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ntered in portugal reed warbler bkb3692 ringed 09 07 2025 teifi marshes ceredigion re encountered 23 08 2025 caminha viano de castelo portugal 45 days 1176km ssw colour ring reading 23rd march a white stork was near ferwig first seen on the 19th near penparc thanks to mark waldron s photos of the ring a yellow inscribed darvic cv03 an internet seach found it to be from the cove valley devon reintroduction scheme a male bird released last year it was seen in northamptonshire in august and south pembs in september white stork mark waldron curlew colour ring white on black j0 with orange on the other leg was still present on the 1st april it was first ringed on the reserve in 2022 with colour rings added in 2025 curlew j0 diane williams the black tailed godwit that was ringed last year on the marshes wasn t colour ringed but its bto metal ring can be read it was still present on the 1st april and changing into breeding plumage the reed bunting ras on the teifi marshes runs from 1st april and hannah and liz have been busy resighting the rings over the winter in the out of ras period there have been 69 sightings of 40 individuals wendy j and rich d posted by richard dobbins at 14 16 no comments monday 2 march 2026 reedbeds and recoveries siskins are moving some populations moving on towards breeding grounds other arriving female siskin sand martins arrived on the 27th and seen daily into march we plan to start preparing then ringing the mallard site in the coming weeks following the reed cut earlier in the month and the water levels dropping a spell of wader netting should be possible a view of this year s reed cut from the railway net ride this area is tidal and wader roosts are mobile dependjng on water depth a new cut alongside a path that connected 4 net rides at 90 degrees i see little extensions and maybe a dog leg to enhance with another phase of the moon suitable for lamping a couple of teams have been out surveying different types of fields at night wendy with hannah and liz found that on a couple of our north pembs sheep pasture sites the woodcock were roosting in groups and flighty this is known as zugunruhe a state of restlessness that migratory birds have prior to setting off on their migration fewer snipe than usual at cippyn but one was ringed shane has been surveying some new farms in carmarthenshire it will be interesting to compare different farming practices across all of our sites in years to come he has introduced some of pembs rg to lamping dave from pembs rg with a woodcock the 50th woodcock ftom shane s new upland study farmland more sedge warbler movements have been received since the last blog the most southerly was this to charente maritime bbb2680 teifi marshes ceredigion 04 05 2024 les mathes charente maritime 20 08 2025 473 days 754km sse these 2 were adults caught during peak spring migration of adult sedge warblers bbb3333 teifi marshes ceredigion 06 05 2025 sandouville france 21 08 2025 107 days 452km se bbb3320 teifi marshes ceredigion 04 05 2025 sandouville france 07 08 2025 95 days 452km se rich d and wendy j posted by richard dobbins at 02 29 no comments wednesday 11 february 2026 january update and news from france january started with some very cold frosty weather then came the wet and windy weather which hasn t stopped this has made any ringing difficult to plan despite that the group managed to ring 490 birds utilising other methods than mist nets such as potter traps walk in traps and lamping often in the winter the most frequently ringed birds are blue tits but this january it was 129 starlings lamping has been successful but challenging on waterlogged fields with 80 woodcock being the third most caught bird woodcock after ringing arfon both jane and shane have new sites for monitoring at night an interesting site for jane on the coast adds variety of habitat to the inland upland sites as well as woodcock a variety of other species have been caught this month including skylarks golden plover snipe stock dove redwing fieldfare meadow pipits and jack snipe jane and aaron have used the time usefully putting up nest boxes an appeal to landowners with possible sites for starling boxes was successful 30 boxes on one farm starling boxes jane some dipper boxes have gone up as well garden ringing has been frustrating with many birds on the feeders in bad weather then as soon as there is a glimmer of a chance to open nets the birds disappear there has been a noticeable increase in siskins on the feeders in the last 2 weeks our agm was held on the 22nd january at the grosvenor hotel a good turn out of members guests and a special welcome to some of pembs ringing group all ringers with responsibility for sites gave a summary of the year and plans for the coming year minutes of the meeting are available on request some recent recoveries received from the bto included 5 sedge warblers ringed on the teifi marshes and caught in france on migration bkb3659 sedge warbler ringed teifi marshes ceredigion 01 07 2025 re encountered pontorson manche france 15 08 2025 45 days 448km sse bte5797 sedge warbler ringed teifi marshes ceredigion 06 09 2025 re encountered frossay loire atlantique france 16 09 2025 10 days 570km sse bkb3757 sedge warbler ringed teifi marshes ceredigion 02 08 2025 re encountered trunvel treogat france 14 08 2025 12 days 467 km s bhh6716 sedge warbler ringed teifi marshes ceredigion re encountered 26 07 2025 donges loire atlantique france 01 08 2025 6 days 562km sse aaz6828 sedge warbler ringed teifi marshes ceredigion re encountered 29 04 2023 donges loire atlantique france 16 08 2025 840 days 562km sse and one from cors caron bzb0810 sedge warbler ringed cors caron tregaron 20 05 2023 re encountered donges loire atlantique france 05 08 2025 808 days 565km sse this brings the number of sedge warbler movements to and from the teifi marshes in 2025 to 15 details of all movements can be seen under the ringing totals tab 2025 teifi ringing group movements another 2 storm petrel movements have been received making 23 in 2025 2787269 strumble head 13 07 2024 pomta de almadena portugal re encountered17 06 2025 339 days 1688km s 2788765 strumble head 14 07 2025 re encountered sanda island argyll and bute 11 08 2025 28 days 363km n clyde ringing group the forecast for the start of the month continues to be wet and windy but at least the moon phase is now better for lamping posted by richard dobbins at 06 29 no comments wednesday 21 january 2026 storm petrel movement report 2025 storm petrel movement report 2025 summary of recoveries and movements involving strumble head and associated sites in 2025 between june 19th and july 30th we processed 115 storm petrels at strumble head pembrokeshire of which 109 were new birds this is lower than the 2024 total of 162 1 overview the dataset documents 32 individual storm petrel movements involving strumble head and a network of colonies and coastal observatories across the irish sea celtic sea and eastern atlantic movements range from short distance local exchanges 40 100 km to long distance dispersal events exceeding 1 600 km the records highlight strumble head as a major node in regional storm petrel movements with repeated exchanges between welsh irish english and portuguese sites 2 key movement patterns 2 1 dominant local movements the most frequent pattern involves strumble head skokholm island with 15 movements recorded distance consistently 40 km direction ssw to skokholm or nne to strumble time intervals 2 to 743 days these movements indicate strong short range connectivity between the two welsh sites likely reflecting foraging movements 2 2 movements to bardsey island five birds moved between strumble head and bardsey island all travelling 84 86 km nne durations 3 26 days these short interval movements suggest regional dispersal within the northern irish sea 2 3 movements to lundy island two movements link strumble head and lundy island 95 97 km sse durations 40 378 days these represent medium range movements within the bristol channel region 3 long distance movements 3 1 ireland cork and wexford several birds travelled between strumble head and southern irish sites galley head 271 km w 9 days cape clear 312 km w 25 days little saltee wexford 104 km e 46 days these movements demonstrate cross celtic sea travel 3 2 isle of man one bird moved from calf of man strumble head 225 km s over 340 days 3 3 portugal the most distant movement in the dataset strumble head pomta de almadena portugal 1688 km s over 339 days this record highlights the species capacity for extensive atlantic dispersal 4 notable individuals 2739422 2739428 both moved from strumble head to skokholm island after 743 days the longest intervals recorded 2788730 recorded twice in the same season strumble bardsey 24 days strumble skokholm 33 days demonstrates multi directional dispersal within a short timeframe 2787269 the only bird recorded travelling to portugal representing the longest movement 1688 km 5 general interpretation strumble head functions as a central hub for storm petrel movements in the region with birds dispersing in all directions the majority of movements are local 40 100 km consistent with foraging and short range colony interchange a smaller number of medium range movements 100 300 km link wales with cornwall wexford and the isle of man long distance movements 300 km this demonstrates the species ability to traverse large sections of the northeast atlantic the presence of multi year intervals up to 743 days suggests repeated site fidelity or re encountering of individuals across seasons 6 conclusion the dataset provides a valuable snapshot of storm petrel mobility across the celtic sea and adjacent waters the strong clustering of movements around strumble head and skokholm island underscores the importance of these sites for monitoring regional population dynamics occasional long distance recoveries including the movement to portugal highlight the broader atlantic context of storm petrel ecology wendy j and rich d posted by wendy james at 06 46 no comments wednesday 7 january 2026 night time surveys and ras results now shane has his permit for lamping waders off to a good start with three woodcock ringed on a new preseli hills site which he plans to visit and monitor regularly we have had initial reports for our ras studies from the bto it was another good season for reed warblers on the teifi marshes and we are continuing to surpass the target of 30 adult adult recaptures this year was our best year yet for adults overall with more adults ringed than ever before retraps were also very good with totals like this were last seen in 2017 reed buntings had a much better year than last year with higher re encounters than usual since 2021 really good juvenile totals which would hopefully bolster the population next year chris will report on the linnet ras field sightings of ringed birds are a useful addition to retrapping them on a day when it was too windy to ring aaron used the time usefully by reading metal rings on starlings in his garden hannah and liz have been busy photographing reed bunting colour rings on the teifi marshes with 30 individuals resighted this winter in november they found 2 turnstones with flags at llanon both had been ringed at llanrhystud by mid wales ringers pet on the 1st march 2025 and lee on the 10th september 2025 colour marked turnstones hannah jane has been successfully using her land emporium and other sites nearby for training providing both variety and numbers with 2240 new and 1346 re encounters covering 29 species merlin this merlin was a surprise for aaron in one of the emporium mist nets on the 30th dec on the 6th january a pied wagtail got 2026 off to a good start as we post this we are trapping starlings in a couple of garden sites the most interesting starling so far a re encounter at wendy s of a bird ringed in january 2023 a nice site faithful winter visitor wendy j and rich d posted by richard dobbins at 19 26 no comments wednesday 24 december 2025 lamping and recoveries before the recoveries a summary from arfon of his early winter lamping tonight was probably my last dazzling session of 2025 so here s a quick tot up of waders ringed so far this winter 3 snipe 8 jack snipe 12 golden plover and 125 woodcock diolch to everyone who has been out with me and helped make the first half of the winter such a success dec 23rd jane has also started lamping this her first woodcock with aaron a few recoveries showing movements of birds not posted yet linnet bee7690 moylegrove 16 06 2025 alderney c i 11 10 2025 117 days 318km se ths is an excellent record of a movement of one of our ras linnets more on the linnet ras results for this year from chris to follow reed bunting ajd2766 pennorth powys 10 12 2018 llangorse rg cors caron 17 10 2025 2503 days 55km nw although not far this is the longest distance movement for any of our reed buntings note the age of this one ringed in 2018 blackcap bt e5068 llwyn y groes 22 09 2025 trimley marsh suffolk 11 10 2025 19 days 366km e an unusual movement in an easterly direction starling kp1183 silutes lithuania 13 06 2025 llwyn y groes ceredigion 02 12 2025 172 days 1694km w this is the 7th starling ringed in silutes lithuania that the trg have caught and two of ours to the same ringing station we have also caught starlings ringed in germany denmark netherlands belgium and finland sedge warbler bhh6697 teifi marshes ceredigion 25 07 2025 les sables d olonne vendee 16 08 2025 22 days 649km sw a typical movement of a teifi ringed sedge warbler on autumn migration a paper in bird study this month evaluated the use of the atlantic flyway by sedge warblers abstract can be read here great tit pf11442 ffos las racecourse 10 05 2023 ringed as a chick in a nest box sydd melyn 14 11 2025 910 days 3km s found entangled in crop netting goldfinch arl6436 oxwich marsh swansea 05 03 2022 llwyn y groes ceredigion 03 12 2025 1369 days 69km e wendy j and rich d posted by richard dobbins at 22 27 no comments friday 12 september 2025 manxies and sedge warblers the prolonged spell of unsettled weather has brought our migration monitoring to a standstill sedge warbler total for this autumn season is up on last year looking at numbers for the teifi marshes since the beginning of july we have ringed 560 sedge warblers 282 reed warblers 29 cetti s warblers and 4 grasshopper warblers a more detailed look at the migration season across all sites in a later blog the map shows the movements of sedge warblers so far this autumn season with a general trend of sw to us and se away from the teifi and cors caron to the south coast sedge warbler bhh6237 teifi marshes ceredigion 06 08 2025 carey floodplain dorset 11 08 2025 5 days 232km se stour rg sedge warbler bhh6083 teifi marshes ceredigion 02 08 2025 durlston country park 03 08 2025 1 day 249km se stour rg sedge warbler bzf3435 cors caron tregaron 08 08 2025 carey flood...