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Today saw some bird ringing at Kelmarsh Hall in rather cool conditions - I'm not sure my toes ever did warm up!
Just three mist nets caught 148 small birds of 13 species, the majority of them being common tits. Initially we caught plenty of birds already bearing rings from previous operations and they easily outnumbered unringed birds but as the session progressed we began to catch a larger proportion of new birds. In the end it ended up being 74 re-trapped and 74 new birds!
These totals were made up of 3 Blackbirds, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Dunnocks, 12 Robins, a Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatches, 40 Great Tits, 54 Blue Tits, a Coal Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tits, 6 Chaffinches, 8 Goldfinches and 3 Siskins.
One of the Chaffinches was first ringed there on 13th January 2013 when it was assessed as a bird hatched in 2012, so if it survives until this summer it will be six years old. Interestingly it has only ever been re-trapped once during the relevant period. One of the Blue Tits caught today was originally caught and ringed as a juvenile at Harrington Airfield in June 2017.
A flock of up to fifty Siskins were present for a short time and a Raven was seen and vocal on and off during the day.
Regards
Neil M
Today saw some bird ringing at Kelmarsh Hall in rather cool conditions - I'm not sure my toes ever did warm up!
Just three mist nets caught 148 small birds of 13 species, the majority of them being common tits. Initially we caught plenty of birds already bearing rings from previous operations and they easily outnumbered unringed birds but as the session progressed we began to catch a larger proportion of new birds. In the end it ended up being 74 re-trapped and 74 new birds!
These totals were made up of 3 Blackbirds, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 8 Dunnocks, 12 Robins, a Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatches, 40 Great Tits, 54 Blue Tits, a Coal Tit, 9 Long-tailed Tits, 6 Chaffinches, 8 Goldfinches and 3 Siskins.
One of the Chaffinches was first ringed there on 13th January 2013 when it was assessed as a bird hatched in 2012, so if it survives until this summer it will be six years old. Interestingly it has only ever been re-trapped once during the relevant period. One of the Blue Tits caught today was originally caught and ringed as a juvenile at Harrington Airfield in June 2017.
A flock of up to fifty Siskins were present for a short time and a Raven was seen and vocal on and off during the day.
Regards
Neil M
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| Male Chaffinch. Hopefully we'll see some fresh leaves and blossom soon! Courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Robin. Twelve caught today no doubt were assisted through the cold weather of last week due to the local feed station maintained within the grounds of Kelmarsh Hall. Image courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Blue Tit, image courtesy of John Tilly. Fifty-four were processed at Kelmarsh Hall today. |
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| Great Tit, image courtesy of John Tilly. Forty birds processed today was a high number with quite a number of birds showing tick infestations around the head. |
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