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RINGING
For
many years the Raptor Trust released birds without any real knowledge
of the long-term result.
This changed at the end of 1999 when the Trust was able to secure a scheme
within the British Trust for Ornithology under which as many birds as
possible would be ringed prior to release.
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A
little owl is fitted with a BTO ring prior to release near Poringland.
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Our
first priority must be the welfare of the bird.
There
will always be instances where the bird can’t be ringed, either
because it would be too stressful, or because a speedy release is
necessary. The Trust will never have a bird ringed if its
welfare could be compromised.
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The
BTO, quite reasonably, charges us an increased fee for our rings
on the basis that rehabilitation schemes have a higher rate of recovery
of dead birds than normal ringing.
As
yet, not a single bird released by the Trust has been recovered.
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