Thanks to everyone below who's been reporting ringed birds and please bear with the ringers involved. For many they'll be running these projects in their own time, and many of the European co-ordinators are also voluntary, so reports can take time to be processed. Christmas has a nasty habit of getting in the way as well at this time of year.....
For some groups, coordinators can receive 25+ reports a day, all of which can take some time to trace, so it is a long job. But a vast majority of colour-ringers are reliant on the wider birding world for resightings, so please don't give up. Remember the good old days of pen and paper when a six month wait was nothing special...
If any reportts really are outstanding for months then drop us an email at the BTO (colour.ringing@bto.org) and we can try to chase it up.
Thanks again for all your help reporting ringed birds though, and rest assured it is appreciated!
Mark Grantham BTO Ringing Scheme
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Dec 28 9:00 AM, 2009
Judith Smith wrote:
That's nothing John - I sent in a colour ringed swan (not local) in August. I got the answer from the ringer in the region concerned direct, in the end. They do say 6 weeks though, and if the colour rings are foreign then of course they are dependant on the country concerned. I remember with the Spoonbill last year, I had to pull a few strings at the BTO to get the details in time for the report!
it would be just nice for someone at these bodies groups to acknowledge reciept of the e-mail,which only takes seconds.it took me a lot of time to isolate the bird in my pics,so they could be identified,but like i said no reply,i still think the ringing is the thrill for ringers,ive heard of ringers driving 20 miles to ring thier first pochard,while someone kept it in a bag!!as i said i don't like ringing anyway so ill not be botherin in future
Pete Welch said
Mon Dec 28 7:47 AM, 2009
I've been quite lucky - a few examples being colour ringed beardies - four days response time and Dutch ringed Med Gull - two weeks - although could be because I found the study group and the ringer direct.
Judith Smith said
Sun Dec 27 11:29 PM, 2009
That's nothing John - I sent in a colour ringed swan (not local) in August. I got the answer from the ringer in the region concerned direct, in the end. They do say 6 weeks though, and if the colour rings are foreign then of course they are dependant on the country concerned. I remember with the Spoonbill last year, I had to pull a few strings at the BTO to get the details in time for the report!
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Dec 27 4:16 PM, 2009
Judith Smith wrote:
You can report it on a form to the BTO via www.ring.ac but don't expect a quick reply.
not wrong there!i sent coloured ringed knot pictures to all the relevent bodies a month ago,never even got a e-mail reply from anyone.Thats why ive never liked ringing,seems a lot of it is down to competition of how many ringed etc,but when you try to help by giving the info,its as though its too much trouble for the ringing bodies to reply,so i won't be bothering in future
Judith Smith said
Sat Dec 26 7:46 PM, 2009
You can report it on a form to the BTO via www.ring.ac but don't expect a quick reply.
Hello all,
This Christmas I've been visiting my parents in Formby and whilst out for a walk I managed to get some nice shots of some Common Gulls. On further inspection of the photos I saw one of the birds had a ring on it's leg and I could read the code. Is there anywhere I can find out more about this bird?
For some groups, coordinators can receive 25+ reports a day, all of which can take some time to trace, so it is a long job. But a vast majority of colour-ringers are reliant on the wider birding world for resightings, so please don't give up. Remember the good old days of pen and paper when a six month wait was nothing special...
If any reportts really are outstanding for months then drop us an email at the BTO (colour.ringing@bto.org) and we can try to chase it up.
Thanks again for all your help reporting ringed birds though, and rest assured it is appreciated!
Mark Grantham
BTO Ringing Scheme
it would be just nice for someone at these bodies groups to acknowledge reciept of the e-mail,which only takes seconds.it took me a lot of time to isolate the bird in my pics,so they could be identified,but like i said no reply,i still think the ringing is the thrill for ringers,ive heard of ringers driving 20 miles to ring thier first pochard,while someone kept it in a bag!!as i said i don't like ringing anyway so ill not be botherin in future
They do say 6 weeks though, and if the colour rings are foreign then of course they are dependant on the country concerned. I remember with the Spoonbill last year, I had to pull a few strings at the BTO to get the details in time for the report!
not wrong there!i sent coloured ringed knot pictures to all the relevent bodies a month ago,never even got a e-mail reply from anyone.Thats why ive never liked ringing,seems a lot of it is down to competition of how many ringed etc,but when you try to help by giving the info,its as though its too much trouble for the ringing bodies to reply,so i won't be bothering in future
http://www.bto.org/ringing/
or for a colour ringed bird:
http://http://www.cr-birding.be/