Managing our nestboxes
We monitor and maintain more than eighty nestboxes of various types. National Nestbox Week is a good time to share details of how we look after ours.
Rye Meads Ringing Group
Information and activities
Rye Meads Ringing Group
Information and activities
Roger
September – October 2018
Our second Great White Egret enlivened what otherwise continued a quiet year with below par numbers.
Ringing is sometimes a drag!
Drag netting can be hard work, but it's the best way to catch one of our most enigmatic waders - the secretive Jack Snipe.
July – August 2018
A period dominated by heat and drought resulted in few birds, and very disappointing migration numbers. Best bird was our fourth Little Tern, and the first at this time of year.
May – June 2018
Spoonbill, Black Tern, two Starts and a Chat, and record counts of Mute Swan and Hobby were the highlights of May and June at Rye Meads.
March – April 2018
Lots of legs in the news this period, with Great White Egret, Avocets, both Godwits, Curlew and Spotted Redshank visiting!
January – February 2018
A very quiet winter period, with only a site record count of Red Kites and a ‘tristis’ type Chiffchaff particularly notable.
Pullus ringing does give interesting results
Toby Spall has long been a dedicated nest-finder and pullus-ringer - you may have read his article in the recent issue of BTO News. But he still finds great pleasure in small rewards from this activity, as he explains here.
November – December 2017
From Whoopers to Hawfinches, with the spice of more detailed counts of our everyday birds, the early winter period was not without its interest!
Ringing review of 2017
Ringing highlights included 10 Little Grebes, 3 Great Crested Grebes, Nightingale and Tree Pipit, and records for Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff and Goldfinch.