Southern Colour Ringing Group

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Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 0 1
Buzzard 0 0
Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 3 3
Buzzard 0 0
Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 1 1
Buzzard 0 0

Methods

The Southern Colour Ringing Group rings Red Kite and Buzzard pulli (young in the nest) and traps full grown birds using large spring traps baited with carrion at a site in North Hertfordshire.

Nests are climbed up to by a contract climber and young removed to ring. We also fit coloured wing tags with various year codes allocated to us by the national co-ordinator which allows the birds to be relocated without needing to be recaptured. There are many more bird-watchers looking for colour-marked birds, so this greatly improves our chances of understanding the movements of the birds we are studying. Currently we are fitting Yellow tags with Black letters to Kites and Black tags with White letters to Buzzards. 

If you see a bird with one of our wing tags, please 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

2019 year totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 10 10
Buzzard 4 4

2020 year totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 20 20
Buzzard 8 8

2021 year totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 23 22
Buzzard 2 2

2022 year totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 14 12
Buzzard 10 10

2023 year totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 23 22
Buzzard 2 1

Grand totals

Species Ringed Colour ringed
Red Kite 104 91
Buzzard 26 25

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