Scotland Wood ringing

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A period of bird ringing at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today yielded 113 captures made up of traditional common birds - two Blackbirds, eight Robins, two Wrens, twenty-eight Great Tits, fifty Blue Tits, ten Coal Tits, three Marsh Tits, two Long-tailed Tits, three Nuthatches, a Treecreeper and four Goldcrests. This has been a regular ringing site for some years now and longevity of resident birds is one of the aspects we study here and at nearby Kelmarsh Hall. One of the re-trapped Coal Tits was first ringed in early 2017 and if aged correctly at the time is at least seven years old. Most birds of this size do not survive their first year so it is interesting when we encounter these long-lived individuals. Other birds noted at Scotland Wood included two Woodcock, a Redpoll, a Brambling and several Siskins.

At Hollowell Reservoir today Mark saw an adult Caspian Gull, two Pintails, a Jack Snipe and two Common Snipe and at Stanford Reservoir a Caspian Gull was seen in the roost by Chris and other birds included the Red-crested Pochard, a Great White Egret, 175 Great Black-backed Gulls, a Water Rail, a Cetti's Warbler and a Lesser Redpoll. At Pitsford Reservoir this morning there was a Great White Egret and an adult Yellow-legged Gull north of the causeway.

At Stanwick Pits this evening Steve saw five Great White Egrets coming into roost plus twenty-one Goosanders and a Woodcock.

Eleanor's amble around the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and up to Blueberry Farm this afternoon provided a Peregrine, a Barn Owl, two Little Owls, two Woodcock, a Common Snipe and hundreds of Fieldfares.

Thank-you

Neil M

Caspian Gull.

Nuthatch courtesy
of John Tilly.

Coal Tit courtesy
of John Tilly.

Fieldfare.