Experienced ringer wanted in Sweden in September

Kvismare Bird Observatory needs experienced ringers for September this year
(possible start late August, the season ends September 30). If you are
interested, please contact our staff manager at staff_manager@kvismaren.org
You would live in a house located a couple of hundred metres from
one of the lakes, and while travelling expenses are paid by the applicant,
Kvismare Bird Observatory pays an allowance of SEK 850 (equivalent of 89.4
EUR June 21, 2010) for a ringer staying the whole period. It is required
that you speak English in order to work at Kvismare Bird Observatory.

The bird observatory is situated at 59.14 N / 15.24 E near Örebro, about 200
kilometres west of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The wetlands of
Kvismaren are classical Swedish birding grounds that are receiving more
attention now due to extensive restoration efforts. Kvismare Bird
Observatory started ringing birds 1961, and since 1991 the trapping effort
is standardised from July to September. Ringing is carried out at three
different sites (reed beds and shrub lands). Mostly we catch breeding and
migrating passerines. In addition to the actual ringing other duties are of
course attached, such as clearing net paths, mending nets, entering ringing
data into the computer program, conducting bird counts in the lakes etc.

Martin Stervander

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