Some views from 2015. Note it never rains!

First set of data return from our trip

The wonders of a fully electronic Ringing Scheme are revealed as we are getting back data on some of our birds when I only submitted our information a couple of days ago.

2451071
26.07.2012 Duncansby Head, Highland
13.08.2015 ENR
1113 days 75km 263deg

2696269
01.08.2014 Sumburgh Head, Shetland
11.08.2015 ENR
375 days 226km 231deg

2671836
02.08.2014 Rhuba Nan Sasan, Loch Ewe, Highland
10.08.2015 ENR
373 days 110km 47deg

2696395
08.08.2014 Sumburgh Head, Shetland
13.08.2015 ENR
370 days 226km 231deg

2533385 and 2533386
08.08.2014 Birsay, Orkney
10-11.08.2015 ENR
367-368 days 88km 226deg

2622212
24.08.2014 Faraid Head, Highland
12.08.2015 ENR
353 days 27km 103deg

2707306
25.08.2014 Fair Isle, Shetland
13.08.2015 ENR
353 days 190km 235deg

2531253
27.08.2014 Strathy Point, Highland
13.08.2015 ENR
351 days 18km 258deg

2351390
25.07.2015 Tronach Head, Near Portgordon, Moray
10.08.2015 ENR
16 days, 128km 318deg

We then had some retraps - birds originally ringed on Nan Ron and then recaptured again at a later date.

2614999
04.7.2011 - 12.08.2015
And then eight birds all ringed earlier in 2015 which we subsequently recaught a month later.

From the BTO Twitter account. Spot ours?

Jen'sphoto contribution at:

nan_ron_2015_share

2015 Part One

The final figures from our 2015 visit. More on the stay later.

New birds 1166, Controls (all UK) 21.
Retraps, not including any of our own from this visit, 71.
The retraps break down into:
1997 x1 - eighteen years old (some way off from the oldest 31y11m9d; 1962-1994)
One each from the years - 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, two from 2012, eight from 2014 and 20 from an earlier visit this year.