ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Tay Ringing Group - Ornithology conservation charity - bird and habitat research into their biodiversity, population or environment</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Tay Ringing Group, ringing group, bird, birds, conservation, ringing tayside, ornithology, Tay, reedbed, habitat, wildlife, biodiversity, field studies, ringing studies, research, Dundee, Perthshire, Angus, Scotland, ringers, bird banding, garden birds, training, BTO, British Trust for Ornithology. RSPB, charity, bird populations"> <meta name="description" content="The Tay Ringing Group, a conservation charity carrying out ornithological research on Scottish bird populations through bird ringing studies and biodiversity across all habitats in Tayside and Fife region."></head> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" > <link rel=stylesheet type = "text/css" href="styles/page.css"></link> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" > <Body> <div id="header" align="centre"> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/homebanner2.gif"></div> </div> <div id="sidenavigation" align="left"> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/navbanner.jpg" width="170" height="950"></div> </div> <div id="column1"> <H1>Tay Ringing Group Activities</H1> The main focus of the Ringing Scheme today is monitoring bird populations. Ringing birds allows us to study how many young birds leave the nest and survive to become adults, as well as how many adults survive the stresses of breeding, migration and severe weather. Changes in survival rates and other aspects of birds' biology help us to understand the causes of population declines.<br><br> Much has been discovered about birds by watching and counting them, but such methods rarely allow birds to be identified as individuals. This is essential if we are to learn about how long they live and when and where they move, questions that are vital for bird conservation. Placing a lightweight, uniquely numbered, metal ring around a bird's leg provides a reliable and harmless method of identifying birds as individuals. Each ring also has an address so that anyone finding a ringed bird can help by reporting where and when it was found and what happened to it. Some ringing projects also use colour rings to allow individual birds to be identified without being caught.<br><br> Such information is so important for conservation that the BTO runs two special projects to collect it, The Constant Effort Site (CES) project and The Retrapping Adults for Survival (RAS) project. The Tay Ringing Group actively contributes to both these projects throughout the year.<br><br> <a href = "groupactivities.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"><u> What the Group has been up to recently</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"></a> <br><br> <b>Articles and anecdotes from TRG published newsletters:</b><br><br> <a href = "RingOuzel2.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Second radio tracking study of Ring Ouzel <i>Turdus torquatus</i></u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "ringweekend06.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Ringing Weekend 2006</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "fifeness.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Fife Ness</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "stormpetrels.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Storm Petrels</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "ternringing.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Tern Ringing</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "hawfinches.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Hawfinches</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a> <br><br> <a href = "projectsinoperation.htm" style="color: #735930; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"> <u> Projects in Operation</u> <img src="structureImages/arrow.jpg" border="0"> </a><br><br><br><br> <H2>Interesting Tayside Oystercatcher turns up in Norway</H2> To find out more, click <a href = "http://btoringing.blogspot.com/2010/09/welsh-scottish-connection.html" target = "_blank" style="color: black; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration = 'underline'" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration = 'none'"><u>HERE</u>.</a> <!-- <a href = "index.html">home</a> | <a href = "resources.htm">resources</a> | <a href = "privacy.htm">privacy policy</a> | <a href = "sitemap.htm">sitemap</a> | <a href = "careers.htm">careers</a> --> </div> <div id="vr1"> <img src="structureimages/vr.jpg" width="3" height="560" align="centre"> </div> <div id="column2"> </div> <div id="pagenav"> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/birdicon.gif"> <a href = " index.html">Home</a></div> <br> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/birdicon.gif"> <a href = "birdringing.htm">Bird Ringing</a></div> <br> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/birdicon.gif"> <a href = "aboutus.htm">About Us</a></div> <br> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/birdicon.gif"> <a href = "contact.htm">Contact Us</a></div> <br> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/birdicon.gif"> <a href = "membership.htm">Join TRG</a></div> <br> <div align="left"><img src="structureImages/homebirdmedium.gif"><a style="color: #735930; 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