Last Ringing Course - August 2008
A Ringing Course for trainee ringers was held from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th August 2008, and proved very successful.
The course attendees handled 756 new birds and 190 retraps and controls of 44 species - everything from Wren to Mute Swan! They also experienced not just mist-netting but also using duck traps, ringing pulli on tern rafts, and cannon-netting for gulls at an Essex refuse tip.
Highlights included Gadwall, Canada Goose, Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Tern, Green Woodpecker, nine species of warbler including Cettis, and a decent number of House Martins.
Details of the next course to be held at Rye Meads are provided here.