Sunday 17 December 2017

Pitsford ringing...

Hello

A short ringing session at Pitsford Reservoir today (curtailed by the weather) provided 43 captures which included a Moorhen, a Fieldfare, 8 Blackbirds, 4 Robins, 5 Dunnocks, a Wren, 8 Blue Tits, 4 Great Tits, a Coal Tit, 3 Tree Sparrows, 2 Goldfinches, 3 Chaffinches and 2 Reed Buntings. Interestingly the Moorhen was originally ringed at the same place back in November 2011.

Eleanor visited Harrington Airfield and fed the birds today, 3 Bramblings joining the throng on the concrete track. Two Woodcock were flushed between the first and second bunkers.

Eleanor's purple patch with owls continued when she found two more Long-eared Owls at a private site today, and also saw her usual Barn Owl in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.

Regards

Neil M



This morning's sunrise.
 'Red sky in the morning
shepherds warning', and so
it proved to be with rain
from lunchtime...

Fieldfare in a Dog Rose.

Jaeger, the latest edition
to the family and now 7
months old...will he ever
stop growing?

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