Bird Ringing Station Manual

In an attempt to standardize elements of the station routine, the book describes the procedures used in passerine and wader ringing stations. It offers a comparative analysis of versatile evaluation techniques such as measurements, orientation experiments and monitoring. The authors meticulously analyze different methods used to track birds, including catching passerines with mist-nets in land and wetland habitat, as well as the use of the Heligoland trap. The monograph, as a successful bid to establish a bird station routine that is favourable to both birds and ringers, will benefit all professional and amateur ringers.

Standard definitions of bird ringing methods
Descriptions of effective procedures for field work

Przemyslaw Busse and Wlodzimierz Meissner, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.