The day started with 7 Starlings and 2 Blackbirds in the woosh net.
I then went down to Ramsey Harbour to meet Kev.
High Tide was 11ish today so we decided to try for a few more Mute Swans.
6 Swans Caught 5 new and 1 retrap all had new colour rings fitted
Kev tell me that one swan which already had a BTO ring on the right leg
U3465 is now on its 3rd colour ring!
It has previously been known as A33 & then A51! It’s parents were A16 (dad) & A19 (mum)
It was ringed on 1st Sept 1993 in Ramsey harbour as a 3 and has been seen since as follows:
29 May 1994 Newtonabbey, Co Antirm, Northern Ireland
13 Oct 1994 Cliftonville, Belfast
30 Oct 1994 Ramsey, IOM
22 Jul 1995 Ramsey
06 Jan 1996 Ramsey
16 Aug 1996 Ramsey – colour ring A51 added
06 Jun 2008 – caught by Kev near his Mums in Ronague walking in road with a young brood of cygnets, sexed as Male.
25 Oct 2010 Ramsey – caught by me
21 Dec 2010 Ramsey – caught and colour ringed by us today and given colour ring C21
17 years 111 days after first ringing as a fully fledged 3
That why we ring birds
Fantastic
We tried for some Black Headed Gulls down near the Grand Island Hotel
but no luck.
Took Kev back to his car and we ringed a Male Mallard
after saying goodbye to Kev
i went back to the Grand Island and managed to get
2 more Herring Gulls
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