|
|
New
|
Retrap
|
Total
|
|
Blackbird
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
|
Blue Tit
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
|
Chaffinch
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Dunnock
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
|
Fieldfare
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Goldcrest
|
3
|
12
|
15
|
|
Goldfinch
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Great Tit
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
Grey Wagtail
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Lesser Redpoll
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
Long Tailed Tit
|
2
|
13
|
15
|
|
Reed Bunting
|
7
|
4
|
11
|
|
Redwing
|
6
|
|
6
|
|
Robin
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
Song Thrush
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Wren
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
38
|
47
|
85
|
First of all, during January Ian and Seb became members of our little circle of friends. I hope we don't disappoint.
In total we caught 38 new birds with a further 47 retrap events of 17 species, see table above. Highlights were a Fieldfare, 2 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Chiffchaffs and a Grey Wagtail. We retrapped a Long Tailed Tit ringed as an adult in May 2011 making it at least 7 years old and for the sixteenth time a male Reed Bunting ringed as a first year bird on the 2nd of January 2011.
The area newly cleared of high willows between net ride 4 and 5 looks as though it will be popular with both Snipe and Teal. The new pond at net ride 5 has attracted Green Sandpiper and also signs of Otter have been found there.
Looking forward to the balmy warmth of March.
Johne
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| New pond |
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