Hi Kev
Yes we can indeed tell you who this is! It is the breeding male from the
nearest nesting pair south of Aberystwyth. He was originally caught as a
juvenile in a roost in Aberdyfi on 28th December 2002 so is now 13 years and 5
month old. He has bred in Ceredigion since 2004, with 12 nest-attempts at two
different sites, failing in 3 years and raising a total of 27 young in his 9
successful seasons (including 3 this year). All of his nests have been in
nest-boxes that we had specifically provided for Chough.
He is frequently to be seen in the horse-grazed fields at Tanybwlch which I
guess is where you photographed him? He has already outlived one of his
colour-rings so if you can hang on a few more years you might get a shot of him
with much less jewellery on than he has at present ;)
Thanks very much for the record,
Tony Cross/Adrienne Stratford
P.S. We would greatly appreciate any other records of chough flocks, with or without colour-ringed birds, and are happy to provide details on any individually identifiable birds. Please email sightings to adriennestratford@btinternet.com
P.S. We would greatly appreciate any other records of chough flocks, with or without colour-ringed birds, and are happy to provide details on any individually identifiable birds. Please email sightings to adriennestratford@btinternet.com
The above is a reply to the query from Kev Joynes about the Chough that he photographed at Tanybwlch: see Kev's posting of 28/9.
The delay in posting this is due to the fact that my e-mail has been out of action and I've only just had it fixed today.
I am now working through the backlog.
Thanks for your patience
Harry Pepper