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 221 to 240 of 276
Bird | Location | Date | Name | Ring / Tag description | Comment |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom | 11.1.10 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom. | 30.12.09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow tag 'BC' | |
Cormorant | Llanfaes Bridge, Brecon | 15.12.09 | Richard Clarke, Goldcliff Ringing Group | PXR | This bird was ringed (pulli @ nest) by the Goldcliff Ringing Group on Denny Island in the Bristol Channel on 23rd June 2009. Ring number 5231214. No other life history (Richard Clarke - GRG). |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom | 16.12.09 | Keith Noble | Yellow tags BC | |
Cormorant | River Usk, Llanfaes Bridge, Brecon | 15.12.09 | Mark Waldron | Green darvic ring on right leg with white lettering 'PXR'. Metal ring on left leg. | Present with second adult bird on shingle bar. |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom | 03/12/09 | Mark Waldron | Wing tagged yellow 'BC' | |
Mute Swan | Brecon Canal basin | 30/11/09 | Mark Waldron | X2769 | present with second adult bird |
Peregrine | South Breconshire | February 2009 - August 2009 | Mike Warburton (SWPMG) | BTO ring on left leg.White darvic ring on right with the letters `DJ`. | Female of a pair that successfully raised three young.Three years old and was ringed as a pulli at a private site in Shropshire in 2006. |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom | 17.11.09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom. | 11.11.09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | |
Mute Swan | Brecon Canal Basin | 09.11.09 | Mark Waldron | X2769 | see record below |
Mute Swan | Brecon Canal Basin | 09.11.09 | Mark Waldron | Blue '7BUJ' | Present with mate aggresively defending 'territory' from X2769 and mate |
Cormorant | Llangasty | 30.10.09 | Mark Waldron | Orange darvic ring on left leg possibly reading '010' | Some research by Chris Wells has shown that this bird was almost certainly ringed at Abberton Reservoir, Essex at least three or four years ago. There is though an outside possibility of it being an Italian bird so it could be a valuable ringing recovery if seen again. |
Mute Swan | Brecon Canal Basin | 26.10.09 | Mark Waldron | Blue '7BUJ' | still present with mate |
Grey Heron | Brecon Prom. | 20.10.09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | |
Mute Swan | Glasbury | 30.09.09 | Mark Waldron | Orange 'P91' W16691 | Edward Bird has confirmed that this female was ringed along with its mate and 2 of 3 cygnets on the Wye at Hay on 13.8.05. It was not thought that they had bred locally as later in the day the family group was chased off by a dominant pair. This family group was then at Glasbury from 19.8.05 to 27.9.05 which is the last record until now. |
Grey Heron | Brecon prom. | 13/10/09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull juv | Llangasty | 24.07.09 | Mark Waldron | Red darvic ring on left leg with a white code that could not be read. | |
Grey Heron | Brecon prom. | 08.10.09 | Mark Waldron | Yellow wing tag 'BC' | Back on the same perch for the third sucessive winter. |
Mute Swan | Brecon Canal Basin | 5.10.09 | Mark Waldron | Blue 7BUJ 'W07109' | Present with second adult bird |