Heading home…
Whooper Swans are on the move and on their way back to breeding grounds in Iceland
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Monitoring is the foundation of effective conservation. Collecting data on movements, survival and other factors provides conservationists with the information needed to be able to determine the conservation requirements of individual species and populations. Our network of volunteer bird ringers focus on waterbird species.
Study species
Barnacle Goose
There are now nearly 2,000 colour-marked birds out there ready to have their rings read
Black-headed Gull
Discovering the seasonal movements of wintering birds in North-west England
Canada Goose
A joint project showing the movements of birds moulting at Windermere in Cumbria
Coot
Colour-marking in Britain & Ireland to unravel the secret movements of this nomadic species
Curlew
Our first wader species working on the internationally important Severn Estuary
Greylag Goose
Following the movements of birds caught at moulting sites across the UK
Moorhen
A collaboration of ringers across Britain and Ireland hoping to find out more about this understudied species
Pink-footed Goose
We pick up the reins of a study first started by Sir Peter Scott back in the early 1960s
Shelduck
A colour-mark study to discover the movements and site fidelity of the species
Whooper Swan
Now over 500 Whooper Swans with white colour-rings ready to be found!
Wigeon
A joint European study aiming to collect data on one of Europe’s most popular quarry duck species
Waterbird Colour-marking Group 