NRG Ringing Recoveries

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A male Marsh Harrier was hunting in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning with two hunting Barn Owls this evening, and two Spotted Flycatchers were noted at New Covert, Kelmarsh today.

Some ringing recoveries associated with the work of the Northants Ringing Group are as follows:-

1. Two juvenile Blue Tits ringed at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes on 30th May 2026 were killed by a cat at Milton Keynes on 3rd June and 4th June 2026;

2. A young Reed Warbler was ringed at Stanford Reservoir on 20th September 2025 and captured again on 25th May 2026 at Linford Lakes when assessed as an adult male. Two hundred and forty-seven days elapsed between these two dates with the bird migrating to and back from Africa in the meantime;

3. A young Reed Warbler was ringed at Hayes, Greater London on 12th September 2025 and was caught again at Stanwick Lakes on 24th May 2026, some two hundred and eighty-five days later and 93km further north and with a visit in-between to Africa;

4. A young Reed Warbler was ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 30th August 2024 and re-appeared at Stanford Reservoir on 30th May this year as an adult male, six hundred and thirty-eight days later and with two migrations to and from Africa under it's belt;

5. An adult male Reed Warbler was ringed at Linford Lakes on 10th June 2023 and captured again near Beja, Portugal on 4th August 2024, 421 days later and 1711km further south-west;

6. A young Reed Warbler was ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 16th August 2023 and caught again at Leighton Moss, Lancashire on 10th August 2025 when an adult female. Seven hundred and twenty-five days elapsed between the two dates with two visits to Africa in that time;

Reed Warbler courtesy
of Tony Stanford.

7. A young male Greenfinch was ringed at Stortons Pits on 13th November 2024 and just the leg and ring were found in Northampton on 14th January 2026, 427 days later;

8. A nestling Sand Martin was ringed at Rutland Water on 11th June 2025 and was found dead with injuries at Pitsford Reservoir on 29th April 2026, 322 days later and with a migration to Africa and back during the intervening winter;

9. A nestling Common Gull was ringed at Amrum, Nordfriesische Inseln, Germany on 2nd July 2023 and fitted with a colour ring AO9V. This bird was seen at Pitsford Reservoir when an adult on 7th January 2026, 920 days later and 660km WSW from where originally ringed;

10. A young Jackdaw was ringed at Greens Norton on 21st August 2014 but was found with injuries and destroyed on 13th April 2026 at Church End, Buckinghamshire, 4253 days later and 43km further south;

11. An adult female Mute Swan was ringed at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes on 9th November 2021 and found predated on a nest in the Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes on 6th April 2026, 1609 days later;

12. A female Redpoll was ringed at Stortons Pits on 4th March 2026 and on 18th April 2026 she was caught again at Budby Corner Plantations, Carburton, Notts, 45 days later and having traveled 113km in a northerly direction;

13. A Lesser Redpoll was ringed at Linford Lakes on 13th April 2024 and was found sick and subsequently died 454km away at Ballyclare, Antrim, Northern Ireland on 6th April 2026, 723 days later after travelling North West;

14. A first year Goldfinch was ringed at Overstone Park, Northampton on 9th March 2024 and captured again at Bourne Wood, Lincolnshire on 9th March 2026, 751 days later;

15. An adult male Goldcrest was ringed at West Vlaanderen, Belgium on 22nd October 2025 and hit a mist net again at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes seventeen days later on 8th November 2025 having travelled 297 km in a WNW direction;

Goldcrest courtesy
of Kenny Cramer.

16. A first year Sedge Warbler was ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 10th August 2025 and re-captured fourteen days later at Brandon Fen, Suffolk having travelled 96km in an easterly direction.

Regards

Neil M