Let’s hear it for Coenraad Jacob Temminck’s Stint – a summary of the birds of May-June 2025
A period characterised by dry, sunny weather, but Spring migration generated little excitement until the arrival of our fifth record of Temminck's Stint.
Rye Meads Ringing Group
Information and activities
Rye Meads Ringing Group
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Summer visitors trickle in – a review of the birds of March-April 2025
Spring got off to a slow start thanks to blocking weather over Iberia, but our summer visitors arrived eventually!
A review of ringing in 2024
We ringed 3,065 new birds in 2024, our best year since 2019. Some species had really good totals, and some really low ones. See our recovery highlights and a full ringing table.
When is a Red-crested Pochard like a Wildebeest – a summary of the birds of January-February 2025
Two species achieved their highest counts for 33 and 37 years, and some other regulars didn't show up at all. Read on to find out which they were, and to get an answer to the question in the title!
Have I seen a female Scaup at Rye Meads
The last documented Greater Scaup was a male on 16 March 2000, over 25 years ago.
Yet most months of the year, female Greater Scaup are reported, sometimes photographed. Those that availed themselves to closer scrutiny have all proven to be Tufted Ducks. How can we tell them apart?
The return of the murmurations – a summary of the birds of November-December 2024
Two species posted record counts for Rye Meads in November and December 2024. And just how many Jack Snipe winter at Rye Meads? Read on to find out...
Annual General Meeting
Come and join us at our AGM, to be held at Rye Meads Visitor Centre. All Friends and Members are welcome.
An unusual gull, a hungry gull, and a record flock enliven a quiet autumn – a review of the birds of September-October 2024
A disappointing Autumn in terms of migrants but not without its highlights, including the second Rye Meads record of... - read on to find out!
One new record in a quiet Autumn – a summary of the birds of July – August 2024
There were few signs of Autumn migration as the summer visitors ebbed away, although one species set a new observations record!
A dull end to Spring – a review of the birds of May – June 2024
Both the weather and the resulting birds were a bit below par this Spring. Excitements were few and far between, but there were some...