tarn, Yeadon, Leeds with colour rings left below the knee YN(5Y36), right below the knee M and sighted by EDRG at Nosterfield, North Yorkshire on 5 October 2024 having travelled 39km (24 miles) in an N direction.

Great White Egret 1521129

Pullus ringed at a confidential site in Somerset, UK with colour rings right below the knee M, left below the knee RW(AFN) and sighted by EDRG on 20 and 24 July 2024 at a confidential site in North Yorkshire having travelled 358km (222 miles) in a northly direction.

Sand Martin AE64960 was ringed on 16 April 2023 at Longis Reserve, Alderney, Channel Islands and recaptured at Nosterfield Quarry Reedbeds on 8 July 2024 having travelled 502km (312 miles) in a N direction.

For more information about all EDRG ringed Sand Martins please click on the following link to go to the page..Sand Martin Ringing and Recoveries

For more information about BHG 21HH, please click on the following link. Colour Ringed Black-headed Gull Project

There have been a steady flow of birds to ring at Ripon Parks over the months of August to November with summer visitors migrating south after the breeding season and plenty of new winter visitors coming in from the north and east over the last few weeks. There have been good numbers of Redwing around and a few Fieldfare along with other members of the thrush family. There have been very few Lesser Redpoll this year so far and a dearth of smaller birds in general though we have ringed some very late departing Blackcaps and Chiffchaff. Full ringing totals will appear soon. Two particular highlights for the season were the ringing of two new species for the group in the form of an adult female Hawfinch and two 1st year Yellow-browed warblers. We hope we have some interesting recoveries as the year moves on.

Click on the following for more highlights from the last few weeks.

For more news on the latest sightings of colour-ringed BHG’s 21KL and 22PA, please click on the following link…

eastdalesringinggroup.wordpress.com/black-headed-gull-project/

A Sand Martin originally ringed in France was controlled by EDRG at Lingham Lake, Nosterfield, North Yorkshire. This is the first French ringed bird that the group has controlled. Ringed in Plaisance, Saint-Froult, Charente-Maritime, France on 19 August 2023 as a first year bird with ring number 9358058 it was controlled at Nosterfield on 12 June 2024 as an adult male. It had travelled 925km (575 miles) in a N direction.

2024 was a bumper year for ringing Chiffchaff at Ripon Parks. The group ringed more Chiffchaff in the late summer/autumn migration this year than in any previous reported years going back to 2012. Below are all previous records.

Year Birds Ringed

2010 5

2011 23

2012 56

2013 79

2014 123

2015 83

2016 162

2017 188

2018 21

2019 112

2020 208

2021 178

2022 161

2023 217

2024 221

With luck, we may get one or two interesting recoveries throughout next year.

Following the successful ringing of our first Moorhen, colour ring A04 and ringed at The Fen, Nosterfield, EDRG has now, after more unsuccessful attempts, managed to ring our second Moorhen of the year. Moorhen A05 was ringed by the group at High Batts NR.

If you have any sightings of either A04 or A05, please let us know.

For more information about ringing on Stora 2024, please click on the following link

EDRG Abroad : Stora, Sweden

Ringing at Ripon Parks during August proved to be quite productive despite the wind and the rain which prevented ringing on some days.

Below are some of the birds ringed. Species totals to follow.

From top left in a clockwise direction: Adult (left) v 1st year (right) willow warbler, male greenfinch, 1st year spotted flycatcher, 1st year tree pipit wing, 1st year tree pipit, tree sparrow.

Please click on the following for more information about recent BHG recoveries and RAS data from 2023

Colour Ringed Black-headed Gull Project

RAS Schemes

EDRG has received news of a number of ringed bird recoveries and some news on birds spotted by the group at various venues.

For news on Siskin recoveries by EDRG in Wales, please click on the following link EDRG IN WALES

The following are birds identified at Nosterfield by the group through their colour ring marks.

Ringed on 15 January 2024 at Duffield Ings, North Duffield and identified at Nosterfield NR on 7 April 2024 having travelled 62km (39 miles) in a NW direction. This bird was colour marked below right knee M left above knee NW44, right above knee Y.

Mediterranean Gull ET12445

Ringed on 2 June 2018 at Senvo, Moravskoslezsky Kraj, Moravskoslezský, Czech Republic and identified at Nosterfield NR on 18 April 2024 having travelled 1453km (903 miles) in a WNW direction. The leg ring number was RW(ZKY3). Quite the recovery!!

Siskin ACY2345

Ringed on 2 May 2022 at Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands and recovered on 31 March 2024 in Bagby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire having travelled 375km (233 miles) in a SSE direction.

For news on the latest Greenfinch and Lesser Redpoll recoveries click on the following two links

Greenfinch Recoveries

Lesser Redpoll recoveries