Some Results From Bird Ringing  in N E Caithness
Hugh Clark

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This report first appeared in the Caithness Field Club Bulletin April 1987

SOME RESULTS FROM BIRD-RINGING IN N. E. CAITHNESS
Hugh Clark

Over the last five years or so, several inhabitants of Wick and the surrounding area must at some time or another have noticed a bird in their garden which was wearing a shiny metal ring on one of its legs.  People must have wondered where these ringed birds were coming from and why they were ringed in the first place. Here it is hoped are some of the answers.

The Ringing Scheme
Uses of Bird Ringing
Catching Techniques
Bird Movements Through Caithness Includes Blackbirds, Starlings, Swallows, Pied Wagtails
Emerging Patterns, Acknowledgements, References