Karl D. Tarratt Photography & Bird Ringing

…started a little later this week, a 0615 met in the car park giving everybody an extra 15 minutes in bed!

The team consisted of 5 ‘A’ ringers, 3 of which being trainers, 2 trainee’s and 2 soon to be trainee’s. It was rather misty when we arrived and stayed that way until the sun finally burnt it off, this did have an effect on the birds initially so we had a slow start once we had set up but once the mist went the birds came out in numbers. There was a steady catch throughout the session and by the end we had ringed 0ver 100 birds, the highlight of the morning was a Nightingale http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/n/nightingale/index.aspx

The session produced 3 new species for me, a Goldcrest, Chaffinch and Treecreeper, my full list:

1. Chiff (Chiffchaff) x 7
2. Bluti (Blue Tit) x 2
3. Blaca (Blackcap) x 6
4. Jay x 1
5. Goldc (Goldcrest) x 1 species first
6. Dunno (Dunnock) x 1
7. Chaff (Chaffinch) x1 species first
8. Meapi (Meadow Pipit) x 2
9. Greti (Great Tit) x 2
10. Treec (Treecreeper) x1 species first
11. Robin x 2
12. Goldf (Goldfinch) x 2

    

    Nightingale

    

    Nightingale