Welcome
Welcome to the Sorby Breck Ringing Group website. Take a look at our 'blog' for interesting items about the group's activities. Details of Ringing Demonstrations can be found in the Events and News sections.

Where will I ring?

When trainees are about to upgrade to their C status the question that most exercises them, is where can I ring? read more...

DNA Profiling of Raptors
Birds of prey are far too often the target of persecution, sometimes due to the perceived conflict with game birds, but unfortunately this isn't the only risk they face. Birds of prey such as Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Sparrowhawk and Goshawk are often illegally taken from the wild read more...

Raptor Monitoring 2011
My first full year of monitoring the raptors nesting in the High Peak and surrounding areas has been spent mostly in the company of the Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group.

This report records the 117 raptor and 6 Raven pulli I was involved with ringing. The observations are my own and are not backed up by any scientific evidence read more...

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Frost, Fieldfares and female Sparrowhawks

 

SBRG 2011 Annual Report
It's here! Our brand new annual ringing report is hot off the press and ready for you to download here

 

 

 

Picture of the Week
The picture of the week welcomes contributions. Click on the link below to view the latest picture and previous pictures click here

 

 

A convert to new technology
I don't think I'm unusual for my age in being slightly scathing of social networking sites and the 'apps' or applications available for what seems like an ever-changing array of so-called 'smart' phones. However...read more...

Brookfield Manor Nestbox Results 2011 read more...

Latest Updates

Main site - 19th Jan 2012/ Login - 30th Dec 2011.

Dec 2011 ringing totals and latest recoveries now available. Public ringing demonstration 4th Feb at Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield 0800-1030 hrs. All welcome.

Constant Effort Site (CES) Ringing
Mid-June saw my fifth CES visit to Williamthorpe Nature Reserve to monitor the breeding status of the site's passerine birds using this part of NE Derbyshire. The information gained is used to monitor adult/juvenile rates of the birds present.

This allows the BTO to collate the data nationally to make consistently accurate estimates of breeding and population trends for our resident and migrant birds read more...

 

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