Ringing and Results
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.
The table shows the totals of birds ringed at Rye Meads by species, covering the last two complete calendar years and the grand totals for the Group. This is presented in the sequence recommended this year by the British Ornithologists Union.
| Species | 1960-2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Grand Total | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 187 | 1 | 1 | 189 | |
| Mute Swan | 284 | 9 | 5 | 298 | |
| Egyptian Goose | 13 | 13 | |||
| Shelduck | 41 | 41 | |||
| Garganey | 1 | 1 | |||
| Shoveler | 42 | 1 | 43 | ||
| Gadwall | 583 | 15 | 29 | 627 | |
| Mallard | 2,074 | 24 | 33 | 2,131 | |
| Pintail | 1 | 1 | |||
| Teal | 467 | 13 | 16 | 496 | |
| Pochard | 37 | 6 | 1 | 44 | |
| Tufted Duck | 931 | 34 | 29 | 994 | |
| Ruddy Duck | 8 | 8 | |||
| Red-legged Partridge | 2 | 2 | |||
| Grey Partridge | 3 | 3 | |||
| Manx Shearwater | 1 | 1 | |||
| Little Grebe | 143 | 4 | 10 | 157 | Equals our annual record |
| Great Crested Grebe | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | Equals our annual record |
| Bittern | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Grey Heron | 17 | 17 | |||
| Little Egret | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gannet | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cormorant | 4 | 2 | 6 | Our fifth and sixth birds | |
| Shag | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sparrowhawk | 91 | 3 | 3 | 97 | |
| Water Rail | 142 | 1 | 143 | ||
| Moorhen | 2,041 | 4 | 20 | 2,065 | |
| Coot | 1,188 | 63 | 33 | 1,284 | |
| Lapwing | 104 | 3 | 6 | 113 | |
| Ringed Plover | 16 | 16 | |||
| Little Ringed Plover | 211 | 1 | 212 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ruff | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dunlin | 15 | 15 | |||
| Little Stint | 1 | 1 | |||
| Woodcock | 5 | 5 | |||
| Jack Snipe | 80 | 6 | 86 | ||
| Snipe | 266 | 14 | 1 | 281 | |
| Common Sandpiper | 270 | 1 | 271 | ||
| Green Sandpiper | 84 | 1 | 3 | 88 | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | |||
| Redshank | 24 | 24 | |||
| Wood Sandpiper | 2 | 2 | |||
| Greenshank | 3 | 3 | |||
| Black-headed Gull | 998 | 39 | 335 | 1,372 | A record year thanks to chicks from the burgeoning breeding colony |
| Common Gull | 1 | 1 | |||
| Common Tern | 2,552 | 36 | 32 | 2,620 | |
| Stock Dove | 112 | 7 | 23 | 142 | |
| Woodpigeon | 322 | 2 | 3 | 327 | |
| Turtle Dove | 78 | 78 | |||
| Collared Dove | 69 | 2 | 71 | ||
| Cuckoo | 95 | 1 | 1 | 97 | |
| Barn Owl | 7 | 7 | |||
| Tawny Owl | 19 | 19 | |||
| Little Owl | 10 | 10 | |||
| Long-eared Owl | 4 | 4 | |||
| Short-eared Owl | 1 | 1 | |||
| Swift | 6,901 | 6,901 | |||
| Kingfisher | 1,327 | 19 | 22 | 1,368 | |
| Wryneck | 5 | 5 | |||
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | 28 | 28 | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 158 | 6 | 3 | 167 | |
| Green Woodpecker | 92 | 3 | 1 | 96 | |
| Kestrel | 108 | 5 | 4 | 117 | |
| Hobby | 1 | 1 | |||
| Great Grey Shrike | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jay | 134 | 2 | 4 | 140 | |
| Magpie | 430 | 14 | 11 | 455 | |
| Jackdaw | 1 | 1 | |||
| Carrion Crow | 187 | 2 | 189 | ||
| Coal Tit | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
| Marsh Tit | 6 | 6 | |||
| Willow Tit | 430 | 430 | |||
| Blue Tit | 10,546 | 166 | 376 | 11,088 | A record year |
| Great Tit | 8,496 | 257 | 331 | 9,084 | |
| Bearded Tit | 160 | 2 | 162 | ||
| Skylark | 268 | 268 | |||
| Sand Martin | 7,240 | 58 | 41 | 7,339 | |
| Swallow | 6,053 | 386 | 114 | 6,553 | |
| House Martin | 7,761 | 26 | 7,787 | ||
| Cetti's Warbler | 302 | 46 | 35 | 383 | |
| Long-tailed Tit | 3,575 | 88 | 132 | 3,795 | |
| Willow Warbler | 8,636 | 35 | 42 | 8,713 | |
| Chiffchaff | 7,836 | 383 | 531 | 8,750 | A record year. Includes 2 of tristis race proved by DNA analysis |
| Wood Warbler | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sedge Warbler | 23,166 | 340 | 319 | 23,825 | |
| Reed Warbler | 15,886 | 626 | 498 | 17,010 | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | 101 | 4 | 6 | 111 | Our fourth best annual total |
| Savi's Warbler | 1 | 1 | |||
| Blackcap | 10,985 | 410 | 353 | 11,748 | |
| Garden Warbler | 3,321 | 55 | 52 | 3,428 | |
| Barred Warbler | 2 | 2 | |||
| Lesser Whitethroat | 2,743 | 33 | 18 | 2,794 | |
| Whitethroat | 4,801 | 110 | 121 | 5,032 | |
| Firecrest | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Our 12th and 13th Firecrests |
| Goldcrest | 803 | 46 | 61 | 910 | |
| Wren | 6,348 | 150 | 135 | 6,633 | |
| Nuthatch | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Treecreeper | 393 | 6 | 7 | 406 | |
| Starling | 3,210 | 25 | 6 | 3,241 | |
| Ring Ouzel | 1 | 1 | |||
| Blackbird | 7,630 | 106 | 66 | 7,802 | |
| Fieldfare | 564 | 8 | 572 | ||
| Redwing | 996 | 29 | 16 | 1,041 | |
| Song Thrush | 4,589 | 21 | 35 | 4,645 | |
| Mistle Thrush | 20 | 20 | |||
| Spotted Flycatcher | 106 | 1 | 107 | ||
| Robin | 3,620 | 89 | 75 | 3,784 | |
| Bluethroat | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nightingale | 13 | 1 | 14 | Our 14th Nightingale was a juvenile from our first breeding pair | |
| Pied Flycatcher | 7 | 7 | |||
| Black Redstart | 4 | 4 | |||
| Redstart | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Whinchat | 57 | 57 | |||
| Stonechat | 67 | 1 | 68 | ||
| Wheatear | 40 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Dipper | 1 | 1 | |||
| House Sparrow | 3,873 | 3,873 | |||
| Tree Sparrow | 4,958 | 4,958 | |||
| Dunnock | 7,351 | 130 | 149 | 7,630 | |
| Yellow Wagtail | 1,541 | 2 | 1,543 | Our first for ten years | |
| Grey Wagtail | 355 | 11 | 4 | 370 | |
| Pied Wagtail | 4,078 | 1 | 4,079 | ||
| Meadow Pipit | 1,342 | 26 | 40 | 1,408 | |
| Tree Pipit | 2 | 1 | 3 | Our third Tree Pipit was the first for 23 years | |
| Water Pipit | 39 | 39 | |||
| Rock Pipit | 2 | 2 | |||
| Chaffinch | 3,509 | 18 | 25 | 3,552 | |
| Brambling | 162 | 162 | |||
| Hawfinch | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bullfinch | 3,195 | 19 | 15 | 3,229 | |
| Greenfinch | 11,174 | 21 | 16 | 11,211 | Our second lowest total of the past 57 years! |
| Linnet | 5,624 | 1 | 5,625 | ||
| Lesser Redpoll | 812 | 4 | 4 | 820 | |
| Goldfinch | 2,805 | 46 | 222 | 3,073 | A record year thanks to feeding flocks on Works encouraged by nyger feeders |
| Siskin | 83 | 83 | |||
| Corn Bunting | 231 | 231 | |||
| Yellowhammer | 1,629 | 2 | 1,631 | ||
| Little Bunting | 1 | 1 | |||
| Reed Bunting | 9,129 | 39 | 46 | 9,214 | |
| Total ringed | 235,782 | 4,138 | 4,570 | 244,490 | |
| Number of species | 140 | 69 | 74 | 140 | Our 8th best species total and the most since 2000 |