Kessingland Ringing Group

The UK's most easterly ringing group, ringing birds under licence for the BTO.
Looking for experienced ringers and helpers- DM if interested

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

It was quality over quantity at Kessingland today with just 22 birds captured. 7 redpoll (cabaret) ringed with a nice 1cy male (on the left in the photos), a female firecrest and a couple of fresh-in continental blackbirds.

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

Another yellow-browed warbler ringed this morning after being heard calling in the lane. Finally captured our first redpolls of the autumn with 2 singles and a late (1pm) flock of 14. Very late/reduced passage this year. Also our 3rd adult redwing- no 1cy so far. Very worrying

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

Delighted to see this yellow-browed warbler in our nets with a small goldcrest flock this morning. It is the 20th YBW ringed at Kessingland since 2008. Decent fall of birds first thing including redwing, robin, song thrush, reed bunting and dunnock.

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

@EdJBetteridge @AlexPenn_1 @OrnieJoolz @patwalker663 Well that's a shame. Following the protocol & measurements in the recent Svensson & Demongin, this bird measured out as MARWA. It wouldn't have been released publicly as otherwise. Thank you for expressing your opinion 🙏🏻

[Gareth Clements @BirderGaz]

Don't know how female PADDYFIELD WARBLER trapped and ringed at a confidential private site in Staffordshire @BirdGuides
Also unprecedented 20 sedge warbler they don't breed here No further sign after release Only me and my 2 helpers on site saw bird. @Kevin_Clements @TheMoorehen

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

A visit to the traditional #Kittiwake colonies in Lowestoft has seen between half & two thirds of nests fledged with 75-90% of the remaining birds imminently fledgable. Mini-colonies of late breeders nearby still have nests with birds around 30days old or less (below).

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

The importance of scrub habitat for breeding birds & passage migrants cannot be underestimated.
We've been struggling to get to 20 birds in 5 hours at our reed bed site over the last 8 sessions since April.
In what seems to be a poor spring this is a good result. Well done team!

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

Good scrub habitat ✔️
Low wind & scattered cloud ✔️
Adjacent to sewage works ✔️
390ft mist nets ✔️
= High anticipation for ringing

Not disappointed! 37 birds captured inc 2 recaptures. 92% juveniles inc 7 blackcap 7 chiff 1 less. whitethroat 1 garden warb 1 cettis 1 pied wag 💚

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

Kittiwakes P & HI have empty nests!
HI was ringed as a nestling in June 2010 on the now disused #Kittiwake wall at the harbour mouth. It has been resighted on the pier 36 times since 2012.
HI has fledged 2 young in 2023 & 2024 from exactly the same nest position @KessinglandRG

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

First fledgling #Kittiwakes here in Lowestoft town (pics 1&2). Most young are now c30 days old but there are a few that are very young (pic 3). Was wondering how the pair in pic 4 would survive their tiny corbel nest, but looking good for fledging! @Shoneywind @andyrick_birds

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

She's still with us. Recaptured again yesterday morning. @lizardschwartz @AcroDWade @OrnieJoolz

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

This female cettis warbler was controlled at Kessingland sewage works on 29th April 2023. It was originally ringed at Faversham, Kent on 25th August 2022. A distance of 132km over 247 days.

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

Y'day saw the 1st session at the sewage works since mid May. Like other ringers at the moment, we had low numbers- just 26 birds caught (5 recaptures). Of 18 juvs, most were blackcap, chiff, wren & blackbird. First juv lesser whitethroat (pic 1). Excitement of an osprey over 8.07

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

A couple of our colour-ringed Lowestoft Kittiwakes have been reported from this breeding colony in the past

[Bex Outram @BexOutram]

Kittiwake chick feeding ☺️

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

Kittiwakes ABR & L protecting their new downy chicks at Lowestoft today. Also ABZ showing really well. And yes, it's June 14th, solid 10mph winds & feels like 14°C @KessinglandRG #Windy #PhoneScoping #Kittiwakes

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

Only our 10th jay ringed at the sewage works in our 20th year on site. The last one was ringed here in 2019.
This one was captured in a net set up specifically for trainees to learn & practice furling.

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

Today I took my trainees bird ringing & we caught an unexpected jay (pic courtesy of @KessinglandRG), had a cheeky pint after an aborted 3.30pm meeting & planted some perennials. Think I'm gonna need more plants!
Not bad for 40 days post fractured skull 💪

[DurhamWildlifeTrust @durhamwildlife]

The nests are ready and waiting. We can't wait to see the class of 2024!

🎥 Watch live online: https://t.co/lEDkH50BeS

#KittiwakeCam

[Chas Holt 🌍🇺🇦 @chas_holt]

Happily the story continues. Back for another breeding season, our Suffolk-ringed Nightingale was caught on territory at Abberton Reservoir again today, with a brood-patched female. 🤎

[Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard @Signe_Dalsgaard]

The sound of silence. In less than four decades more than 80% of #kittiwakes breeding on the Norwegian mainland have disappeared. The coast has fallen silent.

Historical and current photos side by side illustrate the dramatic declines👇

See more here: https://t.co/J7DmOZheq3

[Kessingland Ringing Group @KessinglandRG]

KS was ringed as an adult bird at the pier in 2011 but has never been recaptured.
4K was ringed in Waveney Dock & this is the first confirmation that he is a male. Thanks for your resighting info Joolz. Every resighting adds to our growing data for Lowestoft Kittiwakes

[Joolz 🕊 💚 @OrnieJoolz]

A blurry phone scoped pic of my old friend KS at the Claremont pier today. KS is at least 16 years old & regularly sighted at the pier every year since 2011. Also a new friend, 4K with his beau. Ringed as a pullus in 2013, he is now 11 years old. Not seen since 2019!

[Andy Rickeard @andyrick_birds]

Three’s a crowd. Kittiwakes locking beaks at the Gateshead Saltmeadows tower today. @TyneKittiwakes @KittiwakesTyne @DanT_Coast