Distribution Map for recovered Lesser Redpoll 2020
To use the map below, use the scroll button of your mouse to zoom in or out of the map and then click on the yellow, red and blue icons for more details of the Lesser Redpoll recoveries and controls. The yellow icon identifies the location of Ripon Parks, the red icons are birds ringed at RP and controlled elsewhere and the blue icons are for birds controlled at Ripon Parks.
Lesser Redpoll AAN6196
Lesser Redpoll AAN6196, ringed on 20 September 2020 as a first year bird and controlled at Marshalswick, Hertfordshire on 17 and 26 March 2024 as an adult female having travelled 279km (173 miles) in a SSE direction from Ripon Parks.
For the direct flightpath of this bird, please click on the following link
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2602198
Lesser Redpoll AJT1395
Lesser Redpoll AJT1395, ringed on 9 October 2021 as a first year bird and controlled at Rutland Water on 27 January 2024 as an adult male having travelled 176km (109 miles) in a SSE direction.
For the direct flightpath of this bird, please click on the following link.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2518101
Lesser Redpoll BCC9427
Lesser Redpoll BCC9427, ringed on 22 October 2023 and controlled at Bevercotes Mine, Lound Hall, near Retford on 13 January 2024 having travelled 109km (68 miles) in a SSE direction. This is the 2nd EDRG LesRe to have been controlled at this site following AAN6168 which was controlled there in September 2020.
For the direct flight path of this bird, click on the following link.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2491707
Lesser Redpoll AJT1495
Lesser Redpoll AJT1495, ringed on 20 October 2021 and found deceased at Bromsberrow, Ledbury on 7 January 2023 having travelled 248km (154 miles) in a SSW direction.
For the direct flight path of this bird, click on the following link.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2486900
Lesser Redpoll AJT1493
Ringed on 20 October 2021, this adult male was controlled at Derwent Nature Reserve, Northumberland on 27 August 2022 having travelled 85km (53 miles) in a NNW direction.
For the direct flight path of this bird, click on the following link.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2486873
Lesser Redpoll AAN6495
Ringed on 10 October 2020 as a 1st year male, this bird was controlled at Billinge Hill, Billinge, Merseyside on 6 November 2021 having travelled 108km (67 miles) in a SW direction. Click on the following link for AAN6495’s direct flight path from RP to Billinge.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1742786
Lesser Redpoll S590127, AHK6215 and AJL6509
The above birds were controlled at Ripon Parks within the space of a few days, S590127 and AHK6215 were controlled on the same day!
S590127 was ringed on 15 April 2021 at Fire Tower, Birklands, Warsop, Notts and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 20 October 2021 as an adult male. This bird had travelled 11km (69 miles) in a NNW direction.
AHK6215 was ringed on 2 May 2021 at Middleton Nature Reserve, Lancashire and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 20 October 2021 as an adult male. This bird had travelled 91km (57 miles) in an E direction. This is not the usual inward direction for other LesRe that we have controlled at RP.
AJL6509 was ringed on 30 September 2020 at Marston Sewage Works, Lincolnshire and controlled at Ripon Parks on 26 October 2021 having travelled 146km (91 miles) in a NNW direction.
Lesser Redpoll ACP9808, AFP1149 and AEK2616
The above birds were controlled at Ripon Parks over a one week period. Two birds ACP9808 and AFP1149 were caught in the same net round, in the same net laying side by side!
ACP9808 was ringed on 17 October 2020 at Warren Farm Waxham and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 9 October 2021 as an adult male having travelled 261km (162 miles) in a NW direction. This is the second LesRe to have been controlled at Ripon Parks from Waxham.
AFP1149 was ringed on 23 January 2021 at Brandon, Suffolk and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 9 October 2021 as an adult male having travelled 239km (149 miles) in a NW direction.
AEK2616 was ringed on 28 September 2020 at Hatfield Moors, Doncaster, South Yorkshire and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 13 October 2021 as an adult female having travelled 79km (40 miles) in a NNW direction.
All three birds travelled in a direction common to and directly opposite to LesRe ringed at Ripon Parks in that most RP birds travelled in a SE or SSE direction after being ringed.
Lesser Redpoll AAN6031
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 17 September 2020, this bird was controlled at Lauw, Limburg, Belgium on 29 October 2020 having travelled 605km (376 miles) in a SE direction in just 42 days and thus following the trend of many EDRG Lesser Redpoll ringed at Ripon Parks to migrate, in the autumn, in a SE or SSE direction. This recapture of an adult male is the first overseas recapture of a Lesser Redpoll for the group. Click on the following link for AAN6031’s direct flightpath from RP to Lauw.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1675940
Lesser Redpoll AJE0891
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 24 October 2020, this bird was controlled at RSPB Geltsdale, Cumbria on 14 July 2021 having travelled 110km (68 miles) in a NW direction, once again bucking the trend of Ripon Parks ringed birds of travelling in a SE or SSE direction post ringing. Click on the following link for AJE0891’s direct flightpath from RP to Geltsdale.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1643182
Lesser Redpoll AAN6083
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 17 September 2020, this bird was controlled at Groeslon, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales on 29 May 2021 having travelled 219km (136 miles) in a WSW direction, thus bucking the trend of Ripon Parks ringed birds of travelling in a SE or SSE direction post ringing. Click on the following link for AAN6083’s direct flightpath from RP to Groeslon.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1611816
Lesser Redpoll AAN6402
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 4 October 2020, this bird was controlled at Hollesley Heath, Suffolk on 16 March 2021 having travelled 308km (191 miles) in a SE direction. This is a bird on Spring migration and is the second EDRG Ripon Parks Lesser Redpoll to be controlled at Hollesley Heath and by the same ringer. AAN6501 was ringed at Ripon Parks on 14 October 2020, subsequently being controlled at Hollesley Heath on 17 December 2020. This is typically to route taken by many of the LesRe ringed at Ripon Parks. Click on the following link for AAN6402’s direct flight path from Ripon Parks to Hollesley Heath.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1570757
Lesser Redpoll AAN6304
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 30 September 2020, this bird was controlled at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire on 7 May 2021 having travelled 112km (70 miles) in a SSE direction. This is the second Lesser Redpoll this year to be controlled in Edwinstone by the same ringer. Click on the following link for the birds’ direct flight path from Ripon Parks to Edwinstowe.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1544729
Lesser Redpoll AJE0870
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 24 October 2020, this bird was controlled at Budby Corner Plantations, Carburton, Notts on 18 April 2021 having travelled 107km (66 miles) in a SSE direction. Click on the following link for the birds’ direct flight path from Ripon Parks to Carburton.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1544736
Lesser Redpoll AHD0853
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 17 October 2018 as a first year male, this bird was controlled at Hednesford Hills, Staffordshire on 7 March 2021 having travelled 164km (102 miles) in a SSW direction. Click on the following link for the birds’ direct flight path from Ripon Parks to Hednesford.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1481363
Lesser Redpoll ABK6996
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 14 October 2020 as an adult female, this bird was controlled at Kings Wood, Challock, Kent on 25 February 2021 having travelled 367km (228 miles) in a SSE direction. This is the furthest south that an EDRG LesRe has been found, so far. Click on the following link for the birds’ direct flight path from Ripon Parks to Kent.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1456333
Lesser Redpoll AAN6501
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 14 October 2020, this bird was controlled at Hollesley Heath, Suffolk on 17 December 2020 having travelled 308km (191 miles) in a SE direction, typically the direction of all LesRe caught at Ripon Parks. Click on the link below for an animated version of the birds’ direct flight path.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1429550
Lesser Redpoll AAN6111
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 18 September 2020, this bird was controlled at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire on 4 February 2021 having travelled 112km (70 miles) in a SSE direction. Click on the link below for an animated version of the birds’ direct flight path.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1427368
Lesser Redpoll AAN6081
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 17 September 2020 this bird was controlled at Stanford Reservoir, Northamptonshire on 15 October 2020 having travelled 197km (122 miles) in a S direction. Click and open full page on the link below for an animated map of the birds’ direct flight path.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1339470?units=km
Lesser Redpoll AAN6488
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 5 October 2020 this bird was controlled at Arger Fen, Suffolk on 17 October 2020 having travelled 289km (180 miles) in a SSE direction. Click and open full page on the link below for an animated map of the birds’ direct flight path.
https://www.plotaroute.com/route/1338498?units=km
Lesser Redpoll AAN6168
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 19 September 2020 this bird was controlled on 29 September 2020 at Bevercotes, Nottinghamshire having travelled 110km (68 miles) in a SSE direction.
Lesser Redpoll AHD0910
Ringed at Ripon Parks on 21 October 2018 this female bird was controlled on the 8 August 202 at Mockerkin, Cumbria having travelled 132km (82 miles) in a WNW direction over 657 days.
Lesser Redpoll ABE9517
Ringed at Branch End, Stocksfield, Northumberland, on 19 March 2019 as an adult male, this bird was controlled by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 27 October 2019 having travelled 89km (55 miles) in a SSE direction.
Lesser Redpoll D710125
Ringed by Runnymede Ringing Group at Black Park Country Park, Slough in Buckinghamshire on 24 November 2013, this bird was controlled by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 17 October 2015
Lesser Redpoll AJE0121
Ringed by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 15 October 2018 as a juvenile, this bird was controlled on 30 March 2019 at Drayton Pond, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire having travelled some 107km (66 miles) in a SSE direction.
Lesser Redpoll AHD0826
Ringed by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 17 October 2018 as an adult female, this bird was controlled by the Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Bradfield Moor, South Yorkshire, on 21 October 2018 having travelled the 82km (51 miles) distance S in 4 days.
Lesser Redpoll S008520
Contrary to the normal pattern of movement seen by Lesser Redpoll ringed at Ripon Parks, Lesser Redpoll S008520, ringed at RP on 23 October 2016 as a juvenile bird was controlled on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man by the Calf of Man Bo. on 13 May 2018 hence travelling west some 215km in 19 months. We hope it enjoyed the races. Look at our distribution map at the following link to see our usual dispersal patterns.
Lesser Redpoll AHD0872
Ringed at Ripon Parks by EDRG on 19 October 2018 as a first year male, this bird was controlled at Thorpe Marsh, South Yorkshire, UK on 28 October, a distance of 78km SSE.
Lesser Redpoll Z834956
Ringed by the Hersham RG at Queen Mary Reservoir, Surrey by Heathrow Airport, on 3 November 2015 and controlled by EDRG almost three years later at Ripon Parks on 24 October 2018. This bird had travelled a distance of 314km in a NNW direction.
Lesser Redpoll APB6192
Ringed by Wintersett RG at Anglers Country Park, Wakefield on 8 April 2018 and controlled by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 15 October 2018, a distance of 60km in a northerly direction.
Distribution Map for Lesser Redpoll ringed or controlled up to April 2018
Below is a map showing the direction of travel of Lesser Redpoll ringed at Ripon Parks by EDRG (red icons). The blue icons represent birds which have been controlled by EDRG. This map shows, in most cases, that birds ringed by the group at Ripon Parks travel in a S, SE or SSE direction after ringing. The two controlled birds from Scotland show a similar migratory direction. The two controlled birds from Northern Ireland travelled mainly E in direction.
Lesser Redpoll Z597738
This bird was ringed as an adult male on 6 November 2015 at Ripon Parks and was controlled some 897days and 102km WSW of the site at Laidleys Walk, Fleetwood, Lancashire on 21 April 2018.
Lesser Redpolls S605922 and S605812
These two birds were ringed at Ripon Parks on 20th and 25th October 2017 respectively. S605922 was ringed as a juvenile and S605812 as an adult female. Both these birds were controlled on the same day and the same site at Hazeley Heath, Hampshire. Wow.. what a recovery for the group. They had travelled 322km due S from the original ringing site.
Lesser Redpoll S847469
Ringed at Ripon Parks, Ripon as a juvenile on 18 October 2017, this bird was controlled at Finningley Airfield, near Doncaster on 25 March 2018 having travelled 85km SSE from its original ringing site.
Lesser Redpoll S008473
This juvenile, was ringed on 20 October 2016 at Ripon Parks and re-trapped 31 days later at Castlemorton Common, Worcestershire, some 241km (150 miles) south west of its original ringing site.
Lesser Redpoll Y518198
Ringed at the Copeland Bird Observatory, County Down, UK on 21 September 2014 this male was controlled at Ripon Parks on 24 November 2017 having travelled ESE for 265km.
Lesser Redpoll S364095
Ringed by the Grampian Ringing Group at Kintore, Aberdeenshire, UK on 30 March 2017, this bird was controlled on 27 October 2017 at Ripon Parks having travelled South for 343Km.
Lesser Redpoll Z889243
Ringed by the Wintersett Ringing Group at Anglers Park on 8 October 2015 as a first winter bird, this LR was controlled at Ripon Parks on 23 October 2017 having travelled North 60km.
Lesser Redpoll S443444
One of a number of Lesser Redpolls moving between Ripon Parks and Chobham, Surrey, this bird was originally ringed on 19 November by the Runnymede Ringing Group and was controlled at Ripon Parks on 15 October 2017 having moved N some 318km in just short of a year.
Lesser Redpoll S097417
Ringed by Spurn RO at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire on 10 October 2016 as a first year bird, this male was controlled by EDRG at Ripon Parks on 8 October 2017 having travelled 126km WNW .
Lesser Redpoll Z925947
Originally ringed in Bevercotes Mine, Lound Hall, near West Derby, Nottinghamshire as a first year bird on 8 November 2016, this male was controlled at Ripon Parks on 16 October 2017. It had flown 109km, NNW in just short of a year.
Lesser Redpoll Z577881
This bird was originally ringed at Warren Farm, Waxham, Norfolk, UK on 23 October 2016 as a juvenile male and controlled at Ripon Parks on 8 October 2017. The bird had flown 262km in less than a year.
Lesser Redpoll Z026050
Originally ringed at High Batts, North Stainley, as a first spring bird on 3 April 2016, this bird was found freshly dead having hit a window in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria on 10 June 2017. The bird had flown 61km (38 miles) in just over a year.
Lesser Redpoll Y518596
This bird was originally ringed at the Copeland Bird Observatory on 20 September 2015 and controlled at High Batts, North Stainley, North Yorkshire on 1 May 2016. A distance of 264km (164 miles).
Lesser Redpoll T084791
Ringed near Dalchork, near Lairg, Highland on 7 August 2015 and controlled by EDRG on 3 April 2016 at High Batts, North Stainley, North Yorkshire on 1 May 2016. A distance of 465km (289 miles).
Lesser Redpoll Z597568
This bird was ringed at The Dubb, Ripon Parks on 13 October 2015 and was controlled on 19 April 2016 at Owston Ferry, Epworth, North Lincolnshire, a distance of 90km (56 miles). The question is, did it winter even further south in England and was retrapped on its way north, back to the breeding area, whether that be in Scotland or Scandinavia?
The much travelled Lesser Redpoll Z597610
This bird was ringed at The Dubb, Ripon Parks on 18 October 2015 and controlled on Chobham Common, Surrey on 24 October 2015. It was later controlled in nearby Ottershaw on the 6 March 2016.
Lesser Redpoll Z597701
Ringed at The Dubb, Ripon Parks 28 October 2015 and controlled at Brickkiln Farm, Norfolk on 23 January 2016.
Lesser Redpoll Z025846
Ringed at The Dubb, Ripon Parks on 5 September 2015 and controlled at Boxford, Suffolk on 11 December 2015.
Lesser Redpoll Z597754
Ringed at The Dubb, Ripon Parks on 8 November 2015 and controlled at Pocklington Canal, York on 20 November 2015.
Lesser Redpoll Z889070
Ringed on 20 September 2015 at The Anglers Country Park, Wakefield and controlled by EDRG at The Dubb, Ripon Parks on 12 October 2015.
East Dales Ringing Group 