Tuesday 8th September 2015

A two hour drive, then a three and a half hour flight and then another 2 hour drive didn't put me off leaving the house at 5:30am today to go ringing!!!!

I went to my own site at Sandy Water Park, to ring in a piece of mixed woodland/scrub/grassland.

For a first visit, not knowing the best sites for the nets it was a short productive session with only 10 birds caught.

Six male Blackcaps, and two male Goldcrests plus a Wren and a blackbird made up the small catch but valuable lessons learned.

There were also four Mistle Thrushes, four Siskins and a Great Spotted Woodpecker around.

Goldcrest

Juvenile male Blackcap