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.
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Records 41 to 60 of 239
Bird | Location | Date | Name | Ring / Tag description | Comment |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 02.04.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue B02, B03, B04, B06, B08, B09, B10, B12, B13, B18, B20, B22, B23, B25, B27, B28, B29, B32, B33, B35, B37, B38, B39, B40, B44, B45 & B46 | Pairs appeared to be: B20 & B27, B08 & B22, B35 & B44, B23 & B28, B06 & B38, B03 & B46, B32 & B40, B33 & B02 and B18 & B10. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 27.03.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue B06, B22, B24, B26 & B38. | B24 & B26 appear paired. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 26/03/22 | Keith Noble | B04 and B06 | |
Curlew | Brechfa Pool | 21/03/22 | Andrew King | Orange ring lower left leg/BTO metal ring lower rt leg. Above that, what I noted as 3E black c/r with white inscription. | One of 6 birds, incl fine display and calling among several males present. May be intending to breed close by; cf note below of possibly the same bird's history when reported at LL on 23/03/20. |
Barnacle Goose | LLangorse Lake by the Acorn Centre | 14/03/22 | Peter Seaman | Blue ring B01 | |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 12/03/22 | Keith Noble | Blue B40 on left, grey over metal on right | This bird was ringed age4 Male at Llangorse on 18/07/21, Slimbridge on 08/09/21 and 10-11/02/22. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 12/03/22 | Keith Noble | Blue B40 | Photographed flying around with two others, also blue-ringed but I could not read them |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.03.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue B29, metal/grey. | Paired with B17. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.03.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue B17, metal/grey. | Paired with B29. |
Barnacle Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.03.22 | Mark Waldron | Blue B01, metal/grey. | Single bird being chased off repeatedly by B29. |
Canada Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.03.22 | Mark Waldron | 527_567 | |
Canada Goose | Llangorse Lake | 06.03.22 | Mark Waldron | 5284564 | |
Starling | Peregrine eyrie, E Beacons | 08/02/2022 | South Wales Peregrine Monitoring Group | Metal ring KH74539, found by metal detector under nest ledge. | This Starling had been taken taken as prey by Peregrines. It had been ringed at Ventes ragas, Silutes, Lithuania as a fledged 1st-yr on 15/7/2017. This is the 3rd Lithuanian-ringed Starling found at PE sites in Breconshire, and 7th for SE Wales. |
Canada Goose | Llangorse Lake | 26/01/22 | Mark Waldron | 5287975 | Ringed at the lake by the Llangorse Ringing Groups in their 2019 roundup. |
Blackbird | Llangasty car park | 07.01.22 | Mark Waldron | LB21902 | This bird was recorded in the same location in December 2020. Please see below. |
Mute Swan | Crannog, Llangorse Lake | 03.01.22 | Mark Waldron | Metal ring, right leg, "Z43794". | Still at the crannog. |
Mute Swan | Crannog, Llangorse Lake | 27.12.21 | Mark Waldron | Metal ring, right leg, "Z43794". | This bird was ringed by the Llangorse Ringing Group in January 2012 and is only one of two Mute Swan's ringed by the group since 1990. |
Common Starling | Peregrine eyrie near Sennybridge | Ring found 7/11/21 | Richards/King | A821923. This Starling had been ringed as a nestling at Kymenlaakso, Kymi, FINLAND on 22/5/2020. | Ring found by metal detector under a Peregrine ledge, as part of a long-term study into Peregrines in SE Wales. Probably taken as prey during winter 20/21 on its first winter visit to Wales. This is the 14th Starling from the Baltic countries recovered at Peregrine sites by this method over the last 30 yrs. |
Barnacle Geese | Lydney Harbour, Gloucs | 05/09/21 | Andrew King | 8 geese together on mud-banks showing the colour combinations of rings for Llangorse birds, individual numbers provided. | The Lydney sighting prompted a good look through the 200+ at Slimbridge WWT to find that most of the Crannog birds are there. |
Barnacle Geese | Crannog, Llangorse Lake | 11/08/21 | Mark Waldron | Blue rings B06 & B38 on left, grey ring over metal ring on right. | 6 adults and 3 juv's present including these two ringed individuals. |