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Yesterday (Tuesday) and a ringing session at Bradden in South Northants provided 47 Blue Tits, 19 Great Tits and a Goldcrest.
A ringing session took place today (Wednesday) at Kelmarsh Hall in pleasant late autumn weather conditions including quite a warm sun!
In total 159 birds were caught and processed of 17 species. Of these only eight birds had been ringed before. The tit family naturally dominated proceedings with 73 Blue Tits, 50 Great Tits, 8 Coal Tits and 4 Marsh Tits. Other birds included a likely candidate for a continental Blackbird, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, a Robin, 6 Dunnocks, 3 Wrens, 6 Goldcrests, a female Blackcap, 4 Goldfinches, a Chaffinch, a pair of Bullfinch, a Grey Wagtail and a Treecreeper.
Five Siskins were on-site briefly and a Peacock butterfly came out of somewhere to sunbathe!
Eleanor's ramble around the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon was good for a pair of Stonechat and six Bramblings.
Elsewhere and Neil Hasdell saw a Peregrine and a Brambling at Harrington Airfield, five Goosanders were at Abington Park (N'pton), Summer Leys held a 'redhead' Smew and a Great White Egret and a Short-eared Owl was still at Neville's Lodge near Finedon.
Regards
Neil M
Yesterday (Tuesday) and a ringing session at Bradden in South Northants provided 47 Blue Tits, 19 Great Tits and a Goldcrest.
A ringing session took place today (Wednesday) at Kelmarsh Hall in pleasant late autumn weather conditions including quite a warm sun!
In total 159 birds were caught and processed of 17 species. Of these only eight birds had been ringed before. The tit family naturally dominated proceedings with 73 Blue Tits, 50 Great Tits, 8 Coal Tits and 4 Marsh Tits. Other birds included a likely candidate for a continental Blackbird, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, a Robin, 6 Dunnocks, 3 Wrens, 6 Goldcrests, a female Blackcap, 4 Goldfinches, a Chaffinch, a pair of Bullfinch, a Grey Wagtail and a Treecreeper.
Five Siskins were on-site briefly and a Peacock butterfly came out of somewhere to sunbathe!
Eleanor's ramble around the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon was good for a pair of Stonechat and six Bramblings.
Elsewhere and Neil Hasdell saw a Peregrine and a Brambling at Harrington Airfield, five Goosanders were at Abington Park (N'pton), Summer Leys held a 'redhead' Smew and a Great White Egret and a Short-eared Owl was still at Neville's Lodge near Finedon.
Regards
Neil M
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| Blackbird. |
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| Blackcap. |
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| Bullfinch. |
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| Coal Tit. |
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| Great Tit. |
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| Marsh Tit. |
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| Nuthatch. |
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| Treecreeper. All images courtesy of John Tilly. |
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