Controls
Controls are birds ringed elsewhere which we subsequently catch at Rye Meads. We control a lot fewer birds than we get recoveries from those that we ring, but it is always exciting to catch a bird with a strange ring, especially if that ring is from a foreign ringing scheme.
The details can sometimes take a while to come through to us, but here are some of the more interesting Controls whose ringing details have been notified to the Group.
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?
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