Last Saturday we were joined by local qualified bird ringers for a Valentine's Day bird ringing session.
Despite the damp weather around 30 birds were successfully ringed including a great spotted woodpecker, jay and wood pigeon.
Ringing birds can help our understanding of what is happening to birds in the places they live and how this affects population increases and decreases, this knowledge is vital for conservation. It also gives information on the movements individual birds make and how long many live for. You can help by looking out for ringed birds and reporting them (for more information on how to do this see the BTO webpage http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/ringing-scheme)
You can see some photos from the day below.
Miriam Biran
Visitor Experience Manager, Dove Stone