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A ringing session was completed at Glyn Davies Wood today with 136 birds being caught and processed, 124 of which were new birds. This small woodland is in the far west of the county (near Boddington village) and in due course will be adversely affected by the HS2 project. In the meantime though the feed stations maintained by the Banbury Ornithological Society provides supplementary food for many woodland birds and provides an opportunity to assess how many birds make use of this splintered but ancient woodland. A small party of Siskins and a single Redpoll were noted in the wood.
The birds processed today were made up of 49 Great Tits, 46 Blue Tits, 6 Coal Tits, 4 Marsh Tits, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Treecreepers, 3 Wrens, a Robin, 11 Goldcrests, 2 Blackbirds, 4 Nuthatches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
One of the Great Tits and one of the Long-tailed Tits were first ringed there in December 2015 and one of the Blue Tits was recently ringed at Priors Marston.
A short visit to Ravensthorpe Reservoir this afternoon provided views of a Green Sandpiper, a Snipe, a Chiffchaff and three Siskins. This afternoon a Grey Wagtail was in our garden examining the new garden pond!
Regards
Neil M
A ringing session was completed at Glyn Davies Wood today with 136 birds being caught and processed, 124 of which were new birds. This small woodland is in the far west of the county (near Boddington village) and in due course will be adversely affected by the HS2 project. In the meantime though the feed stations maintained by the Banbury Ornithological Society provides supplementary food for many woodland birds and provides an opportunity to assess how many birds make use of this splintered but ancient woodland. A small party of Siskins and a single Redpoll were noted in the wood.
The birds processed today were made up of 49 Great Tits, 46 Blue Tits, 6 Coal Tits, 4 Marsh Tits, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Treecreepers, 3 Wrens, a Robin, 11 Goldcrests, 2 Blackbirds, 4 Nuthatches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
One of the Great Tits and one of the Long-tailed Tits were first ringed there in December 2015 and one of the Blue Tits was recently ringed at Priors Marston.
A short visit to Ravensthorpe Reservoir this afternoon provided views of a Green Sandpiper, a Snipe, a Chiffchaff and three Siskins. This afternoon a Grey Wagtail was in our garden examining the new garden pond!
Regards
Neil M
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| Nuthatch. |
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| Great Tit. This young female bird is exhibiting what appear to be rapidly developing growths. She was otherwise in good condition and a healthy weight but these lesions are likely to grow and reduce life expectancy. |
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| Adult male Blue Tit. Of the 46 Blue Tits handled today this was the only adult - all the others were birds hatched this year! |
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