Captive-bred Birds Meeting

Captive-bred birds: meeting between the BBC, IOA, NE’s Licensing team and Defra’s Wildlife Management and Crime team.

 

Thursday  23rd February – 12.00 – 13.30, Nobel House, Smiths Square, Room G13

This meeting is now postponed until Thursday 9th March 2017

1. Attendees:
BBC:
Bob Partridge, President

IOA:
Alan Robinson, General Secretary

NE:
Nigel Shelton, Senior Adviser – protected species licensing

Lucy Bellini, Senior Adviser – Strategy to Delivery Team

Defra:
Emma Philimore, New Head of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Crime

Jonathan Tweney, Policy Adviser – new policy lead on wild birds and Captive-bred birds

Kate Brickett, Senior Adviser – by phone

2. Agenda

1. Update on legislative changes and approximate timescales – Defra JT

2. Northern/Siberian Bullfinches and Goldfinches (BBC & IOA)

• ring sizes
• licensing

3. Closed rings: (IOA requested to discuss the following)

• Improved specification for the construction of the rings (I.e. crushing strength etc like they have in Belgium)
• All rings to be coloured coded for the Year as per COM rules.
• All rings to be ID coded
• All rings to include millimetre sizes on the ring
• All birds to remain closed rung including colour mutations to enable age identification/ownership against theft.

4. European species list recommended ring sizes (BBC/IOA)

5. Colour variants – ringing exemption.

6. Redpoll taxonomic clarification.

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