Brecknock Birds - Ringing Page

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Bird	Location	Date	Name	Ring / Tag description	Comment
Mute swan	Troll bridge llangorse Lake	21/05/2020	Elizabeth Curtis	Blue Leg Tag 7CTJ	Found dead 3 days after hatching cygnets. Possible fox or mink. Cygnet and swan feathers in dried up ditch by nest and swan a little way down ditch. No mate around. [Sad news - 7CTJ has been well-reported locally for 12-13 years. Ringed originally as a cygnet at County Hall, Llandrindod Wells in October 2003, it remained around Llandod until Dec 2004. From 13/12/2007 it was regularly reported in Breconshire. On that date at Brecon Promenade, but then getting into an annual routine of sightings of over 10 years wintering on Brecon Canal Basin and breeding at Llangorse Common. No doubt it put up a strong defence defending its young, for which it has also paid the penalty. Thanks Elizabeth for reporting this here. AK]
Mute Swan	Llangorse Lake	24/05/20	Andrew King	Metal BTO ring ZY5636. No colour-ring present.	One of two dead swans at Llangasty. This bird has lost its colour-ring 7HTN between late-2014 and its death in May 2020. 7HTN was seen and reported on this blog by several observers at Llangorse Lake in April, May, July, August and October 2014 but not since. 2770 days, 37 kms SSE.
Lesser-black Backed Gull	Libanus	07.05.20	Mark Waldron	White K=Z, ring number GV43952.	Feeding on plough with 55 LBB and a Herring Gull. The ringing group have confirmed this is a second summer female ringed in Cardiff on 09/10/2018. They also comment that this is the time for 2nd summer LBB’s to take a look-see at possible breeding places. She won’t be breeding this season, but there is a very good chance she will in 2021.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	23/03/2020	Mark Waldron	Red / Black "3E"	Curlew NW(3E), was ringed with BTO FJ23829 at Llanrhystud, Ceredigion as a 1st year on 19/11/2017 and hasn't been recorded since. It is now of breeding age and may be intending to breed locally? An interesting set of records from Llangorse is now accumulating, and the dates imply that the site maybe important as a pre-breeding feeding/roosting area for local birds. Hopefully, with the increased level of interest in curlew, presence on nearby breeding grounds will be confirmed at some point.
Feral Pigeon	Brecon	04/03/2020	Mark Waldron	C+353868146451	Presumed racing pigeon ring under St Mary's church tower.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	07/03/2020	Mark Waldron	Red / Black "9A"	This bird was ringed with BTO FJ23657 as a chick on 04/07/2017 at Ireland Moor, c20km N of Llangorse. This bird is now old enough to breed, and is likely to do so fairly locally. This is the first resighting since ringing.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	07/03/2020	Mark Waldron	Red / Black "18"	Still present.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	03/03/20	Keith Noble	Red ring on upper part of left leg.	I think this was Black 18 but I did not have good view of the right leg.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	29/02/20	Mark Waldron	Red over left knee, Black over right knee inscripted "18" in white.	This is the same bird that was present here last spring on 9 & 13.3.19. 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 Llangorse Lake, Powys, 13/03/2019 Llangorse Lake, Powys, 31/12/2019 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 17/01/2020 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 24/01/2020 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 02/02/2020 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 03/02/2020 Gann, Pembrokeshire, 29/02/2020 Llangorse Lake, Powys.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	26/02/20	Mark Waldron	Red on left leg, Black on right leg with white inscription.	Probablt Black 18 that was here last spring?
Red Kite	Defynnog	26/01/2020	Mark Waldron	Black tag with white underscore “36”. Ring Number: GR19789	This bird was ringed as age nestling, sex unknown on 11-Jun-2011 at a confidential site near Sennybridge. 3151 days after it was ringed, 0 km from the ringing site, this was the first report of this tagged bird!!!
Starling	Libanus	18/01/20	Mark Waldron	Metal ring ARNHAM.VT HOLLAND L471240	Also present on 12, 19, 23, 25, 26 & 29/01 and 1/2/20.
Mute Swan	Brecon Canal Basin	04.01.20	Mark Waldron	Blue 7CTJ	Still present with mate. (And on 8/1/20 - VAK) and 1/2/20.
Mute Swan	Brecon Canal Basin	29/12/2019	Mark Waldron	Blue 7CTJ	Present with mate.
Tufted Duck	Llangorse Lake	16.11.19	Mark Waldron	Light blue nasal saddle "FCP".	Still present.
Tufted Duck	Llangorse Lake	10.11.19	Mark Waldron	Light blue nasal saddle "FCP".	This duck was ringed at Saint Philbert de Grand Lieu near Nantes in western France on 18/12/18 at age 1A (Ringed in the year it hatched). It was also recorded there on 09/01/19. This is the second autumn in a row a Tufted Duck from this scheme has been recorded at Llangorse Lake.
Mute Swan	Llangasty	21/09/19	Carlton, Dawn and Ben Parry and Jerry Lewis	Blue darvic 71LF, std metal ring on other leg.	Ringing details supplied - see below.
Mute Swan	Llangorse Lake, Llangasty	23.09.19	Mark Waldron	Blue "7IPE"	Also present here on 9.8.19. The blue darvic ring is very worn and hard to read.
Mute Swan	Llangorse Lake, Llangasty	15.09.19	Mark Waldron	Blue 7ILF - still present.	See below - ringed at Llandrindod Lake in September 2016.
Mute Swan	Llangorse Lake, troll's bridge	15.09.19	Mark Waldron	Blue 7CTJ	With mate.