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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.
The following organisations support our conservation work
  
In the first week of April, Kate and I made a return visit to Lotan in
Israel, along with 10 other ringers from the UK. The ringing expedition
was timed to coincide with the spring migration through the south of the
country.
Lotan,
being an oasis in the otherwise barren Arava desert, is a magnet for birds
ready to feed and refuel on their northerly journeys read
more...
Recent work by SBRG members has provided new information
on the winter habitat use of wood warblers, house martins and swifts.
The results make fascinating reading and help us to understand the threats
faced by these declining species in sub-Saharan Africa. The work was lead
by our group member Dr Karl Evans from the University of Sheffield, in
collaboration with other ornithologists and SBRG members. Read the full
paper here
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Check
out the latest from our blog here
Latest news....
Buzzards
Sorby Breck RG's brand new 2012 annual ringing
report is available to download
here
The
picture of the week welcomes contributions. Click on the link below to
view the latest picture and previous pictures click
here

This year six members of the Sorby Breck RG travelled out to the Akamas
region of Cyprus: Geoff and Steve for two weeks and Bryn, Chris, Mark
and Eleanor for the first week. Also joining us for the third year on
this annual event,
was Bill Jones, a ringer from Kent who came out for the full two weeks
and Michael Holdsworth from the Wicken Fen Group who came out for the
second week. The weather was kind to us throughout our stay read
more...
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Main site - 19th June 2013/ Login - 22nd April
2013
See May's newly revised ringing totals on 'Info'
page. The number of birds ringed in the month now stands at 778.
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Our News section has links to items in the press or the wider ornithological
community. Take a look at some current articles below.
Secret Buzzard egg destruction read
more Guilty of stealing rare owls read
more How bird song could help save species read
more Bird flu outbreak contained? read
more
Other stories....Surprising uses for bird song read
more Eagle Owl captured in Inverness read
more White's Thrush on camera read
more There's a falcon on the phone read
more Bird deaths by windows? read
more Bird flu impacting Chinese economy read
more Blue Tits provide insight into climate change read
more Migrant birds shot in Malta read
more Elephant bird egg sells for £66,600 read
more
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Ringing blogs and photography websites of our group members
David Atkinson
Mike Price
Peter Stoppard
Ashley Watson
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