Friday, 14 March 2025

Dersingham Bog - 14th March 2025

 This was an attempt to target Stonechats for our colour ringing project. There used to be a project on Stonechats that ran up until the pandemic. Now the staff have asked that we resume efforts studying Stonechats on the bog.

The first bird captured was a new female.

6F Stonechat

She was recaught a couple of times, at two other locations. She appears to be unpaired at present and seeking a mate.

The second bird had been seen a few times before capture, but we were unable to make out the colour ring combination. Once caught we could see that the individual code was in fact red and purple although a considerable degree of fading had occurred since they were fitted before the bird fledged the nest. The rings were also gaping and at risk of being lost. He had those removed and a new darvic ring fitted.

6M Stonechat ringed in the nest 17/06/2019 with no other sightings.

The last bird of the morning carried an incomplete colour ring code with one of the rings missing. 



The rings were removed and a new darvic ring fitted.

6M Stonechat ringed as a pullus, 26/06/2018 in the nest with no recorded sightings. The age of this bird exceeds the previous Stonechat longevity (6years, 1 month and 30 days) record by several months.

This particular bird has caught the wardens' eyes as it has a lot of white on the rump.



Old colour rings, faded and gaping, passed their best.

Totals: 2 (2)

Stonechat - 1 (2)
Wren - 1