Bird ringing at a Bioblitz

Explaining how the nets work

Saturday afternoon was spent at Woolley Firs Farm. We placed mist nets next to a feeding station, sheltered from the high winds, and set-up our stall ready for visiting families.

We rarely catch lots of birds at these events but we ringed several family parties of Great Tit as well as a Blue Tit and a young Goldcrest.

Both the kids and the adults were delighted to get so close to some of our garden birds and we were impressed with the number of questions we had to field throughout the afternoon.

BBWOT are already talking about repeating the event next year!

Minet Festival this September

Come along to the Minet Country Park Festival (Minet Country Park in Hayes) on Saturday 14th September to see birding ringing demonstrations at the annual family festival including children's arts and crafts, birds of prey, storytelling and face painting. Entry is free.

Berkshire Bioblitz this August

Next month some of us are helping the BBOWT with their Berkshire BioBlitz at Woolley Firs Farm. Hopefully the weather will be kind and we'll be able to demonstrate some ringing techniques and ring some of the local bird life.

Welcome (2014)

Runnymede and Maple Cross (RMX) Ringing Groups are two partnered Ringing Groups that operate from St. Albans in the North to Chertsey in the South covering parts of Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Middlesex and Surrey.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

This website is a contact point for people wishing to find out more about bird ringing, join a training programme to ring or contact the group with a query.