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Monday, March 24, 2008

Info Post
I have been informed of a colour-ringed chough reported to BTO colour-ring sightings website that we cannot quite match up to known birds ringed in Pembs or as yet elsewhere in Wales from Ceredigion northwards.

The reporter (a visiting birder/ringer from Hertfordshire) saw yellow/yellow (left leg); BTO (right leg) near Strumble Head Lighthouse area on 27th January 2008. It appeared to be paired with an unringed bird.

Has anyone else seen this bird?

The only other colour-ringed chough that I am aware of at Strumble is yellow/black (right); black/BTO (left). This bird was ringed as a nestling at Lower Treginnis area in 1999, but has been resident at Strumble over the last few years or so. I am informed that last summer this pair reared 3 young but have had no subsequent sightings. Do we know if this bird is still around?

If anyone happens to see yellow/yellow (left), please look carefully at the right leg to see if it has another colour ring (above or below the BTO ring). It may turn out to be a bird ringed at Stackpole in 2004, but it would be nice to confirm that if possible.

At home I maintain a spreadsheet of chough ringing and re-sightings records - currently over 2000 entries of Pembrokeshire and Gower-ringed chough. I would really appreciate re-sightings of colour-ringed chough being posted on the Blog. That way I should also be able to check the birds origin more quickly and provide feedback more efficiently to observers with the original ringing details and sightings history.

We really do need more re-sightings, especially from the remoter less well-visited areas where I am quite sure there are some ringed chough resident/breeding but not yet seen/reported.

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