Kessingland Ringing Group
@KessinglandRG
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The UK's most easterly ringing group, ringing birds under licence for the BTO. Looking for experienced ringers and helpers- DM if interested
North East Suffolk, England
Joined June 2019
It was quality over quantity at Kessingland today with just 22 birds captured. 7 redpoll (cabaret) ringed with a nice 1cy male (on the left in the photos), a female firecrest and a couple of fresh-in continental blackbirds.
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Another yellow-browed warbler ringed this morning after being heard calling in the lane. Finally captured our first redpolls of the autumn with 2 singles and a late (1pm) flock of 14. Very late/reduced passage this year. Also our 3rd adult redwing- no 1cy so far. Very worrying
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Delighted to see this yellow-browed warbler in our nets with a small goldcrest flock this morning. It is the 20th YBW ringed at Kessingland since 2008. Decent fall of birds first thing including redwing, robin, song thrush, reed bunting and dunnock.
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RT @BirderGaz: Don't know how female PADDYFIELD WARBLER trapped and ringed at a confidential private site in Staffordshire @BirdGuides.Also….
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RT @OrnieJoolz: A visit to the traditional #Kittiwake colonies in Lowestoft has seen between half & two thirds of nests fledged with 75-90%….
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The importance of scrub habitat for breeding birds & passage migrants cannot be underestimated. We've been struggling to get to 20 birds in 5 hours at our reed bed site over the last 8 sessions since April. In what seems to be a poor spring this is a good result. Well done team!.
Good scrub habitat ✔️.Low wind & scattered cloud ✔️.Adjacent to sewage works ✔️.390ft mist nets ✔️.= High anticipation for ringing. Not disappointed! 37 birds captured inc 2 recaptures. 92% juveniles inc 7 blackcap 7 chiff 1 less. whitethroat 1 garden warb 1 cettis 1 pied wag 💚
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RT @OrnieJoolz: Kittiwakes P & HI have empty nests! .HI was ringed as a nestling in June 2010 on the now disused #Kittiwake wall at the har….
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RT @OrnieJoolz: First fledgling #Kittiwakes here in Lowestoft town (pics 1&2). Most young are now c30 days old but there are a few that are….
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This female cettis warbler was controlled at Kessingland sewage works on 29th April 2023. It was originally ringed at Faversham, Kent on 25th August 2022. A distance of 132km over 247 days.
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Y'day saw the 1st session at the sewage works since mid May. Like other ringers at the moment, we had low numbers- just 26 birds caught (5 recaptures). Of 18 juvs, most were blackcap, chiff, wren & blackbird. First juv lesser whitethroat (pic 1). Excitement of an osprey over 8.07
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A couple of our colour-ringed Lowestoft Kittiwakes have been reported from this breeding colony in the past.
Successfull week at Boulogne-sur-Mer for the #ToxSeaBird team ! 🥳.✨ Recovery and deployment of GLS for black-legged kittiwakes in the harbour .So excited to find out where these individuals go in winter! ❄️.@Ecophy_CEBC
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RT @OrnieJoolz: Kittiwakes ABR & L protecting their new downy chicks at Lowestoft today. Also ABZ showing really well. And yes, it's June 1….
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Only our 10th jay ringed at the sewage works in our 20th year on site. The last one was ringed here in 2019. This one was captured in a net set up specifically for trainees to learn & practice furling.
Today I took my trainees bird ringing & we caught an unexpected jay (pic courtesy of @KessinglandRG), had a cheeky pint after an aborted 3.30pm meeting & planted some perennials. Think I'm gonna need more plants! .Not bad for 40 days post fractured skull 💪
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RT @durhamwildlife: The nests are ready and waiting. We can't wait to see the class of 2024!. 🎥 Watch live online: .
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RT @chas_holt: Happily the story continues. Back for another breeding season, our Suffolk-ringed Nightingale was caught on territory at Abb….
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RT @Signe_Dalsgaard: The sound of silence. In less than four decades more than 80% of #kittiwakes breeding on the Norwegian mainland have d….
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KS was ringed as an adult bird at the pier in 2011 but has never been recaptured. 4K was ringed in Waveney Dock & this is the first confirmation that he is a male. Thanks for your resighting info Joolz. Every resighting adds to our growing data for Lowestoft Kittiwakes.
A blurry phone scoped pic of my old friend KS at the Claremont pier today. KS is at least 16 years old & regularly sighted at the pier every year since 2011. Also a new friend, 4K with his beau. Ringed as a pullus in 2013, he is now 11 years old. Not seen since 2019!
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RT @andyrick_birds: Three’s a crowd. Kittiwakes locking beaks at the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower today. @TyneKittiwakes @KittiwakesTyne @D….
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RT @andyrick_birds: Warmer weather coincided with a big influx of adult #Kittiwakes at the Gateshead Saltmeadows Tower today Max count 170….
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