Friday 31 December 2010

End of 2010!

Well another year has passed by & it’s that time of the year again, to update my annual ringing totals. I realised at the start of 2010 that I would be travelling around quite a bit, & not at home at key times such as the breeding season. So with this in mind I wasn’t expecting to ring anywhere near the same number as in 2009. However after grabbing every opportunity to get out ringing this year, I’m delighted to say that I’ve had my best year yet, ringing 2830 birds of 57 species.

Not only have I had my best year, but also the ringing group have(Loghan Hurst RG) with annual record breaking totals. We’ll blog about these totals in the New Year, when we’ve collated all the ringing data together.

KB totals 2010

Species New (2010) Total (All)
Barn Owl 9 12
Blackbird 57 145
Black H Gull 201 253
Blue Tit 365 678
Brambling 13 13
Bullfinch 65 84
Canada Goose 136 336
Chaffinch 133 164
Coal Tit 15 16
Collard Dove 3 7
Common Gull 2 2
Coot 634 959
Dunnock 19 57
Gadwall 1 1
Goldcrest 9 10
Goldfinch 224 461
Goosander 1 5
Grasshopper Warbler 1 1
Greenfinch 85 140
Greylag 1 14
Great Tit 221 392
Great S Woodpecker 4 5
House Sparrow 5 13
Jackdaw 2 6
Jay 2 5
Lapwing 5 6
Lesser BB Gull 1 2
Lesser Redpoll 5 5
Long Eared Owl 3 3
Long Tailed Tit 49 74
Magpie 2 6
Mallard 2 61
Meadow Pipit 1 12
Mistle Thrush 1 9
Moorhen 1 6
Mute Swan 88 350
Nuthatch 9 17
Red C Pochard 1 1
Redwing 1 2
Reed Bunting 22 42
Reed Warbler 58 64
Robin 33 66
Sand Martin 3 3
Sedge Warbler 3 8
Song Thrush 25 45
Starling 60 364
Stock Dove 3 10
Swallow 23 91
Tawny Owl 4 9
Treecreeper 1 2
Tree Sparrow 91 176
Tufted Duck 67 89
Waxwing 36 36
Whitethroat 5 11
Willow Warbler 12 13
Wood Pigeon 6 26
Wren 6 26
57 Species 2830 5449

With special thanks to Steve Christmas for encouragement & keeping me supplied with rings for another year! Ciaran Hatsell, Craig Brookes & Chris Bridge for their hard work in assisting me. To everyone who has allowed me to join in with their ringing work in the UK but also in Iceland, France, Germany & Romania. And finally to all the landowners who have granted me permission to ring on their land…….

So that’s 2010 – here’s to 2011, were it starts all over again tomorrow!!

Happy New Year!!

6 comments:

  1. Nice to see you at work yesterday Kane!

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  2. Hi Kane, I would just like to say thankyou ever so much for all the ringing trips you have taken me on this year and thanks to you I am alot more confident in ageing and hopefully, along with your help and from other ringers, 2011 will see me with my C Permit. All the best for the new year. Chris

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  3. a great total Kane well done and a happy 2011 to you all

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  4. Hi Jim - Yes very nice to meet you too during your day out at Redesmere! Not that often you get to bump into a fellow ringer! Hope you enjoyed your time in Cheshire!

    Best wishes for 2011...

    Kane

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  5. Many Thanks Sean & best wishes to you too for 2011. I must come over to the IOM, as I keep promising :-)

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