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Ringing operations during this period of immobility means that it is not possible to ring at sites which requires travelling away from home locations. The last two days has seen the wind slacken and this morning in particular provided ideal mist netting opportunities. As such, local ringers have been active utilising opportunities within their gardens.
Yesterday (Tuesday) and Helen Franklin caught a Dunnock in her garden that will be seven years old this summer (previously ringed bird). Today and Chris Payne completed some ringing in his Greens Norton garden processing 62 birds of nine species. His Blue Tits obviously haven't left him yet because he caught 35 of them including a seven year old bird and another that was initially ringed at Bradden. Other birds included three Goldfinches, two Robins, ten Greenfinches, two Great Tits, two Dunnocks, three Starlings, three Blackbirds and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
I had a go in our garden too and the highlights included nine Reed Buntings, a Goldfinch that was ringed elsewhere and a first year male Sparrowhawk.
A visit to the dam at Pitsford Reservoir between shopping delivery trips this afternoon coincided with another huge hatch of chironomid flies and there were hundreds of Black-headed Gulls and some ducks taking the opportunity to feed up on them. An Osprey was attempting to fish there but was being harassed by big gulls. Two drake Scaup were present and associating with a flock of Tufted Ducks and there were two Yellow-legged Gulls too.
At 6.30pm this evening a Barn Owl was hunting in the grass field behind our garden and then perched on a fence post. Phil Horsnail had a garden tick today with four drake Goosanders flying over his Oundle garden today heading north!
Regards
Neil M
Ringing operations during this period of immobility means that it is not possible to ring at sites which requires travelling away from home locations. The last two days has seen the wind slacken and this morning in particular provided ideal mist netting opportunities. As such, local ringers have been active utilising opportunities within their gardens.
Yesterday (Tuesday) and Helen Franklin caught a Dunnock in her garden that will be seven years old this summer (previously ringed bird). Today and Chris Payne completed some ringing in his Greens Norton garden processing 62 birds of nine species. His Blue Tits obviously haven't left him yet because he caught 35 of them including a seven year old bird and another that was initially ringed at Bradden. Other birds included three Goldfinches, two Robins, ten Greenfinches, two Great Tits, two Dunnocks, three Starlings, three Blackbirds and a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
I had a go in our garden too and the highlights included nine Reed Buntings, a Goldfinch that was ringed elsewhere and a first year male Sparrowhawk.
A visit to the dam at Pitsford Reservoir between shopping delivery trips this afternoon coincided with another huge hatch of chironomid flies and there were hundreds of Black-headed Gulls and some ducks taking the opportunity to feed up on them. An Osprey was attempting to fish there but was being harassed by big gulls. Two drake Scaup were present and associating with a flock of Tufted Ducks and there were two Yellow-legged Gulls too.
At 6.30pm this evening a Barn Owl was hunting in the grass field behind our garden and then perched on a fence post. Phil Horsnail had a garden tick today with four drake Goosanders flying over his Oundle garden today heading north!
Regards
Neil M
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| First year male Sparrowhawk courtesy of Eleanor. |
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| Adult female Sparrowhawk with Starling prey courtesy of Gerry Stevenson. |
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