I was watching a pair of Oystercatchers when I noticed that this one has been ringed. It is quite amazing the number of birds I see that have rings on them. Is it because ringing happens here and also the close proximity to Fair Isle and Orkney I wonder. the most unusual was back in 2012 when I spotted an I was watching a pair of Oystercatchers when I noticed that this one has been ringed. It is quite amazing the number of birds I see that have rings on them. Is it because ringing happens here and also the close proximity to Fair Isle and Orkney I wonder. the most unusual was back in 2012 when I spotted an Arctic Skua ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/falkirkbairn/21513463692/in/datetaken/ )that I later discovered had been ringed (if that's the right word) on Mousa 5 years earlier