Bird Ringing – How and why? The year of 2009, ringing had been ongoing for exactly 100 years in Britain and Ireland. This guide was in that event printed by BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) to present some of the greatest discoveries and achievements that had appeared during the century.
People have always been fascinated by the movements of birds, whether they be seasonal comings and goings of migrants, or local movements of our own breeding birds. Ringing has long been the best tool to answer many of these questions, from the first bird ringed (a Lapwing) in Aberdeen in 1909. Since then, over 35 million birds have been ringed by trained and licensed BTO volunteers, from seabirds on remote Scottish islands, to common-or-garden birds caught at standardised ringing sites.
Format: Paperback
Author: Dawn Balmer, Liz Coiffait, Jacquie Clark, Rob Robinson
Pages: 75
Dimensions: 17x24,5x0,5 cm
Weight: 245 g
Publication: 2009
ISBN: 978 1910 620 4457
Publisher: BTO
Language: English