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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Bird	Location	Date	Name	Ring / Tag description	Comment
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.
Barnacle Geese	Llangorse Lake/Common	18/07/21	Andrew King	Blue c/r on left leg, and combo of BTO metal ring/grey unnumbered ring on rt leg.	46 adults and nr-full grown goslings were colour-ringed today. Two pairs with very young goslings at foot were not gathered due to trampling risks. This is part of a UK-wide study into these feral breeding flocks. The Llangorse breeding flock are only present March-August but it is not known where they originate or winter. Any sightings of these geese (especially from Sept 2021) across the UK would be welcome to help solve the mystery.
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	15/05/2021	Mark Waldron	Metal ring "LK11108".	This female was ringed by the local ringing group on 05/05/2021.
Red Kite	Libanus	17.05.21	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. This is the first reported record since then.
Curlew	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	15/05/21	Mark Waldron	White “53” / Yellow	This Curlew was released on 10/07/2019 at an age of 45 days after being hatched at Slimbridge as part of a programme to rescue eggs from RAF airfields where the nests would otherwise have been destroyed. This is part of the Slimbridge WWT head start programme. The idea is that these birds would stay in the Slimbridge area and add to the local breeding population, however, now the birds are 2 years old and entering their first breeding season, three of the 50 released birds have been found as far away as Derbyshire and now Llangorse. After it's release it was noted in the Slimbridge area in July and November 2019 but this is the first report since.
Oystercatcher	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	20/04/2021	Mark Waldron	Left leg - metal above knee, single blue below knee. Right leg - single blue above knee, orange above black below knee.	Ringed on 18/01/2020 it was then only recorded on Southampton Water at Royal Pier on 23/01/2020, Cracknore Head on 24/01/2020 and Dibden Bay on 19/03/2020. It was seen again at Dibden Bay this spring on 26/03/2021. The ringing team comment that this bird was ringed as 1st winter bird ie hatched in 2019 so prob summered in Southampton last year and is now heading back to try to breed for first time this summer.
Curlew	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	20/04/2021	Mark Waldron	Red / Black 18	See below...
Curlew	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	18/04/21	Mark Waldron	Red / Black 18	Please see history below...
Curlew	Llangasty, Llangorse Lake	13/04/2021	Mark Waldron	Red / Black 18	See record below.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	19/03/2021	Mark Waldron	Red / Black "18"	Back for at least its third 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.
Curlew	Llangorse Lake	16/03/21	Keith Noble	Red on left leg, black with white on right leg	Looks like 3E which was seen here on 23/03/20
Blackbird	Llangasty car park	06/12/20	Mark Waldron	Metal LB21902.	This is a Llangasty local bird - It was fledged in 2017, ringed by the Llangorse Ringing Group on 10/8/17 and retrapped 25/10/17. No word of it since!
Mute swan	Conwy castle	6/8/2020	Ryan Mottram	Blue darvic ring 7JAC , MIX FLOCK OF GREENS AND BTO AND BLUE FROM CHESHIRE AND WALES .	7JAC 54 swans on site inc black swan 7am There was a couple of green Cheshire rings in the mix and also a welsh bto and four more blue rings welsh , and 1 blue from Cheshire.
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.