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British Birds | VOL. XLVIII NOVEMBER No. 11 1955 BRITISH BIRDS REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR 1954* By ROBERT SPENCER, B.A., Secretary, Bird-Ringing Committee of the British Trust for Ornithology THIS is the eighteenth report issued on behalf of the Committee, continuing the earlier sequence under the title "The British Birds Marking Scheme". It combines a report on the progress of ring­ ing between October 1953 and December 1954 with a selected list of recoveries reported up to 31st December 1954. MANAGEMENT The members of the Committee are as follows: Sir Lands- borough Thomson (Chairman), Miss E. P. Leach, A- W. Boyd, Hugh Boyd, J. A. Gibb, P. A. D. Hollom, G. R. Mountfort, Major-General C. B. Wainwright, George Waterston; Sir Norman Kinnear; Bruce Campbell and C. A. Norris (ex officiis); Robert Spencer (Secretary). The only new member of the Committee is Sir Norman Kinnear, who succeeded Lord Ilchester as representa­ tive of the Trustees of the British Museum- A Sub-committee comprising Hugh Boyd, C. A. Norris, Major-General C. B. Wain­ wright and the Secretary was formed to plan the development and production of new rings. By permission of the Trustees, the headquarters of the scheme remain at the British Museum (Natural History). During the latter part of 1954 the approval of the G.'P.O. and the Museum * A publication of the British Trust for Ornithology. + The last preceding report was published in British Birds, vol. xlvii, pp. 361-392. 461 462 BRITISH BIRDS [VOL. XLVIII authorities was obtained for the use of the shorter address: "BRIT. MUSEUM LONDON S.W.7." to be introduced on rings issued in 1955. Rings inscribed "BRITISH MUSEUM NAT. HIST. LONDON" will remain in circulation for some time. Miss E. P. Leach continued to handle the reports of birds ringed abroad and recovered in Britain- Her advice and ready help on many occasions is gratefully acknowledged. FINANCE The salaries of the Secretary and his assistant were met by grants from the Nature Conservancy. Despite a sharp rise in the wholesale prices of rings the cost to ringers remained unaltered, and the Trust made an increased grant of £150 from its main fund towards running expenses. The full accounts for 1954 appear in the Annual Report of the Trust. PROGRESS OF RINGING The steady increase in the numbers of birds ringed was con­ tinued in 1954 when the annual total exceeded 100,000 for the first time (see Table 1). Despite a rather poor breeding-season the number of nestlings ringed, 36,621, was the second-highest annual total. At 66,237 the total of birds trapped was an increase of less than three thousand on the 1953 figures, the smallest annual rise since the war. Many more Blackbirds were trapped than usual, partly as a result of the prolonged season and of the marked immi­ gration of this species in early November when east coast observatories were catching large numbers. Waders and warblers were trapped and ringed in greater abundance and variety than ever before, and the total of sixteen Barred Warblers vies for comment with twenty-one Jack Snipe and seven Little Stints. In all, birds of 209 species and sub-species were ringed during the year, the following nine being new to the ringing list: Red-necked Grebe and Temminck's Stint (Monks' House B.O.); Siberian Thrush, Turdus sibiricus (Isle of May B.O.); Pied Wheatear (John Ash); Aquatic Warbler (Cley B.O.); Arctic Warbler, of the race Phylloscopus b. borealis (Fair Isle B.O.); Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas (Lundy B.O); Yellow-headed Wagtail, Mota- cilla citreola (Fair Isle B.O.); and Pine Grosbeak (Isle of May B.O.). The Siberian Thrush, Yellowthroat and Yellow-headed Wagtail were new birds to Britain. Twenty-four individual totals exceeded 1,000, the eleven bird observatories accounting for over a quarter of the birds ringed during the year. RECOVERIES An extra column has been added to Table II showing the numbers of recoveries reported during 1954. There are so many that it is impossible to publish more than a small proportion of VOL. XLVIII] REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR 1954 463 them, and it has been found necessary this year to extend the system of summarization. As an additional help maps have been introduced to show the recovery localities of certain species. Each year produces its quota of unusually interesting recoveries, and in a number of cases comment on a particular bird has been inserted in the recovery list. The restrictions of space must limit such comment, but attention may also be drawn to the Red-backed Shrike in Sicily, two recoveries in France of winter-trapped Great Tits, long- north-westerly movements of Redstart and Spotted Fly­ catcher on spring passage, a Swallow (ringed at Oundle) in Germany, Sedge Warbler and Willow Warbler ringed at the Isle of May on spring passage and recovered shortly afterwards in Westmorland and Derbyshire respectively, and a Blackbird ringed at Spurn 6th November reported four days later in Germany. PUBLICATIONS The following report includes particulars of ringing and recov­ eries of geese and ducks under this scheme: — P. Scott and H. Boyd (1954): Sixth Annual Report of the Wild­ fowl Trust, 1952-53. The following paper is also relevant: — R. H. Poulding (1954): "The loss of rings by marked Herring Gulls." Bird Study, vol. 1, pp. 37-39. Table I NUMBER OF BIRDS RINGED Trapped Pull A Total 1st October to 31st December 1954* ",572 63 ",635 1954 (1.10.53-30.9.54) 66,237 36,621 102,858 !953 63,318 35,199 98,517 i952 56,867 39,459 96,326 i95i 49,364 36,379 85,743 1950 42,112 33,994 76,106 J949 27,496 29,965 57,46l 1948 18,413 20,911 39,324 1947 14,574 14,007 28,581 !946 8,909 8,412 i7,321 Grand Total (including arrears) 1 ,354,835 * The ringing year formerly commenced on 1st October and ended on 30th September. In 1954 it was decided to make it coincide with the calendar year in future, and an additional collection of schedules was made at the end of the year. t An explanation of the term "pull." or "pullus" appears on page 468. 464 BRITISH BIRDS [VOL. XLVIII Table II NUMBERS OF EACH SPECIES RINGED ig54 RECOVERY TOTALS Ringed Total I.I 3-53-3I-I2.54 Grand Rec'd. Trapped Pull. Total Total in 1954 Storm Petrel iu8 25 223 1,946 — Manx Shearwater 3.917 872 4.789 53.994 48 Fulmar 61 588 649 2,346 8 Gannet 3i 935 966 M.855 39 Cormorant 2 162 164 3,786 50 Shag 7° 376 446 3,86s 77 Heron 0 123 123 3,095 23 Mallard 1.603 76 1,679 !3,724 i55 Teal 1,872 0 1,872 i5,53r 331 Wigeon 299 0 299 i,352 24 Tufted Duck 57 0 57 549 6 Eider ... 22 3 25 932 1 Pink-footed Goose ... 1.355 0 '.355 3,5i6 185 Buzzard 54 56 780 1 Sparrowhawk 20 30 50 1,212 13 Hen Harrier ... 1 37 38 211 4 Merlin 20 '4 34 499 4 Kestrel 43 75 118 '.799 '4 Moorhen 236 23 259 3.299 9 Coot 211 0 211 911 17 Oystercatcher 42 251 293 4.283 18 Lapwing 197 2,401 2,598 57.035 57 141 Ringed Plover 65 206 2,967 5 Turnstone 77 0 77 126 Snipe 71 60 '3i 2,452 6 Curlew 18 292 310 5.260 10 Common Sandpiper 127 77 204 2,395 2 Redshank 84 191 275 3,920 7 Dunlin 87 3 90 419 1 Stone Curlew 2 1 3 337 — Arctic Skua ... 50 61 in 377 1 Great Skua ... 2 130 132 1,075 1 Great Black-backed Gull 24 54 78 1,264 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull 81 522 603 17,038 29 Herring Gull 33i 1,059 i.39o 18,853 43 Common Gull 45 62 107 3,752 5 Black-headed Gull ... 147 3>°3° 3.J77 31,845 107 Kittiwake 178 592 77o 6,258 '4 Common Tern 9 257 266 24,589 3 Arctic Tern 35 637 672 8,658 1 Roseate Tern 0 256 256 2,129 4 Little Tern 14 97 in ',467 2 Sandwich Tern 0 620 620 25,300 15 Razorbill 86 220 306 8,260 II Guillemot 38 146 184 5,286 14 Black Guillemot 2 11 13 310 — Puffin 485 246 73i 9.163 4 Stock Dove ... 22 75 97 1,587 7 Woodpigeon '7 130 '47 5,689 '9 Turtle Dove ... 89 24 "3 1,050 5 Cuckoo 37 47 84 i,449 1 Barn Owl 5 36 41 1,066 8 VOL. XLVIH] REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR 1954 465 Ringed— — Total 1.10.53-31. 12.54 Grand R ec'd. Trapped Pull. Total Total in '954 Little Owl 17 62 79 1,288 6 Tawny Owl 15 109 124 2,049 10 Long-eared Owl s 20 25 404 2 Short-eared Owl 0 29 29 293 2 Swift 428 153 581 2,888 4 Green Woodpecker 27 15 42 299 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 33 6 39 4°9 2 Wryneck 13 12 25 432 1 Woodlark 1 25 26 277 •—• Skylark 343 223 566 6,227 1 Swallow 301 =.459 2,760 64,908 21 House Martin 302 61 363 6.03S 3 Sand Martin 448 8 456 7,010 — Raven 0 24 24 594 5 Carrion Crow 12 94 106 2,821 11 Rook ..
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