Iceland - 4th - 8th March 2022

Friday, 10 January 2020

Ringing at Kelmarsh Hall.

Hello

Some nice sunshine today after the heavy rain of last night and the conditions remain on the mild side.

Today there was a ringing session in the Wilderness Orchard at Kelmarsh Hall where a small band of enthusiasts processed 138 birds of twelve species. Eighty four of these birds were previously un-ringed and fifty-four birds were ringed on previous occasions, some of them a few years ago.

The Blue Tit dominated the proceedings with seventy-six individuals and other tits included thirty Great Tits and two each of Coal and Marsh Tit. Other birds included five Blackbirds, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Dunnocks, three Robins, a Treecreeper, four Nuthatches, a Goldfinch and seven Chaffinches.

Other birds noted on-site included Raven and a Grey Wagtail.

An immature Peregrine caught something sizable at Harrington Airfield this afternoon and other birds reported in the county included a Barn Owl at Pitsford Reservoir close to Pintail Bay, and a Great White Egret and a Red-crested Pochard at Summer Leys.

Regards

Neil M

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Nuthatch.

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