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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.

Selected Ringing Controls

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

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LITTLE RINGED PLOVER juvenile

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