RINGING at last Saturday 24th February
This morning was the first time since November that I have had the opportunity to ring at one of my own sites.
I visited Morfa Berwig with Edward one of the Gower Ringing Group trainees and set just two 40' nets around the feeder site.
Given the number of Blue and Great Tits in the area it was no surprise that they dominated the catch, however quality soon arrived in the shape of a WILLOW TIT, already ringed and re encountered once before this is the juvenile bird hatched at WWT, its fair to say we were happy with trapping the bird which was in great condition.
A couple of rounds later we were pleased to see a "thrush" in the net, as I went to extract it there rather surprisingly was a REDWING, although not carrying any fat it felt in reasonable condition.
The next round brought smiles as a Greater Spotted Woodpecker was in one net, then to top it Edward shouted that there was a "big bird" in the other net, in fact there were 2 JAYS in the net.
Oh what fun, Jays are vicious birds to handle with a deceptively hooked tip to the bill and it hurts, I don't care what any other ringers may be thinking, it hurts!, they were found to both be adult birds.
A great morning with the following captures. BLUE TIT 17, GREAT TIT 15, COAL TIT 3, DUNNOCK 3, JAY 2, CHAFFINCH 1. REDWING 1, ROBIN 1, GS WOODPECKER 1, WILLOW TIT 1,
I visited Morfa Berwig with Edward one of the Gower Ringing Group trainees and set just two 40' nets around the feeder site.
Given the number of Blue and Great Tits in the area it was no surprise that they dominated the catch, however quality soon arrived in the shape of a WILLOW TIT, already ringed and re encountered once before this is the juvenile bird hatched at WWT, its fair to say we were happy with trapping the bird which was in great condition.
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| Willow Tit |
A couple of rounds later we were pleased to see a "thrush" in the net, as I went to extract it there rather surprisingly was a REDWING, although not carrying any fat it felt in reasonable condition.
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| Redwing |
The next round brought smiles as a Greater Spotted Woodpecker was in one net, then to top it Edward shouted that there was a "big bird" in the other net, in fact there were 2 JAYS in the net.
Oh what fun, Jays are vicious birds to handle with a deceptively hooked tip to the bill and it hurts, I don't care what any other ringers may be thinking, it hurts!, they were found to both be adult birds.
A great morning with the following captures. BLUE TIT 17, GREAT TIT 15, COAL TIT 3, DUNNOCK 3, JAY 2, CHAFFINCH 1. REDWING 1, ROBIN 1, GS WOODPECKER 1, WILLOW TIT 1,
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| Jay |
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