Today as the weather was to windy to mist net i decided to go for a drive into Ramsey. Just passing the swimming pool there is a slipway and i noticed a load of Mallards sat there. I parked up and decided to feed the ducks to see if i could ring a few. As i started feeding 3 Mute Swans came off the water and straight up to me , 2 were ringed with BTO metal rings and no Darvic rings. I decided to catch them both and read the rings .
One was an old type ring and the numbers and letters were badly worn i could just see 7291
the other was ZZ7452.
I emailed Kane from WWT to tell him the news and he came straight back saying he was certain that ZZ7452 was ringed by him and would get back to me.
I emailed Kev as well and he is pretty sure that 7291 could be U7291 which had been given darvic A68 ON 21/02/1998 in Ramsey.
Kane rang back to say
ZZ7452, was ringed as a 5 Female on 04/10/2008 at Whitehaven Harbour, Cumbria.
No further sightings!
No further sightings!
60km is the distance to Ramsey!
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| Mute swans Ramsey Harbour |
So the day started with very little ringing and ended up with a control from Whitehaven by a great friend of mine. And a Swan from Ramsey over 12 years old
OOH and 1 Male Mallard ringed
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