Welcome to the LDV NNR ringing blog, this blog is designed to share the experiences, findings and tales from a group of dedicated ringers. We specialise in conservation orientated research projects, largely focusing on wildfowl, waders, owls and birds of conservation concern, in and around the Vale of York NNR's.

NB - Whilst the purpose of this blog was initially designed to cover our nationally important wildfowl ringing activities, it now also features wildlife and work posts, explaining how we manage the NNR for both wildlife and people.

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Tuesday, 30 December 2025

28/12/25 - New book!

After five years in the making, the first two copies of the new ‘Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley – a Historical, Conservation and Migration Review’ have finally arrived 😃 This book has been published by the Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley, and contained within its 550 pages is everything we know about the 294 bird species that have occurred on the reserve and surrounding area – historically, along with more detailed trends from the 1960s up to the end of 2024. 

As well as the status, counts and trends, this book also summarises the results from the ringing of over 100,000 birds since the late 1980s, with species maps, selected recoveries, and longevity records. Perhaps more significantly, it also identifies where we know we have gaps in the knowledge for certain species, as well as predicting what species might be the next to occur.  With 294 individual species accounts, 40 maps, 344 colour-photographs and 35 line-drawing and artworks, it’s a must-have book for serious local birders, nature conservationists, land managers, or indeed anyone with a passing interest in the area, the Ings, its birds and wildlife. 



The rest of the copies will be arriving in mid-January, and will be available to buy from then on, with all funds going directly back into supporting more conservation and research projects on the reserve, as well as land acquisition in the area – more details on how to buy one to follow, but if you’d like to place an order in the meantime to secure yourself a copy, please send an email to Lucy.Murgatroyd@naturalengland.org.uk

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