Teifi Ringing Group
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We are a group of bird ringers based on the North Pembrokeshire and South Ceredigion border at the Teifi Marshes near Cilgerran, also North Carmarthenshire. This blog features stories of our members ringing experiences home and away.
Teifi Ringing Group
1M ago
A Water Rail...in the Pentood nets on the 31st, our first of the year...
Maybe some effort with potter traps as we hear several around the Marshes...
On the 19th, 3 Firecrests near the River View Point on the Reserve. Three in October, perhaps a sign of breeding sites closer than we are aware...
One was a returning bird - recorded both sides of the new year last winter. Since the 19th two further different individuals too..
9 Firecrests so far in 2024, 3 are returning birds and our peak recording period - November is yet to start.... !
Cetti's Warblers - wit ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
2M ago
Mid September sessions on the Teifi Marshes have been limited by adverse weather conditions. On the 18th, after a typical session of mainly young Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, the final bird of the morning was a surprise 2nd year Peregrine Falcon.
Mixed age brown and grey feathers on the mantle
Not many adults are ringed in the UK, just 5 in 2022 and none in Wales for at least 5 years. The majority are ringed as pulli in nests.
At other sites, Karen has been ringing Meadow Pipits on Dinas Mountain and a couple of sessions in Ty Rhyg forest. The most frequently encountered bird ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
3M ago
Another Storm Petrel season at Strumble Head has drawn to a close
During June, July and the start of August, 150 Storm Petrels were ringed and 12 re-encounters. 21 ringed at Strumble were re-encountered elsewhere.
Measuring the wing of a Storm Petrel
We introduced Storm Petrel ringing not only to some of our ringing group but also some enthusiastic youngsters and other guests.
Thanks to Stephen Hyam for capturing the atmosphere of a Storm Petrel night
Some movements not detailed in previous blogs includes a Storm Petrel ringed on Alderney 40 days before.
Storm Petrel P ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
3M ago
Warbler and further Storm Petrel movements.
This movement of a Reed Warbler, presumably via the Teifi Marshes to it's west Ireland breeding site - where still a very scarce breeder.
Reed Warbler BBB2703 ringed Teifi Marshes, Ceredigion 04/05/2024
Re-encountered Shannon Airport Lagoon, Clare 20/07/2024 77 days 301km WNW Phil Brennan
Garden Warbler - an example of three primaries being moulted - leading to a suspended wing moult prior to migration. (24/7)
Sedge Warbler
Sedge Warbler BBB2670
Ringed Teifi Marshes, Ceredigion 04/05/2024
Re-encountered Litling ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
5M ago
A little background to our increasing effort with Storm Petrels...
Skokholm warden, Rich Brown, believes nest site availability is a limiting factor to the breeding population on the island, currently c2000 pairs. With the building of two Petrel Stations on Skokholm with their c 250 nest chambers and with Lundy and Ramsey now rat free there is a great opportunity for the population to increase.
This is Storm Petrel Station II on Skokholm, built and ready for the 2024 breeding season.
This herringbone front contains the entrance to almost 120 nest chambers
See the following link for th ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
5M ago
Regular ringing at Cors Caron (Ceredigion) is continuing to produce a variety of species, some not regular at our other sites. This juvenile Redstart and adult male Whinchat - fine examples.
Juvenile Redstart
Adult male Whinchat
Arfon is hoping that this year's CES style effort will result in Cors Caron becoming another CES for the TRG.
On the north Pembs coast our Linnet RAS site is continuing to catch well.
This leucistic Linnet stood out from the regular plumage birds. The last two sessions have produced mostly juvenile birds, presumably the adults now on second nesting ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
6M ago
Reed Warblers are one of our RAS species on the Teifi Marshes. So far, 28 new, 8 returning birds have been re-encountered to the end of May.
At Cors Dyfi, 5 new, 1 returning breeding female from last year and this control that was ringed at Llangorse lake 5 years ago
Reed Warbler ANH2087
Ringed Llangorse Lake, Powys 20/08/2019
Re-encountered Cors Dyfi NNR 18/05/2024 1733 days 85km NNW
So far this spring 160 Sedge Warblers have been ringed on the Teifi Marshes, mostly birds on migration. Two were also caught that we had ringed in previous years. The biggest Sedge Warbler ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
7M ago
From mid April the first Sedge and Reed Warblers return to the Teifi Marshes.
The first Sedge Warbler was ringed on the 14th April.
Sedge Warbler
A Sedge Warbler that had been ringed in France was caught on the 18th April, the first re encounter and a foreign control of our 2024 spring migration monitoring on the reserve near Mallard pond.
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Ringed Audenge, Gironde, France 16/08/2023
Re-encountered Teifi Marshes, Ceredigion 18/04/2022 246 days 864km NNW
The recovery shows part of a usual movement of a "Teifi passage Sed ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
9M ago
Chiffchaffs were caught at a couple of sites from the 11th of March including three re-encounters from previous years.
During last year we had only 6 similar re-encounters.
Now the earliest Willow Warblers ...
Two ringed on the 22nd, our previous earliest were ringed the 8th April, though we have heard a few before that date.
Earlier in the month a Firecrest was a surprise on the 7th, our first ever in March.
Late news of a Redwing RY42097 ringed on the Teifi Marshes, Pembs on the 13/10/2021
Shot Soller, Mallorca, Spa ..read more
Teifi Ringing Group
9M ago
Details have been received of a Redwing with a Belgian ring caught in Wendy's garden near Cardigan on the 10th October 2023. 10X89020 was ringed on 14th November 2022 at Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium. 330 days 658 km west.
Redwing
Lamping mainly during the new moon periods has been good this winter. Both teams out using Thermal Imagers to survey and find birds.
Fieldfare - Brennig
Recent evenings surveying in the dark on our Frenni and Boncath sites. Frenni, 60 Golden Plovers, 12 Woodcock, 10 Fieldfare, 4 Snipe. The small groups of ..read more