Brecknock Birds - Ringing Page
This page is designed to track the movements of ringed birds within the County. Please complete all the fields for any ringed bird even if this bird has already been reported on this page. It is also important to supply this information to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) who can be contacted through this link. As a result the BTO will supply the known history of the individual bird to you, if you wish, a resume can be entered as a sighting on the current sightings page. Click here to add a record to this page.
Current Records - (Most recently added are shown first) - To add a record click here.
Records 21 to 40 of 267
Bird | Location | Date | Name | Ring / Tag description | Comment |
Barnacle Goose | Crannog, Llangorse Lake | 26/02/23 | Mark Waldron | Blue B21, B28, B30 and B35 with a fifth blue ringed bird that could not be read. | |
Red Kite | Libanus | 08.02.23 | Mark Waldron | Black left tag, blue right tag, "85". Metal ring number GC95713. | BTO reports this bird was ringed as a nestling on 24/06/2010 near Sennybridge that summered around the area in 2021 & 2022. |
Black-headed Gull | Llangorse Lake, Llangorse common | 18/01/23 | Mark Waldron | Blue "TC37" | Ringed as an adult in a breeding colony on 20/05/21 at Jezioro Biezdruchowo, Pobiedziska, Wiekopolskie, Poland. The only other sighting was at the same location 10 days after it was ringed. |
Blackbird, male | car park, Llangasty | 20.11.22 | Peter Seaman | NFORM,Museum, ?SW7, ?902 | [Full ring sequence is LB21902. This Blackbird has a history of having its ring number read off photographs at this site. Previously on 6th Dec 2020 and 7th Jan 2022. It had been ringed nearby (Llangasty) as a fledgling in summer late-2017.] |
Cormorant | Llangorse Lake, sailing club jetty | 09.11.22 | Mark Waldron | Orange ring. | A second year bird with an orange darvic ring but the code could not be read, this bird is likely from a ringing project based in Cheshire or Abberton Reservoir, Colchester. |
Mute Swan | Llangasty, Llangorse Lake | 07.11.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue 7ISN | Ringed XY2335 on 6th September 2017 on the Montgomery Canal at Brithdir near Welshpool. |
Black-headed Gull | Llangorse Lake, Llangasty | 26/10/2022 | Mark Waldron | Black ABSV (metal ring 5442325) | This bird was ringed as a chick at Zwillbrocker Venn, Germany on 11/06/22. This is the first sighting since ringing. |
Gt Black-backed Gull | Llangasty Point | 12/09/22 | Andrew King | Colour-ring D:JY juv with an adult consuming a dead Pike on the shore. Still present today. | |
Mute Swan | Llangasty, Llangorse Lake | 04.09.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue 7LCB | Ringed XY6052 at Llandrindod Wells Lake as a cygnet on 11th December 2020. |
Great Black-Backed Gull | Llangorse Lake, Llangasty | 03.08.22 | Mark Waldron | Yellow "D:JZ" and "D:JY" | Two juv's together with an adult on the point. Both birds were ringed by the Goldcliff Ringing Group as juveniles on nest this year (12 June) at Denny Island (Monmouthshire) in the Bristol Channel. These sightings are the first since the birds dispersed from Denny Island. |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Llangorse Lake, Llangasty | 22.07.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue "F:800". | Part of the flatholm scheme from 2019, ring FJ14345, where it was ringed as a juv on 30/06/2019. This is the first report since. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 20/07/22 | Mark Waldron | All blue combinations from B01 to B46 EXCEPT B08, B16, B20, B35 & B42. B42 is now the only bird I've not yet recorded... | |
Mute Swan | Llangorse Lake, Llangasty | 26/06/22 | Mark Waldron | Blue 7JHT | Ringed ZY9980 as a cygnet (male, one of six) on 21st August 2020 on the Montgomery Canal at Wern, Llanymynech. It was still present where ringed on 28th November 2020. |
Curlew | Llangorse Lake Point | 10/05/22 | Keith Noble | Red on upper left, green above yellow on upper right | With an unringed bird |
Curlew | LLangorse Lake on the 'point' | 20/04/22 | Peter Seaman | Curlew with orange ring on left leg and ring 18 on right was one of pair on the 'point'. Interesting previous history copied below from Mark's record made on 19th March 2021 | "Back for at least its fourth spring. It was ringed (BTO FJ06156) at the Gann Estuary, Dale, Pembrokeshire on 20 Jan 2018 as an adult male. Full ring history as follows: 20/01/2018 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 09/03/2019 - 13/03/2019 Llangorse Lake, 31/12/2019 - 03/02/2020 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 29/02/2020 - 07/03/2020 Llangorse Lake, 06/11/2020 - 08/02/2021 Gann, Pembrokeshire. And now 20/04/22. |
Canada Goose | Llangorse Lake | 10.04.22 | Mark Waldron | 5275712 | Ringed at Llangorse Lake 28.06.15. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 10.04.22 | Mark Waldron | B01, B03, B06, B08, B09, B10, B12, B13, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B24, B25, B26, B27, B29, B30, B32, B35, B36, B39, B40, B44 & B46. | Pairs appeared to be B01 + B19, B03 + B46, B08 + B22, B09 + B13, B10 + B18, B12 + unringed, B20 + B27, B21 + unringed, B24 + B26, B29 + B36, B32 + B40 and B35 + B44. At least three nests now occupied on the crannog with another two fully built. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.04.22 | Mark Waldron | B01, B03, B04, B06, B19, B20, B27, B38, B45 & B46 | Pairs appear to be B03 & B46, B01 & B19, B20 & B27 and B45 with an unringed bird. |
Red Kite | Libanus | 05.04.22 | Mark Waldron | Black left tag, blue right tag, "85". Metal ring number GC95713. | BTO reports this bird was ringed as a nestling on 24/06/2010 near Sennybridge that summered around the area last year. |
Curlew | Llanddew | 03/04/22 | Andrew King | Yellow ring above knee/BTO metal ring below; other leg white colour-ring looked like C_. Does not match any rings previously read in Brecknock. | Probable male of a potential breeding pair in that area. |