Title: Bird ring? Post by: Dodger on May 29, 2011, 08:09:05 PM Can anyone help identify the ring in the centre of this picture please? It is aluminium and looks look an oversized pigeons leg ring. Would have had to be a big bird though ( pause for funny comments...), It has BRC 69D 10699 around it. Possibly for a bird of prey? ???
Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 29, 2011, 08:14:10 PM http://www.brc.ac.uk/ (http://www.brc.ac.uk/) biological records centre for fish
plenty to choose from on here http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/c2.aspx?Mod=Downloads&Do=ListFile&SubCategoryID=4 (http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/c2.aspx?Mod=Downloads&Do=ListFile&SubCategoryID=4) btw -- nice constantine nummus bottom left 318 - 324 ad 'ish. Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: Val Beechey on May 29, 2011, 08:22:39 PM Wow Dodger that's a good days finds. Pigion rings do seen a bit on the big side for little legs. They're not close fitting so I think that's prob. what it is.
Well done that man. Val Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: Dodger on May 29, 2011, 08:34:23 PM Thanks for the comments folks. Just had a reply from another forum which identifies as a ring from a project in Russia, BRC, for tagging barnacle geese. I have registered it on a site for reporting such rings. Amazing to think this little find has come that distance! ;D
Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: romano-brit on May 29, 2011, 08:41:15 PM cool
is that a roman silver in there s well?? Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: Val Beechey on May 29, 2011, 08:43:01 PM Hi Dodger. I think the same every year when the Swallows come back all the way from Africa.Barnacle Geese migrate here every year. Amazing!!!
Val P.S. big diff. between a Pigion and a Goose. ::) Title: Re: Bird ring? Post by: Dodger on May 29, 2011, 08:47:02 PM cool is that a roman silver in there s well?? Sorry, but no. Only silver there are 1940's half crown and threepence. Oldest coin is a very poor condition bawbee (Scottish copper c1690). Few Georgian grots including a cartwheel. First time out on a new farm which has cut for silage. No history that i know off, but an encouraging first search. |