Tony Kelly has kindly shared the details of the Group's ringing activity from Sunday and Monday. They were trialling a new walk-in net for capturing Meadow Pipits with some success.
Inevitably they recorded some birds I didn't see on Saturday, catching a Grasshopper Warbler and seeing a Red Kite.
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| Grasshopper Warbler - per Tony Kelly |
The full catch on Sunday was:
Blue Tit 7 (inc 2 re-traps), Great Tit 1, Chiffchaff 1, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Whitethroat 1, Wren 1, Meadow Pipit 5, Goldfinch 1, Reed Bunting 1
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| Lesser Whitethroat - per Tony Kelly |
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| Meadow Pipit - per Tony Kelly |
On Monday they caught six Meadow Pipits in the new trap, plus others using a triangle of nets. The total count was as follows:
Blue Tit 10 (inc 2 re-traps), Great Tit 3, Chiffchaff 3, Meadow Pipit 13, Reed Bunting 1.
Interestingly they also had three Grey Wagtails, a relatively scarce species on the patch, bounce out of the nets.
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