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A ringing session took place at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today netting 99 birds. This is the first time any ringing has been attempted at this location since last winter so it was good to process 40 previously ringed birds suggesting reasonable survival rates. Of these re-traps, one was a Blue Tit that was first ringed as a juvenile at Harrington Airfield on 13th June 2017 and two of the Coal Tits are at least four years old.
One Blue Tit carrying ring number X671142 was first ringed as an adult at Scotland Wood on 2nd October 2010 which means that this long-lived individual is at least eight years old - very old for a Blue Tit!
Fourteen species trapped were made up of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Goldcrests, a Wren, 2 Treecreepers, 5 Long-tailed Tits, 3 Dunnocks, 2 Robins, 19 Great Tits, 24 Blue Tits, 16 Coal Tits, 4 Marsh Tits, 4 Chaffinches, a Bullfinch and a Nuthatch.
Other birds noted included a Hawfinch briefly, several Siskins and probably three different Woodcocks. A male Brambling was at nearby Kelmarsh Hall this afternoon.
Regards
Neil M
A ringing session took place at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today netting 99 birds. This is the first time any ringing has been attempted at this location since last winter so it was good to process 40 previously ringed birds suggesting reasonable survival rates. Of these re-traps, one was a Blue Tit that was first ringed as a juvenile at Harrington Airfield on 13th June 2017 and two of the Coal Tits are at least four years old.
One Blue Tit carrying ring number X671142 was first ringed as an adult at Scotland Wood on 2nd October 2010 which means that this long-lived individual is at least eight years old - very old for a Blue Tit!
Fourteen species trapped were made up of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Goldcrests, a Wren, 2 Treecreepers, 5 Long-tailed Tits, 3 Dunnocks, 2 Robins, 19 Great Tits, 24 Blue Tits, 16 Coal Tits, 4 Marsh Tits, 4 Chaffinches, a Bullfinch and a Nuthatch.
Other birds noted included a Hawfinch briefly, several Siskins and probably three different Woodcocks. A male Brambling was at nearby Kelmarsh Hall this afternoon.
Regards
Neil M
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| Marsh Tit. Image courtesy of Chris Payne. |
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| Blue Tits. |
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| Coal Tit. |
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