A record year for Manx Ringing Group

Well that's it for 2011, my first full year on the Isle of Man and what a year.

Manx ringing Group have ringed 5044 new birds in 2011

with 74 Species ringed

and 2 species with sightings of rings

(Whooper Swan and Brent Geese)
a full report will be out soon but for now

Top Ten Species 2011

                                      1.  Linnet          676   new birds ringed

     2. Goldfinch    641  

     3. Blue Tits     589

    4. Gt Tits        507

    5. Chaffinch   279

            6. House Sparrow  264

         7.  Sand Martin  216

     8.   Coal Tit     165

      9. Herring Gull  143

      10. Meadow Pipit 141

Species ringed this year

1. Fulmar
2. Manx Shearwater
3. Storm Petrel
4. Cormorant
5. Mute Swan
6. Canada Goose
7. Mallard
8. Eider
9. Sparrowhawk
10. Oystercatcher
11. Ringed Plover
12. Knot
13. Sanderling
14. Dunlin
15. Whimbrel
16. Curlew
17. Turnstone
18. Black-headed Gull
19. Common Gull
20. Lesser Black-backed Gull
21. Herring Gull
22. Great Black-backed Gull
23. Kittiwake
24. Arctic Tern
25. Little Tern
26. Guillemot
27. Woodpigeon
28. Collared Dove
29. Great Spotted Woodpecker
30. Sand Martin
31. Swallow
32. House Martin
33. Meadow Pipit
34. Rock Pipit
35. Pied/White Wagtail
36. Wren
37. Dunnock
38. Robin
39. Black Redstart
40. Stonechat
41. Wheatear
42. Blackbird
43. Song Thrush
44. Redwing
45. Grasshopper Warbler
46. Sedge Warbler
47. Whitethroat
48. Blackcap
49. Chiffchaff
50. Willow Warbler
51. Goldcrest
52. Long-tailed Tit
53. Coal Tit
54. Blue Tit
55. Great Tit
56. Treecreeper
57. Magpie
58. Chough
59. Jackdaw
60. Rook
61. Carrion Crow
62. Hooded Crow
63. Starling
64. House Sparrow
65. Tree Sparrow
66. Chaffinch
67. Brambling
68. Greenfinch
69. Goldfinch
70. Siskin
71. Linnet
72. Twite
73. Lesser Redpoll
74. Reed Bunting

A great year with our first Cormorant Colour Ringing project getting underway

and some good re sightings of our birds as they leave the nest and start to move.

some went as far north as Aberdeen some went South to Hampshire??

Also our Large Gull colour ring project turned up some great re sightings

we only ringed 11 Lesser Black backed Gulls this year and 4 have already been spotted down

 in Spain and Portugal.

Some  great ringing memories for me were ringing Whimbrel and Little Tern

and a week we spent on the isle of Flatey in Iceland with Kane and Chris ringing

Puffin, Red necked Phalarope Arctic Terns so on 

Thanks to all the landowners, farmers and home owners who have allowed us to ring on their properties throughout the year.

Special thanks go to Ronan and Hazel Crellin, Sue and Steve Colvin, Christine and Barry, Manx Wildlife Trust, Island Aggregates, Manx National Heritage, Dept. of Infrastructure (Waste management), DEFA Forrestry division

A big thanks to Kev Scott for all the laughs and good times we have spent this year here's to many more

also to Chris Sharpe and Kaye and Mark Fitzpatrick and Dave Sharpe

 A big thanks to Kane Bride who visited us this year and Chris Bridge for a great week in Iceland and for 

such enthusiasm they bring to the ringing scheme.

and to my old mate Andy Jowett who visited twice this year and never fails to crack me up
Also thanks to Pete Hatfield Brian Liggins and John Donnelly for there sighting and info over 
the last year

Hopefully if this wind ever stops we will be able to "get a net up!!!!" in 2012


To everyone I hope you have a happy 2012