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WMRG ANNUAL REPORT 2020 © WMRG the West Midlands Ringing Group 2020 Annual Report Would Not Be Possible Without the Support of the Following Partners WMRG ANNUAL REPORT 2020 © WMRG The West Midlands Ringing Group 2020 Annual report would not be possible without the support of the following partners J & J Roberts Farm R.Tomlinson Pattingham Burleydam The Bradshaws Estate R. Lay Wolverhampton Wolverley Lower Drayton Farm R W Leedham & Son Penkridge Wiggington Graham Clay Stone WE USE ECOTONE NETS www.westmidlandsringinggroup.co.uk Cover Image Nicholas Berry - Skylark on Bredon Hill Page 2 WMRG West Midlands Ringing Group Foreword Paul Hopwood Paul Hopwood Secretary, West Midlands Ringing Group Welcome to the third annual report for the several months. Even when the restrictions West Midlands Ringing Group. were lifted members of the group, myself included, still had to consider partners and Feedback for our 2020 was extremely relatives who were in the high risk positive and we hope that this years will be category, so we never got back to just as well received. anything like normal. But, when we could get out, and when it was safe to do so, we We had hoped that 2020 would be a great did our best. year for us, we had high hopes and some exciting projects ahead of us, sadly as we Our funding applications were curtailed entered February we started to see the due to charities concentrating on support impact of Covid 19, but at this point we for groups and organisations who are sup- had no idea of what the following months porting those directly impacted by the would bring. virus, something that we totally understood. First of all we would like to send our For me 2020 has reminded me of two vitally thoughts and best wishes to those who important things; one to cherish your have been effected by the families and friends and secondly never to pandemic. Secondly we would like to underestimate the importance of the thank all of the NHS staff and other Key natural world for mental health. In the workers who have worked tirelessly for the darkest months of lock-down we were UK during an unprecedented event. As a still lucky enough to have the countryside show of the group’s appreciation we held around us, and for me the daily one hour a fundraising event and donated over £200 exercise period allowed me to to NHS Charities Together. immerse myself in the nature around my home in South Staffordshire. I truly believe As I started to compile this report in the that being outdoors in the natural world autumn, the second wave of the virus was was hugely beneficial and helped me increasing and the months ahead looked though the summer. to be challenging. With that in mind we felt that our 2020 report may shine a light on I truly hope that you enjoy this report and it some positives, in darker times. brings you some enjoyment! Our ringing activities were restricted for Paul Hopwood Page 3 Contents Page Content Page Number Partners 2 Foreword by the secretary of WMRG 3 Contents 4-5 Bird ringing in the UK 6 Focus on Farming 7-28 Is it really all Doom & Gloom ? 8 Overbury Enterprises 9-11 The Bradshaws Estate, Staffordshire 12 R. W. Leedham & Son Syerscote Manor, Tamworth 13-14 Lay Farms Loppington 15-16 Burleydam Farm 17 Aston Hall Farm Stone 18 Article from NFU online bout our work with farmers 19-20 Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge 21 Lower Barns Farm, Pattingham 22-23 Wild bird seed mixes 24-26 Skylark - an article on our thoughts on this species 27-28 Staffordshire Nightjar 29-30 Severn Trent Report 31-43 Our work with Severn Trent 32 2020 Year of the owl 33-35 The importance of Sewage Works 36 Roundhill Nr Stourbridge 37-39 Kinver 40 Bobbington, Himley & Gospel End 41 Minworth 42-43 Barston 43 Thermal Imaging Surveys 44-45 Cannock Chase Report 46-48 WMRG Stonechat colour-ringing project 49-52 Wildlife Crime 53-54 Marsh Lane Nature Reserve 55-64 Marsh Lane Improvement Works 59 We use Ecotone mist nets Page 4 Contents Page Marsh Lane Common Tern Project 60-61 Marsh Lane - Lapwing Project 62 Marsh Lane - Oystercatcher Project 62 Marsh Lane - Black-headed gull Project 63 Black-headed gull sightings 2020 64 WMRG Peregrine Falcon Project 65-66 Community Engagement 67 Transforming the Trent Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme 68 Staffordshire Pied flycatchers 69 Everything is Rosy! 69 Vosker - Security Cameras 70 New Group Members 70 Ringing Data 71-77 Ringing Recoveries 72 From Russia with Love 73 Subsequent Recaptures and Sightings 74 Ringing Totals 2020 75-76 Colour Ringing Projects 77 2020 A Year in Review 78 Contact us 79 Shropshire Ornithological Society 80 West Midlands Bird Club 80 Staffordshire Wildlife Trust 81 British Trust for Ornithology 81 Team4Nature 82 WMRG Stonechat poster 83 We would like extend our WMRG P. Bossom sincere thanks to all of the B. Dolan J. Freestone people who have K. Clowes R. Lay contributed to the articles M. George A. Leedham found in this report, from P. Hopwood N. Lynes both within the group and J. Hunt A. Roberts our partners. J. Overfield R. Tomlinson Editor, design and Partners Ecotone nets publishing N. Barlow NFU Online S. Beard Vosker International P. Hopwood West Midlands Police Page 5 Bird Ringing in the UK The British and Irish Ringing Scheme is organised by the BTO. Over 900,000 birds are ringed in Britain and Ireland each year by over 2,600 trained ringers, most of whom are volunteers. Bird ringing generates survival, volunteers for the population trend data, such information on the Nest Record Scheme collect as that collected through the survival, productivity and information on productivity, BTO/JNCC/RSPB movements of birds, helping ringing can also provide valuable data on move- Breeding Bird Survey, to us to understand why popu- ments, and productivity, determine at which stage of lations are changing. based on the proportion of a bird’s life cycle there might juveniles that are ringed be a problem. This enables Ringing data makes a major each year, which can tell us scientists and conservationists contribution to the study of more about what happens population changes and to after young birds leave the to target appropriate our understanding of species nest. This can identify mitigation measures. declines. challenges such as a reduction in juvenile survival Bird populations are after fledging, or the determined by the number numbers of young birds that of fledglings raised, the survive to join the breeding survival of both juveniles and population. adults, an movements of birds into or out of an area. The results can be analysed Whilst ringers collect data on in combination with For further information on bird ringing in the UK, or for details on the other BTO projects please visit the BTO website WWW.BTO.ORG Did you know? Bird ringers in the UK are Additional projects which volunteers, conducting include colour marking ringing activities in their own time and at their own cost. schemes also attract further costs. Ringers are licenced annually and are required to renew If you would like to make their membership with the a donation to support our scheme yearly. work please contact us at Ringing is not cheap. Licences and specialist [email protected] equipment are expensive. Ringers are also responsible for the purchase of all the rings that they use. Common Cuckoo Page 6 Field margin at Lower Barns Farm, Pattingham. P. Hopwood Page 7 Is it Really all Doom and Gloom? There can be no getting away from the fact that farmland birds are in decline, but do the recent figures indicate that positive changes may not be that far away. Is now the time for us to start working in a more positive way with farmers rather than continued criticism. Recent reports have shown But we also can’t forget the that farmland birds have few who quietly did all they declined more severely than could for the environment birds in any other habitat. often at their own expense. Current estimations indicate a fall of 45% in the Farmland We now speak with Bird Indicator since 1970. farmers who have a passion for wildlife and the Farmland is vitally important environment. These are and refers to the 75% of land farmers who are proud of in the UK which is devoted to of a dark tunnel. their farms, proud of their agriculture. There is no soil, proud of their wildlife getting away that this is land I truly hope that this is where and have real passion and that we need to produce our we are now, with farmland enthusiasm for what they food. bird decline decreasing and are doing, coupled with a a positive future and reversal thirst to share their The data available shows of decline just around the knowledge with others. that the majority of corner. farmland bird decline We hear their excitement occurred in the1970s & the We are not naive enough to over worm numbers, soil 1980s and it is suggested that think that it is all good news quality, the numbers of this was due to the negative and there is still a lot to be farmland birds seen and impact of changes in done, and this needs to be their ideas to do more. farmland management. done quickly. For some species we may just be too So perhaps it is now the right However, the decline has late. time, rather than continued at a slower rate dwelling on the past, to start more recently. More The Government’s working in partnership with encouragingly the decline Environment Bill sets out to farmers to encourage their has decreased tackle the biggest actions, to support British significantly between 2013 environmental priorities of our farming and to ensure that and 2018 and we hope that time, and reward farmers for the positive steps continue this is the start of a positive the work they undertake for for the benefits of future change.
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