Wyke Ringing (part one)

Since 2006 I have ringed 6,276 birds at Wyke; the ringing is primarily undertaken in the winter, usually between sometime in November to sometime in March when I am between contracts elsewhere in the world with only the odd other session at other times in the year.   Below are the totals (not including this current winter);

Sparrowhawk                8
Lapwing                        1 (pullus)
Woodpigeon                  3
Stock Dove                   3
Collared Dove              8
Tawny Owl                   2
G. S. Woodpecker        43
Swallow                        8 (pullus)
Grey Wagtail                1
Wren                             69
Dunnock                       172
Robin                            209
Blackbird                      447
Song Thrush                 22
Redwing                       21
Fieldfare                       33
Mistle Thrush               18
Lesser Whitethroat        1
Blackcap                       13
Chiffchaff                     7
Willow Warbler            1
Goldcrest                      64
Long-tailed Tit             107
Marsh Tit                      57
Coal Tit                        194
Blue Tit                        2,075
Great Tit                       1,037
Nuthatch                       52
Treecreeper                   41
Jay                                 15
Magpie                          9
Jackdaw                        13
House Sparrow             293
Brambling                     16
Chaffinch                      587
Greenfinch                    151
Siskin                            55
Goldfinch                      320
Lesser Redpoll              4
Bullfinch                       63
Yellowhammer             24
Reed Bunting                4

Despite good numbers caught over the years the recovery rate from my birds (and the capture of birds from elsewhere) is very low, not really surprising given that most of the birds caught are local and naturally won't travel too far to get lost in the black hole of birding that is Shropshire but below are the few recoveries that I have received.

Jay

GREAT-SPOTTED WOODPECKER


LH18986
04.01.15     6F      Wyke
23.04.16     X       Benthall Edge Wood   [hit power lines]
                                                       3Km E

BLACKBIRD

LH70315
10.01.16     6M     Wyke
26.05.16     X       Oude Deventerweg, THE NETHERLANDS     [Road casualty]
                                                        602Km E

My one and only foreign recovery, it got me very excited!   Now I just need to catch another 450 Blackbirds to get another one!

CHIFFCHAFF

HRA138
29.09.14     3     Dukes Warren, Surrey
05.04.16     R    Wyke (The Vineyards)
                                                        220Km NW

BLUE TIT

X859396
31.01.10     5     Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire
02.03.10     R    Wyke
                                                        18Km NNW

V556353
27.11.07     4     Wyke
02.05.09     X    Woodhouse Farm, Wyke, Shropshire     [Caught by cat]
                                                         1Km SW

T404983    
14.01.06     5     Prees, Shropshire
25.11.07     R    Wyke
                                                         31Km SE

R604203
07.07.03     3J    Venusbank, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
23.01.08     R    Wyke
                                                          11Km E

L034894
23.05.10     1     Much Wenlock, Shropshire
03.01.11     R    Wyke
                                                          5Km NNE

L176092
11.03.10     5     Wyke
06.02.11     X    Bulkington, Devizes, Wiltshire     [Hit a window]
                                                           148Km SSE

Perhaps my most impressive recovery; a huge distance for most of the UK's resident Blue Tits!

L784626
23.01.11     5     Much Wenlock, Shropshire
11.02.11     R    Wyke
                                                            5Km NNE

L784872    
22.05.11     1     Wenlock Edge, Shropshire
31.12.11     R    Wyke
                                                             7Km ENE

L796765
18.01.11     5     Wyke
24.11.11     R    Much Wenlock, Shropshire
                                                             5Km SSW

GREAT TIT

V556121
30.01.07    6     Wyke
23.02.07    X    Woodhouse Farm, Shropshire     [Only leg and ring found]
                                                             1Km SW

Y325803
13.09.12     5     Walcot, near Wellington, Telford, Shropshire
03.01.13     R     Wyke
                                                              11Km SSE

Y876685
01.01.13     5     Much Wenlock, Shropshire
05.01.13     R    Wyke
                                                              5Km NNE

Z202646    
07.07.15     3     Somerford Hall, Staffordshire
27.02.16     R    Wyke
                                                              27Km WSW 

MAGPIE

EX99742
17.12.12     4     Wyke
15.05.13     R    Farley, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
                                                              3Km SSW

This Magpie was caught in some netting as it went wandering into an outbuilding and released alive!

One of the more crazy birds I've caught - it was originally ringed as a normal Coal Tit one winter and re-trapped the following winter with this mad deformed bill, he seemed healthy enough!