A pioneering new Arctic Norway bird ringing project is on! For the first time we are doing an autumn migration ringing scheme in the Pasvik Valley in south Varanger. We expect this to be a major migration route for birds breeding in eastern Finnmark and nearby Russian regions. Pasvik is the northeasternmost part of Norway. In fact it is further east then Istanbul. Pasvik is a sparsely populated and a the westernmost part of the vast northern taiga forest.
We have for the past 3 years been running an autumn bird ringing project in Nesseby, Varanger. This year we decided to expand the project and research new areas. We are very thankful for all the help and contributions from our partners. In particular we would like to mention the Øvre PAsvik Natioanl Park board, with Rolf Kollstrøm for local fixing and contributions to the project. Also Bjørn at the local one man police station deserves our gratitude for letting us use the police station area for at Nyrud as a base for this project. Contributions from Stavanger Museum, Bess Jahres fund and the Finnmark county environment department makes this years ringing scheme possible. Big thanks! We have organised this years ringing scheme as previous years in Nesseby, with two groups of birders and bird ringers from UK. The Brewood Ringers and Wychavon Rigning Group, led by Fergus Henderson and Colin McShane.
Follow this blog to stay up to date with the findings of this pioneering project!
Best wishes from
Tormod Amundsen, Elin Taranger, Jonnie Fisk, Fergus Henderson, John Hodson, Andy Warr, Cloe Loo, Tim Dixon, Helen and Jamie Dixon
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