LRG

Bird ringing across East, Mid & West Lothian. Increasing knowledge about movements & breeding success of birds, locally and nationally.

[The SOC @ScottishBirding]

We were delighted to run the third Scottish Bird Camp with our friends at @BTO_Scotland last month.

You can read all about the exciting activities campers got up to across this nature-filled weekend in East Lothian in our blog: https://t.co/KpaXjB4fUQ

[Danni Thompson - @scottishseabird.bsky.social @scottishseabird]

A lovely dose of feathers & sea whilst ringing #seabirds with @LothianRG on Craigleith this week.

All birds handled under licence as part of long-term ringing activities.

[LRG @LothianRG]

It was a privilege for LRG members to help inspire the next generation of naturalists on the 2nd Scottish #BTOYouth camp @BTO_Scotland @ScottishBirding

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

With almost all the Isle of May shags now fledged they are already on the move. About 2000 have been colour ringed this summer at the east coast colonies. All sightings are invaluable, please report to [email protected] @UK_CEH @_BTO @SteelySeabirder @nature_scot

[Emilio Pagani-Núñez @emiliopnunez]

Great (and cold) day out in the snow with the amazing @LothianRG
#Edinburgh #nature #Scotland

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

Sandwich Tern red-UVK (Coquet 2014 chick) logged Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth, South Africa* 19/10/22 - at Seton 30/7-7/8/22 (pic c/o Billy), then River Clywd, Rhyl 16/8/22; in colony Coquet Jul-22, but wiped out by HPAI (c/o Chris Redfern) * https://t.co/AXvzRAlGJH @LothianRG 1/3

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

Rarity finders: Dusky Thrush in Lothian

A morning of ringing in late October turned into a day to remember for Mike Fraser: https://t.co/dBTXcyiZWf

[LRG @LothianRG]

It was a pleasure to have the participants from the bird camp along to our site. The reaction on their faces say it all when they see the birds in the hand, hopefully the bird camp will inspire a new generation of naturalists and offer them a lifetime’s connection with nature.

[The SOC @ScottishBirding]

We were delighted to partner with our friends @BTO_Scotland & @_BTO to lead the first ever Scottish Bird Camp– an exciting initiative connecting young nature enthusiasts with birds & one another. Find out how they got on on this magical weekend https://t.co/79Ta1naFbH @LothianRG

[LRG @LothianRG]

@SorrelLyall @_BTO @BTO_NIreland Congratulations Sorrel!

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

Sandwich Tern rings at Seton: 2 from Donegal (new), blue-631 (Forvie 2018 chick) trapped on nest Inch Island 4/6/22; per Billy orange flag-CPC ringed as chick 20/6/22 at Cemlyn; yellow-54T from Texel, came here via Dublin 2020, just arrived again from Texel c/o Mardik @LothianRG

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

@SteelySeabirder Some adorable auks which @LothianRG were ringing on the Forth Islands a few years ago (*handled under licence*)

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

News of sad demise of Sandwich Tern red-ESC found dead on beach at Hornsea 2 wks ago, once here back in 2017 coming directly over from Texel; I fear this will be the first of many now dead, but let's remember the fascinating insights gained while they were alive... @LothianRG

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

Main departure of Norwegian Common Gulls is 3-4 wks later than BHGs, 1st back there white-JC413 in Bergen 11/4 (ringed there 11/6/17 as ad f), last at Seton on 11/3; today 60% of remaining birds 2cy incl white-JP359, also ringed in Bergen on 20/8/21, here since mid-Dec @LothianRG

[LRG @LothianRG]

Thank you to all for the terrific effort @EdUniBirdSoc 👏 we’ll certainly put these to good use!

[Edinburgh University Ornithological Society @EdUniBirdSoc]

Thanks to everyone who came to our 2nd biodiversity workshop! We’ve now made & given away 74 nestboxes to families, students, members of the public & park rangers + 22 more boxes to @LothianRG. We've given out 97 seed packets - that’ll make 400m2 (1.5 tennis courts) of meadow!

[Viking Optical Ltd @vikingoptical]

2 adult Med Gulls (one with well developed hood) about the best at the Esk mouth #musselburgh yesterday midday. Decent return of Black-headed Gull darvics 🟥RBKO, ⬜️2BJT, 🟨2PFR @birdinglothian @lothianrecorder @LothianRG

[LRG @LothianRG]

Truly amazing observations, thank you for all the hours everyone puts in to sighting and recording all these records in 2021! Makes all the voluntary hours that ringers put in all the more worthwhile!

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

🧵2021 Seton/Gosford colour rings; a new annual peak for gulls with 296 “reads” (135 BHG, 101 Common Gull, 33 Med Gull, 16 GBB, 6 Herring and 5 LBB); for terns, focusing on Gosford whenever Billy at work at Seton (altogether several 100 Sandwich Tern rings again) @LothianRG [1/9]

[Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder]

Sandwich white-E74 - RSPB Hodbarrow 2018 chick, white darvic ring added Blackness Castle 31/8/20 c/o Clyde RG, Seton 8/9/20 c/o Billy (1st pic), Seton 9/8/21 (2nd pic) then Formby Point, Merseyside 19/8/21 c/o Tim Vaughan, a typical move to west @LothianRG

[LRG @LothianRG]

Kittiwake ringed as a chick on Inchkeith Island by LRG on 13/07/2019 - metal ring read in the field by Gavin Baptie 731 days later & 12km away on exactly the same day 2 years later, 13/07/2021 on Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth.

[LRG @LothianRG]

Just received word back of a Lesser Redpoll ringed by LRG on 14/09/2020 in East Lothian - captured by another Ringer 153 days later & 739km away on 14/02/2021 in Begijnendijk, Brabant, Belgium.

[LRG @LothianRG]

Fulmar chick ringed on Inchkeith Island, Firth of Forth by LRG on 09/08/1985 - found dead 13170 days later & 133km away on 30/08/2021 at Druridge Bay, Cresswell, Northumberland.