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
Category Results
What we have learned from our ringing programme
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.
Ringing review of 2016
Ringing highlights included Pochard, Firecrest, Redstart and a Greenland Wheatear, as well as a rehab Bittern.
Summer Black-headed Gulls here, Chiffchaffs there…
Some indications of the origins of our wintering Black-headed Gulls and Chiffchaffs and some controls from our hirundine roost netting
Gulls in Spain and ducks in France
Some recoveries from our Black-headed Gull colony, our celebrity Bearded Tit controlled again, and various warblers in Europe
Contrasting migration strategies of Teal and Gadwall
Teal and Gadwall are two of the commonest ducks which occur at Rye Meads. Ringing recoveries show that the two species show very different strategies when it comes to migration.