This blog contains news on the colour-ringing of Little Egrets in Britain and Ireland. Since 2002, more than 500 have been marked by a team of bird ringers, mostly at breeding colonies, generating lots of information on movements and survival rates.

Birds are fitted with an engraved colour ring on each tibia, with a single vertical letter or number repeated three times around the ring (see above image by Ian Butler www.ianbutlerphotography.co.uk). If you see a bird like this please record the date and location, along with the ring combination, and send it to me at littleegrets@yahoo.co.uk.

Further information about bird ringing can be found at www.bto.org

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Sightings backlog January 2015

After a long hiatus, sightings of colour-ringed Little Egrets from Britain and Ireland are now being processed. The oldest sightings are being dealt with first and so it may take some time to get to more recent sightings. For the course of 2015, please be patient - I will get to you eventually.

Rest assured your sightings are valued and will not be lost. If you have any others, please do continue to send them to littleegrets@yahoo.co.uk. Further updates will be posted here in due course.


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