We will be meeting in person in Room 109 in the Palmer Building at usual, but you can also join remotely via Zoom if you prefer. Please click here to join the meeting. You can join from 7.45 pm and the meeting will start at 8 pm. You will be muted when you join; please stay muted except when you have been asked to unmute, for recent sightings, questions, etc.
Each year ringers mark over 1 million birds, but what does all this effort tell us? With astonishing results coming thick and fast from ever more technological devices, surely the humble ring, in use for over 100 years, has had its day? Drawing on the latest research from BTO and others, Rob hopes to convince you otherwise. That in fact ringing, taken together with data from other BTO schemes, is in fact vital in understanding why and how bird populations change and hence in formulating effective conservation action.