Lamsdell Bird Ringing and Wildlife Blog: Darvic rings read in Spain

Monday 2 May 2022

Darvic rings read in Spain - March/April 2022

Details of some of the darvics we were able to record while in Andalusia, Spain. The Bird ringed shortly after hatching in 1986 is particularly impressive. This bird is the same age as our 36 year old first born!

S|29 hatched in 1986, and that coloured ring used to be orange

Spanish ringed bird details:

S|29 Metal ring : 9 002821 - number of re-sightings, last seen in 2020.
Ringed: 25.06.1986 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

5|W8 Metal ring : 9 024197 - number of re-sightings, last seen on 27.6.2012, 10 years ago.
Ringed: 10.08.1996 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

0|BIH Metal ring : 10 03867 - number of re-sightings, last seen on 25.1.2014, 8 years ago.
Ringed: 23.08.1997 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 4.4.2022 Los Albardones, Cádiz, SPAIN

0|LCF Metal ring : 10 08449 - number of re-sightings, last seen in 2021.
Ringed: 15.08.1998 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

0|VZB Metal ring : 10 05246 - number of re-sightings, last on 11.2.2010, 12 years ago.
Ringed: 15.07.2000 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

1|CXA Metal ring : 10 11546 - number of re-sightings, last in 2021.
Ringed: 20.07.2002 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

1|DHT Metal ring : 10 05246 - number of re-sightings, last in 2021.
Ringed: 20.07.2002 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 4.4.2022 Los Albardones, Cádiz, SPAIN

1|HRL Metal ring : 10 13391 - number of re-sightings, last on 8.9.2007, 14 years ago.
Ringed: 12.07.2003 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

7|VV Metal ring : 10 12198 - number of re-sightings, last in 2020.
Ringed: 08.08.2003 (pullus unable to fly) , Lucio Cerrado Garrido - Sevilla, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

2|HVH Metal ring : P02985 - number of re-sightings, last on 2.3.2016, 8 years ago.
Ringed: 19.07.2014 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 4.4.2022 Los Albardones, Cádiz, SPAIN

2|RTC Metal ring : P07349 - first re-sightings since ringed 4 years ago.
Ringed: 11.08.2018 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 29.3.2022 La Breña y Marismas del Barbate, Cádiz, SPAIN

2|SZS Metal ring : P07920 - first re-sightings since ringed 3 years ago.
Ringed: 17.08.2019 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 29.3.2022 La Breña y Marismas del Barbate, Cádiz, SPAIN

2|VZV Metal ring : P09050 - first re-sightings since ringed 3 years ago.
Ringed: 17.08.2019 (pullus unable to fly) , Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, Malaga, SPAIN
Re-sighting: 3.4.2022 Salinas de Bonanza, Cádiz, SPAIN

French ringed birds (1) details:

JNSH Metal ring : X6923 - first sighting in 11 years.
Ringed: 27.07.2011 (pullus unable to fly) , Etg. du Fangassier - Bouches-du-Rhône, FRANCE
Re-sighting: 30.3.2022 La Breña y Marismas del Barbate, Cádiz, SPAIN

1|HRL

1|DHT

1|CXA

About us

Chris and Denise Lamsdell

We have both been birders for about 40 years based in South Bucks near the West London reservoir complexes.

Since September 2021 we have been based in North Norfolk. We have done our bit of twitching in the past, but with other priorities this has become a much reduced activity with a preference for seeing new birds where ever our travels take us.

We both have been ringing since 2005. Our local group was the Runnymede RG while based in Buckinghamshire. Since moving to Norfolk we have started a new group called The Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, aimed at increasing public engagement through colour ringing projects on Black-headed Gull, Turnstone and Lapwing. We ring at several sites including Sculthorpe Moor, Sandringham Estate, Deepdale Farm and also monitor bird populations for the Norfolk Rivers Trust. We do ringing at home and support with foreign projects when opportunities allow. Chris also has an interest in Butterflies and Dragonflies and contains his limited photographic skill to them.