All ringers know that certain birds can become frequent visitors to traps and are prepared to enter them and eat the bait regularly. The inconvenience of waiting for release being outweighed by the readily available supply of food.
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| Tufted Duck taken by Barry Yates |
The site at Icklesham runs a duck trap during the winter months and catches a trickle of Mallard, Tufted Duck and Coot. We know that female Tufted Duck with ring FA80827 is a regular visitor but we were surprised when she was retrapped for the hundredth time on 28 October 2012! She appears to be a migrant as she never turns up in the trap early in the autumn, in 2009 her first catch was 03 December and this year we caught her for the first time on 27 October. She was first ringed 27 September 2008 so hopefully will be a regular for many years to come.
Thanks to Phil Jones for letting us know and to Barry Yates for the great photo.
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I have managed to track a group of Canada Geese the last two years by a domestic white goose that has stuck with them. When they returned this year the white goose was with them again, so I know it's the same flock. From Findlay
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