This morning I joined Charlie at Oxwich NNR for a ringing session with thrushes very much in mind.
Another dry cool autumn morning saw us on site at 06:30hrs, we immediately put the mp3 players out with Redwing on two nets, Crest on another and Woodlark (they have been seen in the area this week).
The First round delivered a few surprises firstly 13 Redwings and a COMMON SNIPE in one set of nets, nothing in the "crest" net and in the third a Song Thrush and a JACK SNIPE.
What a first round....
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| Common Snipe and Jack Snipe for comparison |
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| Jack Snipe |
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| Common Snipe |
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Jack Snipe after being released, they usually just sit on the ground pretending to be invisible
it flew off after a minute or so
We carried on for a few more rounds and caught seven more Redwing, and 11 Goldcrests along with a mix of other usual fare.
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