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I have recently been notified of a ringing recovery, that is to say someone has sighted a bird ring that I have previously put onto a bird during a ringing session. When birds are ringed there is always the hope that there will be subsequent encounters with the bird, either alive or, more usually dead; however no matter the circumstances it all adds to the science of bird ringing. On the 2nd of October 2016 I was ringing at Pembrey Burrows in grazing field 2 and caught 28 birds of which 24 were Meadow Pipits, (Meapi) One of those Meapi was ringed with Z544250 with the following biometrics recorded: age       3 (hatched in 2016) wing     82mm weight 18.5g time    08:30 the details were recorded by Veronica. Meadow Pipit On 31st December 2017 some Short-eared Owl pellets were found on Rhossili Down and the finder noticed a bird ring sticking out from one of the pellets, the finder sent the details off to the BTO who matched the ring with the one above.

PEMBREY BURROWS & SALTINGS LNR + PEMBREY COAST SSSI BIRD REPORT 2017 A full version paper copy is available, let me know if you want one Species accounts Mute Swan,                    Alarch Dof An occasional fly over visitor Whooper Swan             Alarch Y Gogledd Winter visitor to Carmarthenshire with birds wandering along the coast Canada Goose,           Gwydd Canada An occasional fly over visitor White-fronted Goose               Gwydd Dalcen-Wen A rare visitor, two were observed flying along the foreshore heading west on 17th March Greylag Goose                             Gwydd Wyllt Resident along the coast, occasional fly over visitors Brent Goose                                 Gwydd Ddu A winter visitor, occurring in comparatively small numbers , 11 on 3rd February Shelduck                           Hwyaden Yr Eithin Resident at Pembrey Burrows LNR for most of the year, a single,   failed breeding attempt was noted in