With news of the satellite-tagged Hen Harriers in the Voice this issue, it was interesting to find a similar theme discussed in The Arran Naturalist, issue No.13, (1990). In the following article, Derrick Warner discusses the details of some of the ringed birds that were discovered in Arran in the 1980s, tracking the birds’ movements to various parts of Scotland and beyond, and without the benefit of satellite technology! Bird ringing is still a method used widely today, and following the Arran Naturalist piece is a communication from James Cassells of Arran Birding, with a request to readers about ringed Starlings (see below).
A call for information from James Cassells and Terry Southall:
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