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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Birds are recorded at the ringing station in Rye – in pictures

Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
At first light Richard Dale collects migrating birds caught in the mist net Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A grasshopper warbler is ringed. Identification helps with tracking and monitoring population trends Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A warbler is unhooked from a mist net Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A member of the warbler family is weighed inside a ringing hut. Body weight is one aspect added to the collated data Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A warbler hangs in a mist net Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
After a night resting the bags containing Sand Martins are hung on a washing line in the early moring ready to be released back into the wild Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A sand martin is caught in a mist net Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A chiffchaff is recorded at a ringing hut Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A warbler is recovered from a mist net Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A volunteer blows on the head of a warbler to help gauge it's maturity Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
Pete Carr collects migrating birds at first light Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Recording Birds: Birds Are Recorded At One Of The Worlds Largest Ringing Stations
A warbler is released from the ringing hut Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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