TAY RINGING GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025 Location: Argaty Red Kite Centre. Doune Dale: Sunday 161h March 2025 Time.. 14:(M) AGENDA DETAILS INTRODUCTIONS a. AllendunL b, Apologies c. Minutes from the 2024 AGM REPORTS o. Ar)nLJal lotals b. Secretary's Report c. Treasurers Report 111. BUSINESS a. Approvol ot accounts b. Amendments to the Conslilulion- new membership calegory c. Selting of subscriplion amounts 202&2026 d. Nominalion of Auditor Election ol commiltee members IV. CONCLUSION a. Any olher competent busines5 TAY RINGING GROUP- BUIDHEANN EOIN-FHAINNEACHAIDH NA TATHA Promoting Conservotion Jhrough Ringing Scottish Chority No.SCOI 7091 Page 2 TAY RINGING GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024 Location: Camperdown Wildlile Centre, Dundee and Online Dale.. Sundoy 17th March 2024 Time". 14:CK) MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING INTRODUCTIONS Attendance Apologles Minutes from the 2023 AGM Circulatcd prior to Ihe meeting. It was noted that therc wos a rnislake in the minutes in that was proposed as Secretory b¥, not 05 C.h,:iir. HilP-I this Lvll livi I I I i I Illlu les were proposed by Les Ha I Iui i ikn bL￿VI IKAL'd by The minutes were accepted by a majority vote. REPORTS Annual Totals presented the annual ringing totals for 2023 which were circulated prior to the nic'elino, Iiccompanied by some slides. New species lor the TRG lisl in 2023 were Ptarmigan and Blyth's Reed Warbler. The usual suspects were in the top ten species ringed, with Bearded Tit numbers down frotTI Ilie last reporting period. i)oted thol Siskin numbers were at an all time low in 2023. noted that Slorrri rtetrels were absent from the species totals this year and Ihal 11 i¥[ .5 definitely a keenness among group members to go for this species, particularly at Fife Ness. Barred Warbler appears on the list as a single bird and a 10 year high, L)ut clarified that this is because only a single Barred Warbler has previously been ringed and over 10 years ago. also claritied that that the bird lislod as 'hybrid" was in lacl a Ferol Pigeon, lor which ni) ic)dc'. I ijiro,. ntly exisls in Di., nion.. has approached BTO to ask if this can be added.￿ lhanked￿ lor i-l w(Jrk as Schedules Officer and lor the presentation a Ila i.'i ¥i_.,(_Ii(J1 j(Jn of the re.p￿[￿1 l. Secretary's Report presented the Secretary's Reporl as circulated prior to the meeting. Membership of the group has declined slightly from the last AGM, currently slanding al I I l. Two of the publ"'i ilti,-.riS Dresented in the report were Short-eared Owl studies lead- authored by￿, who wishpd trn pn~~SO~~|**Total**
~~SO~~|**High/10yr**
**High**
~~SO~~|**Species**
~~OO~~|**A/FG/J **
~~OO~~|**Pullus **
~~OO~~|**Total**
~~OO~~|**High/10yr**
**High**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Mute Swan
~~SO~~|2
~~SO~~|0
~~SO~~
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|2
~~SO~~
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|SandMartin
~~SO~~
~~OO~~
~~**O**G~~|416
~~SO~~
~~OO~~
~~G~~|0
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|416
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~| |Mallard
~~nO~~|3
~~nO~~|0
~~SO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|3
~~SO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Swallow
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~**O**G~~
~~A~~|206
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~G~~|79
~~OO~~
~~nO~~|285
~~OO~~
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Ptarmigan
~~n~~|1
~~n~~|0
~~OO~~
~~n~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~n~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~n~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|HouseMartin
~~**O**G~~
~~n~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|14
~~G~~|13|27|| |GreyPartridge
~~nO~~|18
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|18
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Long-tailedTit
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|247
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|247
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Stock Dove
~~nO~~|3
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|3
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|WoodWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|5
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|5
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Woodpigeon
~~nO~~|44
~~nO~~|6
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|50
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Yellow-browedWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|11
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|11
~~nO~~|High
~~nO~~| |CollaredDove
~~nO~~|14
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|14
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Willow Warbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|282
~~nO~~|5
~~nO~~|287
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Moorhen
~~nO~~|12
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|12
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|10 yr
~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Chiffchaff
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|404
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|404
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Coot
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|10 yr
~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|GreatReedWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|1
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|NEW
~~nO~~| |Little Grebe
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|HIgh
~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|SedgeWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|514
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|514
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Oystercatcher
~~nO~~|19
~~nO~~|15
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|34
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|ReedWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|209
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|209
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |RingedPlover
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|IcterineWarbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|1
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|High
~~nO~~| |LittleRingedPlover
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Grasshopper Warbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|9
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|9
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Lapwing
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|83
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|83
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Blackcap
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|166
~~nO~~|7
~~nO~~|173
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |Curlew
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Garden Warbler
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~A~~|20
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|20
~~nO~~|~~nO~~| |JackSnipe
~~nO~~|12
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|12
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Lesser Whitethroat
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~A~~
~~OO~~|10
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|10
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|High
~~nO~~| |Woodcock
~~nO~~|72
~~nO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|73
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Whitethroat
~~A~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|59
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|60
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Snipe
~~nO~~|4
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Goldcrest
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|127
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|127
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |CommonSandpiper
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Wren
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|276
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|278
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Redshank
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Nuthatch
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|19
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|9
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|28
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Dunlin
~~nO~~|1
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Treecreeper
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|41
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|41
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |ArcticTern
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|23
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|23
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Starling
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1164
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|9
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1173
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Common Tern
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|93
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|93
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|SongThrush
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|63
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|14
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|77
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Kittiwake
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|51
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|51
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|MistleThrush
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Black-headed Gull
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|15
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|15
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Redwing
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|93
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|93
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |CommonGull
~~nO~~|0
~~nO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Blackbird
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|404
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|57
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|461
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Herring Gull
~~nO~~|51
~~nO~~|43
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|94
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|10 yr
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Fieldfare
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|19
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|19
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Lesser Black-backed Gull
~~nO~~|3
~~nO~~|106
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|109
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|10 yr
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|SpottedFlycatcher
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Storm Petrel
~~nO~~|6
~~nO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|6
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|Robin
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|507
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|14
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|521
~~OO~~
~~nO~~
~~OO~~|~~nO~~| |Golden Eagle
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~OO ~~|Red-breastedFlycatcher
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|High| |Sparrowhawk
~~OO~~|11
~~OO~~|6
~~OO~~|17
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Whinchat
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Marsh Harrier
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|8
~~OO~~|8
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Stonechat
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Hen Harrier
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Dipper
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~|16
~~OO~~|23
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |RedKite
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|3
~~OO~~|3
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Tree Sparrow
~~OO~~|320
~~OO~~|111
~~OO~~|431
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |White-tailedEagle
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|House Sparrow
~~OO~~|391
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|391
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Buzzard
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Dunnock
~~OO~~|317
~~OO~~|12
~~OO~~|329
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |BarnOwl
~~OO~~|29
~~OO~~|118
~~OO~~|147
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Pied/WhiteWagtail
~~OO~~|58
~~OO~~|11
~~OO~~|69
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Long-eared Owl
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Meadow Pipit
~~OO~~|66
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|68
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Tawny Owl
~~OO~~|2
~~OO~~|3
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|TreePipit
~~OO~~|14
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|14
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Kingfisher
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Rock Pipit
~~OO~~|24
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|24
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Great SpottedWoodpecker
~~OO~~|56
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|56
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Chaffinch
~~OO~~|997
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~|1004
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Kestrel
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|43
~~OO~~|43
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Brambling
~~OO~~|10
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|10
~~OO~~|~~OO~~| |Merlin
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~|Bullfinch
~~OO~~|144
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|144
~~OO~~|High| |Peregrine
~~SO~~|0
~~SO~~|18
~~OO~~|18
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Greenfinch
~~OO~~|298
~~OO~~|4
~~OO~~|302
~~OO~~|| |Jay
~~SO~~|7
~~SO~~|0
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Twite
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|| |Magpie
~~SO~~|28
~~SO~~|0
~~OO~~|28
~~OO~~|High
~~OO~~|Linnet
~~OO~~|9
~~OO~~|8
~~OO~~|17
~~OO~~|| |Jackdaw
~~SO~~|27
~~SO~~|18
~~OO~~|45
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Redpoll
~~OO~~|40
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|40
~~OO~~|| |Rook
~~SO~~|9
~~SO~~|0
~~OO~~|9
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|CommonCrossbill
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|| |CarrionCrow
~~SO~~|4
~~SO~~|1
~~OO~~|5
~~OO~~|~~OO~~|Goldfinch
~~OO~~|701
~~OO~~|1
~~OO~~|702
~~OO~~|10 yr| |Raven
~~SO~~|0
~~SO~~|7
~~OO~~|7
~~OO~~|10 yr
~~OO~~|Siskin
~~OO~~|1193
~~OO~~|0
~~OO~~|1193
~~OO~~|10 yr| |Coal Tit
~~SO~~|488
~~SO~~|17
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|505
~~OO~~
~~OO~~|~~OO~~
~~OO~~|Yellowhammer
~~OO~~
~~GO~~|57
~~OO~~
~~GO~~|0
~~OO~~
~~GO~~|57
~~OO~~
~~GO~~|| |BlueTit
~~SO~~|1131
~~SO~~|180
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|1311
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~
~~OO~~|ReedBunting
~~SO~~
~~GO~~|253
~~SO~~
~~GO~~|0
~~SO~~
~~GO~~|253
~~SO~~
~~GO~~|~~SO~~| |GreatTit
~~OC~~|696
~~OC~~|220
~~OO~~
~~OC~~
~~OO~~|916
~~OO~~
~~OC~~
~~OO~~|~~OO ~~
~~OC ~~
~~OO~~|**Total**
~~GO~~
~~SO~~|**13524**
~~GO~~
~~SO~~|**1493**
~~GO~~
~~CO~~|**15017**
~~GO~~
~~CO~~|| |BeardedTit
~~SO~~|315
~~SO~~|0
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|315
~~SO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~
~~OO~~|~~SO~~||||| |Skylark
~~CG~~|238
~~CG~~|0
~~OO~~
~~CG~~|238
~~OO~~
~~CG~~|High
~~OO~~
~~CG~~|**Grand Total**
**734,291**
~~CG~~||||| TAY RINGING GROUP SECRETARY'S REPORT 2025 SECRETARY'S REPORT Covering the period 171h March ￿24 10 161h March 2025. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS Charlty nome other names charlty Is known by Reg151ered charlty number Charlty's prlnclpal adthess TAY RINGING GROUP II scoi 71)Pl I MELVILLE IERRACE CRAIL ROAD ANSTRUTHER P0￿Code. KYIO 3EW STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Lommillpe menibers ILhorily Truslees) appoinlc,O qt the 2(Y24 AGhA ond wvlng up lo the date of Ihis Report. Ex-orricio commitlee members 2024-2025: - In 2024 and 2025 the committee met five times, in March, June, September and October 2024, and January 2025. Once finalised and approved at the subsequent committee meeting, meeting minutes are available to all members to view on the group website, or on request to the Secretary. Committee meetings are open for all members to participate in. - All committee meetings in 2024-2025 took place online. - The governing document of Tay Ringing Group is the Constitution and Rules as amended at the 2022 AGM. _**Table 1** : Breakdown of membership of Tay RG by membership grade and BTO ringing permit type_ ||Full|Associate|Student|Junior|Honorary|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |None|1|9|0|0|1|**11**| |T|24|4|5|2|0|**35**| |C|33|8|1|0|0|**43**| |A|11|2|0|0|2|**15**| |S|12|4|0|0|0|**13**| |**Total**|**81**|**28**|**6**|**2**|**3**|**120**| - Table 1 shows the breakdown in membership by grade and permit type. It represents membership counts only, not payments received as part of subscriptions and therefore may differ from the Treasurer’s Report. Differences in the figures produced here and in the accounts will be due to late or outstanding membership fee payments, or recently joined members. - Overall membership has increased from that reported in the last Secretary’s Report (2023-2024), from 111 members to 120 members as of the end of February 2024. This is due to a net increase in the number of new full and student members joining the group. - The relative proportion of members holding each permit type has not changed substantially from last financial year, with the largest part of the group holding C permits (36%). There has been a slight increase in the number of T permit holders to 29%, and a decrease in the number of members holding no permit at all. Page 2 ur(((' Figure l.. Mop of distribution of members of Tay RG in 2023-2024. Figure I shows the dislribution of ringers wilhin the group in central Scotland. based on addresses provided ot joining. It doe5 not show the ations of ringing sites Ihroughovt Ihe group's area ol operalions. Red ifKllcaTes the hesl concentratlon of members. whereos blue indicates low concentralions ol members. 111. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Charltable purpose: l. To carry out bird ringing and to slimulale an interesl generally in bird ringing as a scientilic tool for bird study.. 2. Without prejudice lo the foslering of rtnging acttvilies elsewhere, to Co-ordinate ringing aclivity in Angus. Dundee. File. Perlh and Kinros5. Clackmannanshire. Stiding and Falkirk; and 3. To anoly5e ond publish the results of ringing activities of Group member5 Summary ol maln actlvltles: Rlnglng Tralnlng Weekend - Held on the 261h lo 281b of Juty Z)24 at various sites including Ihe Tay Reedbeds and Dundee. Several members had permit upgrades as a resull ol Page 3 atlendance and there were plenty of trainee5 present. including from other ringing groups in Scotland. Scottish Ringers Conlerence - Held on 81h to Iolh November Y)24 at the Carrbtidge Holel. Group projects- Examples of projects ongoing within the Group in 2024-2025 include: MOTUS Rock Pipit tracking: migrant passerine GLS tracking: Dipper ringing Iraining.. colour-ringing of various species,. RAS and CES,. seabird ringing at Inchcolm. For more information please see the Annual Tolals Report. Publlcatlons- Papers authored by Tay RG members or published using Toy RG fieldwork or data in 2024-2025 that Ihe Committee is owore of: 1049. .Bes oke desi cil {- L. Irii cinil 111111": lini1 slud of Black Grouse urus telnx at lek sites.. assessment ot ettectiveness for lulure sludies. Ri Grant appllcallons - There were no requests for grants made lo the commillee in 2024- 2025 TAY RINGING GROUP- BUIDHEANN EèIN-FHAINNEACHADH NA TATHA Promoting Conservalion Through Ringing Scottish Charity No.SCOI 7(Tr1 Page 4 TAY RINGING GROUP TREASURER'S REPORT 2025 TREASURER'S REPORT Covering the period 01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. FINANCES 2023-2024 (ON A RECIPEPTSIPAYMENTS BASIS) Bank of Scotland Current Account Income Membership £18.905.21 OB Full rrwibo poymenl £40 As50dale Memt￿ap poymenl £7.Y) Slvdent m8mtxr5Np poym8nl £2) Other m8mb8rshl payment Inclvdgs RSPB Frtjyment for cosls ol reedbed rtn￿ (wlth excopllon ol roosl Catc￿5> CES ond RAS rebale15 I￿ger pth1 BTO as a Granl, tyJt con Sel awlnsl*KI pvrcfuse. of £329.55 h)5fvJsl IfebW251 been ch)*￿d fuljsl yeor. $0 Th)t s￿r￿j here 81 .24).C £210. £13).C £?56.20 £3,826.20 Dala usage £1062.47 Ring rebale £0.00 Donalions Docu￿OnIa[V ÈquipTnent'. ne15 OIC 501d lo rrcmtrcr5 £226.79 Equipment, nets & rings Calendar sales Conlerence: Ralfle Conlerence: Booking fee5 £104.58 £304.00 £1.911.IX) £20.Y25.70 Total in¢oming= £27,660.74 Expenditure Rir)g slock purchase Grants paid Fee lo Externol Examiner Rings purc1￿$8￿ in the Cu￿8￿1 year 42,666.53.75 -£0. No gronls made ir) 2Y24 lemal Exami￿rIe8 declined £0.￿) |Reinbursements|repaid membership fee,
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training day lunches,
for unused
conference fee,
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materials|-£264.98|| |---|---|---|---| |Admin/IT|No group website payment this year|-£5.95|| |Calendar
printing||-£426.24|| |Conference:
Hotelpayment||-£17,981.00|| |IT/Website||-£33.06|| |**Total outgoing: **|||-£21,371.81| ||||**£25,194.14 CB**| |**Total bank funds**|||**£25,194.14**| OB – Opening balance CB – Closing balance 1Membership income increase from 2023 (£2,876.30) to 2024 (£3,811.80) results in large part from a drive to chase late payers, so that a number have paid twice in the last year. Page 2 ## **II. ANNUAL FINANCE COMPARISON** |**INCOME**|**2023**|**2024**| |---|---|---| |MEMBERSHIP|£2,876.30|£3,826.20| |DONATIONS|£193.93|£226.79| |RINGS-USE OF DATA|£915.48|£1,062.47| |RINGS-RAS REBATE|£230.79|£0.00| |NET SALES|£591.91|£20.00| |CALENDAR SALES|£0.00|£304.00| |INTEREST|£13.62|£0.00| |GRANTS|£100.00|£0.00| |CONFERENCE FEES|£0.00|£20,225.70| |CONFERENCE RAFFLE|£0.00|£1,911.00| |TOTAL INCOME|£14,921.33|£27,600.74| |||| |**EXPENDITURE**||| |GRANTS|£234.80|£0.00| |BTO RINGS|£8,526.76|£2,666.53| |CALENDAR PRINTING|£0.00|£426.24| |IT|£0.00|£33.06| |ADMIN|£51.21|£0.00| |MISC|£0.00|£264.98| |AUDIT|£0.00|£0.00| |CONFERENCE HOTEL|£0.00|£17,981.00| |TOTAL EXPENDITURE|£8,812.77|£21,371.81| |||| |NET INCOME-EXPENDITURE|£6,108.57|£6,228.93| |||| |OPENINGBALANCE1|£12,796.64|£18,905.21| |||| |**CLOSING BALANCE1**|**£18,905.21**|**£25,194.98**| ## **TAY RINGING GROUP – BUIDHEANN EÒIN-FHÀINNEACHADH NA TATHA** ## _Promoting Conservation Through Ringing_ Scottish Charity No.SC017091 Page 3 ## Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Tay Ringing Group I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 3. ## Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 2006 Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## Basis of independent examiner’s statement My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. ## Independent examiner’s statement In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: IiE]vo not L)L)Oli Inut, ()I' ?., to wliiGlI, iii rny opiiiivii, iJll(biili()11 Ii(Jiil(J F)(1 (IriJWlI Iii i)r(J(Jr tu