Merseyside Ringing Group
Members of the group ring wild birds, mostly in the counties of Cheshire, Merseyside, Flintshire and Denbighshire in North West England and North Wales. The main aim of our work is to benefit the birds through science, education and conservation.
*** Click here for our latest (2016) Annual Report, free to download (1.6MB pdf). ***
Three of the articles within the 2016 report are also available separately:
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, Woolston Eyes 30 April 2016 (313kB pdf)
A Review of the Status of Pied Flycatchers at Prion, Denbighshire 1986-2016 (313kB pdf)
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MRG has ringed over 840,000 birds since 1954. These pages show some of the results.
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migration, longevity - maps of interesting movements, long-lived birds, and others
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the bird in the hand - photos of moult, techniques for ageing birds
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conservation, research and monitoring - examples of our action for conservation
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MRG - who we are, where we operate, 50th Anniversary Report, Annual Reports 2010 to 2015 (free to download)
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publications - published reports, papers and books from MRG members
If you have found a ringed bird, please contact the British Trust for Ornithology or
If you are interested in training to ring birds, please contact
All of our trained ringers are amateurs, licensed under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 by the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology). Ringing in Britain is supported by the JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) on behalf of the government's nature conservation agencies including Natural England and Natural Resources Wales.
Merseyside Ringing Group is a Registered Charity (No. 700044)
Patron: Professor Dr Franz Bairlein
The Merseyside Ringing Group web pages are written and maintained by David Norman, Chairman of MRG.
© Merseyside Ringing Group. Last updated 04 February 2019.
To use any of the contents of this website, including photos and ringing data, please obtain permission from