New Female Gadwall Colour Ringed at Rye Meads
6th Jan 2019 - Gadwall added to colour ring total
| Species | Ringed | Colour ringed |
|---|---|---|
| Gadwall | 1 | 1 |
| Shoveler | 0 | 0 |
Gadwall Satellite Trackers deployed on 4 birds 30th November 2018
Today after weeks of observing and working out how Gadwall were behaving and some work to get water levels at a particular height on the scrape we finally had a chance with some good weather forecast to attempt a cannon net catch. We were successful and caught four Gadwall at Rye Meads for the London Duck satellite tracking project.
A short clip of the fire taken by Gary Gardiner can be found at this link here: https://youtu.be/nl-K_9sibrc
All four trackers were deployed and we await the results. All birds were also fitted with a colour ring.
Male and Female Gadwall fitted with Satelite trackers at Rye Meads in Hertfordshire (Photos Gary Gardiner).
| Species | Ringed | Colour ringed |
|---|---|---|
| Gadwall | 4 | 4 |
| Shoveler | 0 | 0 |
- Latest
- More recent
- 1
- 2
- Older
- Oldest
Methods
The Southern Colour Ringing Group is running a project to satellite track duck; specifically Shoveler and Gadwall. The project covers three areas in London - the Lee Valley, the Colne Valley and south-west London reservoirs.
Birds are caught either with cannon nets or in static duck traps. We also fit colour rings to both species (black with white letters and a two character code). There are many more bird-watchers looking for colour-ringed birds, so this greatly improves our chances of understanding the movements of the birds from this project.
If you see a bird with one of our colour rings, please use the submission form or send details (ring-code, date, location, species) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Ringing totals
2018 year totals
| Species | Ringed | Colour ringed |
|---|---|---|
| Gadwall | 4 | 4 |
| Shoveler | 0 | 0 |
2019 year totals
| Species | Ringed | Colour ringed |
|---|---|---|
| Gadwall | 1 | 1 |
| Shoveler | 0 | 0 |
Grand totals
| Species | Ringed | Colour ringed |
|---|---|---|
| Gadwall | 5 | 5 |
| Shoveler | 0 | 0 |