The first 3 Grey Herons ringed today as part of our new project. Please report sightings of our colour ringed Herons, Little Egrets and Cormorants BTO #ringing #herons

Great to help in a bird ringing demo Ness Botanic Gardens today with Merseyside Ringing Group & Rose Froud. Lovely to see so many people enjoying themselves & even better to catch many healthy Greenfinches. A species we’ve not ringed at these demos before

A great day yesterday doing a ringing demonstration Ness Botanic Gardens in the break in the weather! #ringing #bto

A small catch of Knot and Dunlin last night at #Hoylake , this flagged knot was ringed on Alt estuary in 2018. It has been reported 17 times since, including Skogarnes, #Iceland . Great to see what can be gathered from using leg flags to help bird conservation.

Thanks to Joe Lennon for reporting Cormorant 233 at Portmore Lough, N. Ireland, on 24th Jan. This is just the 2nd bird from our project to be found in Ireland.
Last week our Little Egret that went to the Isle of Man was found in N. Wales.

MRG have reached a nice milestone at one of our sites, #woolstoneyes , with a Robin ringed on the 17th January being the 190,000th bird ringed there since 1980. The 100,000 was a Moorhen. I wonder what the 200,000th will be?

In July, decisions were made by Natural England NW which has resulted in an unprecedented outcome in modern times.

0.5ha of the Dee Estuary SAC is now set to be destroyed on Wirral. Wild Justice have been helping to reverse this nationally significant precedent.

PLEASE RETWEET!

I retrapped this juv male Sparrowhawk this am. Initially I thought the lesions could be trichomonas infection, but further research seems to suggest Eucoleus dispar. Anyone seen this before? The bird flew off strongly and appeared otherwise healthy.

Thanks to Wayne Turner for reporting cormorant 225 from Guernsey on the 5th December. This is our first report of a cormorant to the Channel Islands.
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Just heard that this Little Egret has become the first from our project to make it to the Isle of Man. Please check Little Egrets for colour rings and report them so we can learn more about their post juvenile dispersal. #BTO

After last week's Yellow-browed, the 'magic garden' has done it again with the first Firecrest of the Autumn. Better still this is the first foreign control Firecrest for MRG. It was wearing a ring from The Netherlands.

The second Yellow-browed Wblr for one members garden ringed this week as part of his goldcrest study, 300+ so for this Autumn. (5000+ ringed over the years). He has also ringed 2 Pallas's Warbler and 54 Firecrest there. Amazing place. Keep up the good work.

Our first cormorant to Northern Island came through this week from Belfast. Thanks to #SandyMcWilliams for the photo and for reporting it.

A few interesting reports of our colour ringed cormorants the last couple of days. One seen again in Brittany, three birds from Rutland Water, (1 new, 1 repeat) and one reported as apparently hit by a car. Can't be many of those for #bto .

Ringed an adult Garden Warbler at #woolstoneyes y'day. Had a moult score of 8/50. (Yes, same on both wings). Central tail feathers moulted too. This species is 'winter complete' so shouldn't moult here. Anyone else had garwa moult/arrest moult here?

A small number of knot received leg flags last night at Hoylake (despite the #BlueSuperMoon ) Other birds ringed include Sanderling, Redshank, Dunlin, Oystercatcher and an adult Sandwich tern. Please look out for leg flagged knot and report any sightings.

A great photo of one of our colour ringed cormorants spotted at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire a few days ago! 📸 used with permission #recovery #colourringing #seabirds

I am continually astounded by birds. Being a bird ringer, I get to know these birds on an individual level, and this moulting adult Grey Wagtail is now one of these. Caught in Norfolk today but ringed in 2019 as a fledgling in Cheshire! Birds are amazing. Merseyside Ringing Group