Bill that is a reasonable point and obviously there is value for study of migration. Indeed I have several times passed on ring information to the local bird group when I have been able to read the information from a photograph.
I will hold up my hands and not claim to be an ornithologist but I am a photographer and it concerns me how our freedom is being eroded by misinformation, the mindless actions of a few and increased regulation. The main issue I have with ringing studies is with the continued wholesale ringing of resident woodlands species associated with nest box schemes. Surely this area has been studied to exhaustion and its sad to see some of the small passerines suffering with leg injuries.
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