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Had a young, unrung chestnut in the holding cage look a bit off colour for the last couple of days. Decided to catch it out this morning. Feeling the body condition of the bird I would assume that it was struggling to crack seed.

The ring was so tightly entrenched within the beak that it couldn't be extracted with tweezers. Ended up carefully cutting it away. Now to find out which bird was rung yellow 17!

Hi Gary,There always seems to be a new way to surprize us.

Cheers Greg

now thats a new take on lap banding.

probably thought, "I'll crack this *#@%ing corn kernel if its the last thing I do".

This has also happened in my collection twice, both times it has happened to Tri Nuns

Is it always the same coloured rings?