Welcome

Welcome to the Sorby Breck Ringing Group website. Please look at our 'blog' for interesting items about the group's activities.


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Ringing in Akamas, Cyprus, April 2009

The now annual ringing expedition to the Akamas Region of Cyprus took place from 16-29 April 2009, and as usual it was attended by a mix of ringers from around the UK and Cyprus. The expedition was led by Geoff Mawson and ringers from Sorby-Breck Ringing Group (Yorkshire) and supplemented by other ringers from Warwickshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Dorset. We were especially pleased to also welcome Mark Charalambides to our team. Over the period..

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Latest Publication

The 2008 Report is now available to download as a pdf. Some text from the Report also appears in the Surveys and Articles sections. The whole Report along with previous Annual Reports also appears in full should they be of interest.

Current Gallery

New Cyprus Gallery coming soon. All images have copyright ...view gallery

 

May Competition


Identify the bird pictured. A bit of a challenge this time! read on...

Latest Updates

Main site - 24th June 2009 / Login - 29th May 2009

Read the new articles about a ringing trip to Cyprus and a local CES. May Totals now available.

A reed bed in Spring and Summer

Williamthorpe Nature Reserve is mainly a reed bed site, with areas of scrub. As a Constant Effort Site (CES), it requires regular ringing occasions throughout the May to September period. It is often alive with birds, resident species as well as summer visitors thriving there. Reed beds are a localised and endangered habitat and at over two hectares the reed bed at Williamthorpe is a rare habitat in North East Derbyshire.read more...

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