The Manx Ringing Group
The group operates under a licence issued by the Manx Government’s Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture.
Its ringers hold licenses from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
Any ringers planning to visit the Isle of Man should contact the group to sort out the details as a separate licence issued by the IOM Government is required to ring any birds on the Isle of Man.
Key contact
Ringing projects
The group coordinates a number of ringing schemes, including colour ringing projects for Chough, large Gulls, Mute Swan, Cormorant, Rock Pipit and Twite; as well as Storm Petrel ringing, Wader/Tern ringing, several nest box studies and garden bird ringing. Read about the MRG’s current colour ringing schemes.
Ringing pullus Choughs
Ringing pullus Choughs using colour rings enables birds to be individually identified after they have fledged.
Young Hen Harriers are ringed
Working with the RSPB, young Hen Harriers are ringed. The Isle of Man supports a healthy population in the hills, curraghs and at the Ayres.
Rock Pipits
A project on Rock Pipits has commenced, looking into dispersal and site fidelity of the local and migrant populations of the Island.
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