I've a ringed Starling visiting my window feeder. Is this information useful? I live in West Byfleet. His or hers companions at the feeder are are unringed.
you need a licence and you need to get a special type of rings from the bird ringing center of your town/country or something else, once you have both you can go out and ring beautiful birds, really any kind even if its endangered. and have fun!
No not really stressful at all... The only time it's dangerous is if the ringer doesn't check the nets regularly and a bird gets dehydrated... That's why we usually start ringing just before dawn and we take a bunch of uni students with us that literally walk up and down the nets to get the birds... As soon as they are in a bag or have thier eyes covered they relax completely... It is slightly stressful when taking measurements however its usually done in about a minute or so and the bird is released.. Quick process~ fetch, record, ring, release and they forget about it when they spot a bug for breakfast... All those involved like she said are licensed or are trainees practicing under licensed ringers... The data we gather from them is invaluable!
Thank you for this, Its really helpful. Once restrictions have been lifted, I'm starting ringing training!
Great video, many thanks!
really interesting video - thanks for sharing!
So cute birds!
@Viral Beast Hi
I comment on a video when I find it. I don't feel very well now.
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I've a ringed Starling visiting my window feeder. Is this information useful? I live in West Byfleet. His or hers companions at the feeder are are unringed.
Great information. Do you need a licence to ring birds? I've rescued a few now and would like to know if I can ring them or not.
you do, but reporting in the numbers of birds you have rescued will help ornithologists data.
you need a licence and you need to get a special type of rings from the bird ringing center of your town/country or something else, once you have both you can go out and ring beautiful birds, really any kind even if its endangered. and have fun!
@Viral Beast Yes I'm alive, who are you?
@Viral Beast No, I've never done it as a career, I'm a carer. I didn't know there were comments to reply to, sorry 😊
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how stressful is it for wild bird to be handled like that
No not really stressful at all... The only time it's dangerous is if the ringer doesn't check the nets regularly and a bird gets dehydrated... That's why we usually start ringing just before dawn and we take a bunch of uni students with us that literally walk up and down the nets to get the birds... As soon as they are in a bag or have thier eyes covered they relax completely... It is slightly stressful when taking measurements however its usually done in about a minute or so and the bird is released.. Quick process~ fetch, record, ring, release and they forget about it when they spot a bug for breakfast... All those involved like she said are licensed or are trainees practicing under licensed ringers... The data we gather from them is invaluable!
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Don’t you document the fat? And Wing length?
Weight and wing length are recorded, yes, and that data is entered with the corresponding ring number for that bird
If a predator eats a ringed bird, will the ring harm the predator?
It will probably spit the ring out
I came to see them put my boy in the cup 😈
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You don't extract them- you catch them