From Iceland to Israel – our birds go a long way!
Here are some of the more informative bird movements to and from Rye Meads reported in the past year as identified by ringing, covering eight countries and two continents!
Rye Meads Ringing Group
Information and activities
Rye Meads Ringing Group
Information and activities
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Drabs and Dribs
What happens when you get up early on a cold December morning to count the dribs and drabs of the bird world, that you don't normally raise the binoculars for? Brian Milligan found out.
September – October 2017
Hot Spots in September and October included Spotted Crake and Spotted Flycatcher! A reasonable Autumn period except for Hirundines.
July – August 2017
Our Nightingales and Little Ringed Plovers have bred, and some unusual Autumn visitors pass through
May – June 2017
A new site record for Mute Swan, a wealth of waders, Whin and Stone together, and do we have breeding Nightingales?
A review of our wintering Chiffchaffs
After a record year for ringing Chiffchaffs, we await the arrival of wintering birds. Rye Meads is one of the best places in Hertfordshire for wintering Chiffchaffs, but they are not our breeding birds; so where do they come from?
From Russia to Spain – holiday destinations of our birds
A summary of the more interesting recoveries and controls of the birds of Rye Meads as notified to us during 2016.
RMRG’s very own D-day
The heroic story of an amphibian operation codenamed E-day involving two vessels and some 300 Black-headed Gulls - a report from the Seamen's Mess by Brian Milligan
March – April 2017
A Little Gull, two Ravens and a singing Nightingale brighten an otherwise rather average early Spring period.
January – February 2017
Ravens return, and Chiffs thrive with some Tristis birds among the mix: winter can be quiet but seldom dull.