Thursday, 31 August 2017

Chris's colour-ringed Chough

The colour-ring combination is a close match for one of this year’s young birds (Rt: Green/BTO Lt: White/Orange “5N” – the BTO ring is often hidden by the ring above, the black inscription on the orange ring is hard to see except at close range, and the similar bird with blue/BTO on its ring leg is an Anglesey bird, so pretty conclusive).  This bird was ringed by Tony as a provisional female, one of a brood of three, at one of the nest-sites near Llanrhystud (ca 17 km).  She has also been recorded at the communal roost between Clarach and Borth, two days previously.
Adrienne Stratford

I received this very prompt reply from Adrienne  with details of the Chough seen at Upper Borth on Tuesday.