Wash Wader Ringing Group

 

 

The Group has been operating since 1959 and has built up a large and valuable database for study. Over 260,000 birds have been ringed (banded) in this time. The 2006 - 2007 report details all the known movements to and from The Wash, along with a number of papers written using data gathered at The Wash, and is available from the Group.

Anyone with an interest in our work is welcome to join our fieldwork team. We usually have a good mix of experienced and less experienced participants, and the aim is to get everyone fully involved with all aspects of our work. If you are interested in joining us, or in any aspects of the Groups work contact info@wwrg.org.uk

For an overview of cannon netting and mist netting see How we catch the birds .... Some of our volunteers First Time Impressions .... and a poetic view of what it feels like Catching Curlew

For more information about Ringing in the UK visit the British Trust for Ornithology web site at www.bto.org

All the artwork used on this site has been generously donated by Su Gough and Liz Mackley.

Latest News .....

New species captured by Group
Whilst mist-netting on the saltmarsh at Terrington on 18th October 2008 the Group caught their first ever Jack Snipe. Jack Snipe winter in Britain, and come from a breeding population that extends from northern Scandinavia into Siberia. On it's own, this might just have been seen as a chance capture, but just four months later, and once again at Terrington, a second Jack Snipe was captured! This is unlikely to be a coincidence, and, perhaps, is more indicative of the changing habitat on the marsh, which has been slowly rising over the years. Could it be that the saltmarsh at Terrington is becoming a suitable winter habitat for this species? Only time will tell!...	Group Leader, Phil Ireland, gets an unusual opportunity to handle a new species on The Wash!