Tony Kelly has once again kindly shared his ringing data for the patch. We didn't see the ringers on Sunday morning so I believe the data is from Saturday.
Their highlight was an unusually heavy and long-winged Song Thrush. Weighing in at 106.6g this was much heavier than they typically are (around 74.4g), suggesting it has been finding Morton Bagot an excellent place to find food.
They also re-trapped a Lesser Redpoll which they had originally ringed here last winter, on10 Jan 2020. Clearly this bird also likes the patch.
The full list (retraps in brackets) was:
Blue Tit 19 (9)
Great Tit 7 (2)
Long-tailed Tit 8 (3)
Goldcrest 1
Blackbird 3
Song Thrush 1
Robin 1 (1)
Dunnock 2 (1)
Chaffinch 1
Greenfinch 2
Lesser Redpoll 1 (1)
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| Long-tailed Tit - per Tony & Leigh Kelly |
On the subject of Long-tailed Tits, Dave and I counted a single flock of 17 of them along the Morton Brook on Sunday.
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