Frost and ice, then glorious sunshine...
This morning must have been the frostiest that I have been out in for a very considerable time, probably over 12months; we were at Oxwich NNR for a few hours.
The morning developed slowly into glorious sunshine and a gentle breeze, the sun on the nets was not helpful but the net in the shelter of some scrub played its part with a slow trickle of birds, mostly retraps but later in the morning a few new (unringed) birds.
The surprise of the morning was a male Sparrowhawk caught whilst probably investigating the male Great Spotted Woodpecker that was already in the net, and judging by the mess that it made of the net it was not happy having the Sparrowhawk for company.
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| Male Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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