Quick garden ringing session

First bird was a nice suprise. A Treecreeper! A few Siskin after that made a pleasant half hours ringing.

Out of County, fun at the farm

While visiting the inlaws in Wiltshire, Mike managed to ring a Little Owl on their farm.

Josh and the Little Owl

Another Jack!

Terry and Simon had a go at lamping the other night and within 5 mins had caught a Jack Snipe! Great start but thereafter no more birds that evening!

Woodcock retrap

Our first woodcock retrap. Hopefully the first of many. This one was caught within a few metres of where it was back in December. With a weight gain of about 40g.

Garden ringing

Sean and Mike had a busy start to the day last Sunday. Several Siskin and Goldfinch and a few other species made up the 57 new birds.


 Also a Blue Tit was retrapped from 5 years ago!



Photos show males of Chaffinch,Siskin and Nuthatch.

Lamping again

With the torch dimming, Kevin and Mike managed to lamp and ring a Jack Snipe tonight. A couple of Woodcock were seen but were suprisingly flightly.

No.3...

 

Mike went solo tonight and followed a woodcock around through mud and water before dropping the net... getting the hang of this...

















Gryllo's been busy recently ringing at feeders at Holten Lee.

See Gryllos blog for more info. Pics from there. http://gryllosblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/gryllos-blog/