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Dave Francis presided over a very successful ringing session at Pitsford Reservoir, finishing at lunch-time today. Again the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station was the venue and Dave and Lynne Barnett processed 106 birds between them of 16 species.
Sixty-nine of these were new birds and the bigger birds included two Mallard, a Coot and a Tufted Duck. Smaller captures included 45 Yellowhammers, 7 Reed Buntings, 6 Tree Sparrows, 3 Goldfinches, 8 Chaffinches, 3 Greenfinches, a Treecreeper, a Redwing and 2 Starlings. This brings the new Yellowhammer total for this year at this location to 148 birds, and with plenty of individuals from previous years still being attracted to the broadcast seed it is possible that we may be supporting between 200 - 300 birds of this threatened farmland bunting.
A far more modest ringing session at Orton this morning provided just 33 captures which included 27 Yellowhammers from a flock of at least a hundred birds present in untreated stubble fields and supplemented with artificial feeding.
Birds visible from the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this evening included an adult Caspian Gull, one or two first year Mediterranean Gull(s), the regular Ruddy Shelduck and a Grey Wagtail.
Regards
Neil M
Dave Francis presided over a very successful ringing session at Pitsford Reservoir, finishing at lunch-time today. Again the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station was the venue and Dave and Lynne Barnett processed 106 birds between them of 16 species.
Sixty-nine of these were new birds and the bigger birds included two Mallard, a Coot and a Tufted Duck. Smaller captures included 45 Yellowhammers, 7 Reed Buntings, 6 Tree Sparrows, 3 Goldfinches, 8 Chaffinches, 3 Greenfinches, a Treecreeper, a Redwing and 2 Starlings. This brings the new Yellowhammer total for this year at this location to 148 birds, and with plenty of individuals from previous years still being attracted to the broadcast seed it is possible that we may be supporting between 200 - 300 birds of this threatened farmland bunting.
A far more modest ringing session at Orton this morning provided just 33 captures which included 27 Yellowhammers from a flock of at least a hundred birds present in untreated stubble fields and supplemented with artificial feeding.
Birds visible from the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this evening included an adult Caspian Gull, one or two first year Mediterranean Gull(s), the regular Ruddy Shelduck and a Grey Wagtail.
Regards
Neil M
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| Drake Redhead |
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| Female Lesser Scaup |
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| Drake Ring-necked Duck |
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| Female Canvasback Images of captive near-arctic ducks from Slimbridge. This is possibly the best time of year to check out our local wildfowl for a vagrant from across 'The Pond', so no harm in a reminder of what they look like! |
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