Chelmarsh Ringing Group

Ringing Totals & Controls (Chelmarsh Only)

Species	1978 to 2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Total
Grey Heron Mute Swan Canada Goose Teal Mallard Sparrowhawk Kestrel Water Rail L.R.Plover Spotted Crake	14 28 2 4 14 10 11 28 7 1	0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1 0 0	0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1 0	0 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0	0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	14 35 2 7 14 13 35 38 8 1
Moorhen Coot Lapwing Knot Little Stint Dunlin Jack Snipe Common Snipe Curlew Woodcock	30 1 59 1 1 3 51 129 2 1	0 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0	1 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0	2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0	0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0	33 1 72 1 1 8 55 141 2 1
Greenshank Oystercatcher Grn. Sandpiper Com. Sandpiper Grey Phalarope Black H. Gull Herring Gull Wood Pigeon Swift Collared Dove	2 0 18 4 1 1 1 21 3 4	0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0	0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	3 5 25 6 1 1 1 23 3 4
Turtle Dove Barn Owl Little Owl Tawny Owl Kingfisher G.S.Woodpecker L.S.Woodpecker Sand Martin Swallow House Martin	6 14 2 18 30 8 2 798 505 20	0 1 0 0 2 4 0 38 38 0	0 0 0 0 4 3 0 11 104 2	0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 170 0	0 0 0 0 2 2 0 88 113 0	0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 140 0	0 0 0 0 1 1 0 37 4 0	6 15 2 18 44 21 2 995 1074 22
Meadow Pipit Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail Wren Dunnock Robin Redstart Whinchat Stonechat	23 13 17 467 359 480 291 9 8 7	0 0 0 6 24 41 20 1 0 1	0 2 0 7 24 13 21 0 0 0	0 9 0 7 18 10 13 0 0 0	0 4 0 47 15 26 18 0 0 0	1 1 1 11 21 21 13 0 0 0	0 0 0 10 17 34 20 0 0 0	24 29 18 555 478 625 396 10 8 8
Blackbird Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Mistle Thrush Grasshopper W. Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler L.Whitethroat Whitethroat	353 28 111 19 8 12 684 740 77 614	18 1 11 0 0 0 62 53 2 24	13 1 9 2 0 0 41 114 4 11	20 0 11 0 0 0 8 29 0 1	13 26 6 4 0 0 25 68 1 3	18 0 12 0 0 0 21 76 0 10	5 0 5 0 0 1 52 88 4 7	440 56 165 25 8 13 893 1168 88 670
Garden Warbler Blackcap Chiffchaff Willow Warbler Goldcrest Spot.Flycatcher Pied Flycatcher Long Tailed Tit Marsh Tit Willow Tit	105 335 343 658 28 9 1 314 41 60	0 22 88 12 6 0 0 41 1 0	3 22 38 17 1 0 0 27 3 1	0 5 19 7 3 0 0 10 1 0	3 16 74 15 1 0 0 22 2 0	7 28 177 13 1 0 0 25 2 0	7 20 86 23 2 1 0 19 1 0	125 448 825 745 42 10 1 458 51 61
Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Jay Magpie Starling House Sparrow Tree Sparrow	12 1610 651 11 35 5 8 177 59 86	3 185 81 0 0 2 0 115 21 18	2 126 50 0 1 0 1 39 4 0	3 61 24 0 0 0 0 22 3 0	2 81 44 1 1 0 0 31 4 0	1 116 43 0 1 0 0 138 7 0	2 125 32 0 2 0 0 0 5 0	25 2304 926 12 40 7 9 522 104 104
Chaffinch Brambling Greenfinch Goldfinch Siskin Linnet Lsr. Redpoll Bullfinch Yellowhammer Reed Bunting	245 8 487 151 11 85 31 252 259 2200	59 14 129 51 4 0 39 21 2 117	20 14 54 71 10 5 23 4 5 132	11 2 63 19 26 2 4 4 1 102	43 15 86 16 95 0 54 12 2 116	17 3 42 20 37 1 89 22 12 253	30 4 91 44 0 5 21 2 1 77	425 60 944 369 183 97 259 316 282 2972
Grn Woodpecker Common Redpoll Cettis Warbler Cuckoo Long Eared Owl	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0	0 1 1 0 0	0 0 0 1 1	1 1 1 1 1
TOTALS	14452	1399	1086	716	1211	1439	896	21199

2010 Chelmarsh ringing totals for 2010 are in line with the rest of the country, where record numbers of warblers are being trapped. This is in part due to ideal weather conditions during the breeding cycle. Highlights so far:   The first Grasshopper Warbler, and Spotted Flycatcher ringed since 1997. Reed Warbler numbers approaching 2006 levels. Populations have recovered after the poor breeding seasons in 2008/9 which were cold and wet. Likewise, Blue Tit numbers have also bounced back. Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, have all shown a healthy increase. One species which does not seem to have increased is the Common Whitethroat, the reasons for this are not yet aparent. The first Cuckoo has been ringed this year, reared by an exhausted pair of Reed Warblers. One notably event, although things did not work out for, was the capture of a Long Eared Owl. A juvenile was caught on 31st.July. On examining the birds condition, it was apparent that the bird was starving. It was decided to place the bird in care, but sadly it died within hours. Had we caught the bird a few days earlier, things may have had a happier ending.

Recent Ringing Recoveries Ring No.  Species  Age/Sex  Ringing location  R.Date   Control location  C.Date    Duration    Dist.    Details X246500 Sand Martin 3J      Gloucester    08/08/08   Chelmarsh            08/04/2010  608 days 63km Control X851773 Lesser Redpoll 3     Gloucester   31/10/09    Chelmarsh               31/01/10  92 days   67km    Control X859363 Goldfinch    5M      Chelmarsh    28/01/10    Dumphries & Galloway 25/04/10  87 days   325km   Control X510636 Lesser Redpoll 5     Chelmarsh   22/03/09     Catterick               04/04/10  378 days 214km V981612 Chaffinch   5M       Chelmarsh   27/01/08     Telemark, Norway    20/04/10  814 days 1068km  X372323 Lesser Redpoll  3    Chelmarsh   07/12/08     Cheshire                05/02/10  425 days  91km X859396 Blue Tit     5          Chelmarsh   31/01/10     Much wenlock         02/03/10  30 days  18km   Ring No.  Species  Age/Sex  Ringing location  R.Date   Control location  C.Date    Duration    Dist.    Details X269027 Sedge Warbler 3    Chelmarsh    12/07/08   Loire Atlantique, Fr. 06/08/08  25 days  583km Control L949815 Siskin     4M   Mogoda, Barcelona    08/03/04   Chelmarsh      24/12/05     656 days  1266 km Control P837556 Chaffinch  4M    Chelmarsh             31/12/01  Holstein, FRG    20/10/04   1024 days 804km Cat R108143 Reed Warbler 6F  Chelmarsh          23/06/02 Guipuzcoa,Spain 28/08/04   797 days 1018km Control R612969 Brambling 5F     Chelmarsh             29/02/04    Suffolk            30/03/04  30 days 193km Control R902473 Reed Warbler 3  Icklesham, Sussex 22/08/04  Chelmarsh     06/08/05  349 days  275km  Control R090857 Reed Bunting 3   South Yorks        20/10/02  Chelmarsh         16/01/05   819 days  118km  Control T488990 Stonechat pullus Clee Hill                 27/04/05 Shotley, Suffolk 1/11/05   188 days 266km   Control T077870 Lesser Redpoll 3J Gwynedd, Wales 23/08/05 Chelmarsh         28/12/05 127 days 131km  Control U4397     Mute Swan 3F  Evesham, H & W      01/12/93  Severn Valley C.P.30/10/05 4351 days 50km Control 3G0177  Long Tailed Tit 2 Chelmarsh            08/10/00  Albrighton      17/03/05  1621 days 18km Dead T488744 Reed Bunting 2F Chelmarsh            30/12/04  Leicestershire  25/01/06  391 days 90km Control       T550805 Wheatear 4M      Clee Hill                 22/05/05  Hampshire   25/03/06   307 days 210km  Col.ring sight VT31437 Wheatear pullus Clee Hill          22/05/02  Brixham, Devon 21/03/06 1399 days 246km Col.ring sight R662381 Siskin        3J      H'land R.Scotland 28/06/03 Chelmarsh         05/02/06   953 days  569km  Control T989667 Siskin        5M     Chelmarsh             05/02/06 Grampian,Scotland 03/04/06 57 days  507km  Dead T077870 Lsr Redpoll 3J    Gwynedd,Wales    23/08/05  Chelmarsh           28/12/05    127 days  131km Control R612939 Reed Bunting 5F  Chelmarsh        24/01/04  Loire-Atlantique Fr. 06/02/05   379 days  608km Control T821050 Reed Bunting 3J  Portsmouth,Hamp. 06/08/05   Chelmarsh     09/07/06   337 days  207km Control V202352 Reed Warbler 3J Chelmarsh         23/07/06   Burton-on-Trent  09/06/07  321 days   60km  Control V793031 Reed Bunting 3J Chelmarsh          25/08/07   Castlemorton        20/10/07   56 days   49km  Control V218100 Siskin 5M Strathclyde, Scotland   04/03/07       Chelmarsh        30/12/07 301 days  373km V346708 Sand Martin 3   Chelmarsh             15/08/06  Colemere, Shrops 22/07/07 341 days  55km   (at breeding colony) T898585 Chaffinch 6M   Chelmarsh         02/01/06  Zaltbommel, Netherlands 03/03/08 791 days 526km TE54764 Greenfinch 3F Chelmarsh         24/12/06   Gainsborough, Lincs.     03/05/08 496 days 163km.  Taken by cat.   083860  Chiffchaff  3  Santo Andre, Portugal 10/10/07  Chelmarsh                 14/08/08 V449354 Siskin 5M Chelmarsh                10/02/08    Loch Lomond, Scotland  10/07/08 151 days 439km. V399506 Swallow pulli Matlock, Derbyshire 16/06/08   Chelmarsh                 25/07/08   39 days 93km. 3E51444 Reed Bunting 3M Rogaland, Norway 11/10/02  Chelmarsh                14/11/04 765 days 859km T665336 Lsr Redpoll 3  County Down, N.Ireland 12/10/07  Chelmarsh           07/12/08 422 days 321km CCP253 Chiffchaff 3  Chelmarsh         16/08/08    Hollesley Heath, Suffolk   20/09/08 35 days 266km T967315 Lsr Redpoll  Fairford Leys, Bucks 11/03/06         Chelmarsh           22/03/09 1107 days 130km X372415 Brambling 4F Chelmarsh        18/12/08    Gibralter Point, Lincs       06/04/09 109 days  195km

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER juvenile