More ringers in the Greenfinch CR-project

The Greenfinch CR-project is increasing. At the moment we are ringing birds in several locations (green points on the map).

fot. Marcin Sowa

Foreign Great tit (Parus major)

Autumn and winter is the best time to catch birds at feeder. Yesterday Łukasz Borek caught the Great tit (Parus major) with belgian metal ring 51V26850 BRUSSELS in Stargard Szczecinski. It's not the first belgian tit in Stargard, on spring 2009 we had also one with code 50V91308 BRUSSELS.

fot. Łukasz Borek - 51V26850 BRUSSELS

Two days earlier I also caught a foreign Great tit with polish ring near my feeder in Stargard. Probably was ringed by AB ringing station in Kopan (distance 150 km).

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

Coots banding

Last time we ringed some coots, this time in Szczecin. One in Kacprowicza park (only malards were there...just one coot on the lake) and the other on Kanał Zielony (Green canal).

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

Also our project has the first foreign recovery. The coot with white neckband E17 ringed in Chodziez was observed after week in Berlin (Tegeler lake).

See E17

First Greenfinch CR-project in Poland

We have started with a new CR project on Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) in Poland. Birds are being ringed with white colour rings (all combination of 3 letter and alphanumeric code). We are going to ring migrants and wintering birds in a few localities in Poland. This autumn/winter season will be ringed about 10-15 thousand of Greenfinches. If you want to cooperate, please read the instruction and write the project leader, Marcin Faber.


fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

3 Croatian Black-headed gulls on the Miedwie lake!

Miedwie lake is the one of the best places in zachodniopomorskie to watch the roosting gulls. Durning last 2 weekes were observed here 3 Croatian BHG. The white S552, which was at Miedwie also in 10 VII 2008 and S740, S866. A fortune..?!

Actually we know the life history of the S552. Was ringed as an adult in Split on April 2007 and flew 1115 km to the Miedwie lake.

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

The S552 path.

Pokaż Croatian Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) na większej mapie

The 06CK Mute swan (Cygnus olor) return

The Mute swan (Cygnus olor) from the movie was observed yesterday in the Miedwie lake, PL where was ringed as the pull in 2002. In the meantime the swan was in Germany and Denmark...& now back to the birthplace. We wonder how long he stays.

fot. Marcin Sowa
fot. Marcin Sowa

First long-distance coot movement

We have first ever long-distance movement of colour banded coot. Today one with the white neckband E11 was observed in Dychow, lubuskie 170 km from the ringing place. The bird was ringed in Chodziez, 21 days earlier.

fot. Paweł Czechowski

Pokaż E11 na większej mapie

The Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) caught in Swinoujscie

Last time on Swinoujscie beach was caught a 1cy Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus). It got metal and colour rings. Maybe for foreign ringers is nothing special but in Poland we ring LBBGs rare. In 2008 were ringed just 3 birds, in 2007 none. We look forward to hearing from spanish ringreaders about this gull :)

See raports of polish ringed birds:
- 2008
- 2007 

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

The Coot (Fulica atra) polish project!

First polish colour-ringed coots flew away on holidays 2009. The neckbands that we are using are white with black digits (exact information about project you can find here). At the moment have more than 50 ringed birds and going to catch several hundred durning winter. Coots are being colour-ringed (present) in 4 parts of Poland: zachodniopomorskie, wielkopolskie, lodzkie and slask.

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) on the polish seaside

Last time on Swinoujscie beach i was obserwed a tame, juv Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis). The bird was walking among people and feared nothing. So after a while was mine :) Hope that she will fly further to the south.

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa