Karl D. Tarratt Photography & Bird Ringing

…took place at Wraysbury.

Meeting at 0730 in -4°c temperatures is not every 0nes ideal start to Saturday morning but when the chance of catching Fieldfare and Redwings is a possibility it certainly appeals to ringers. The team today was 7 strong with 2 trainers and 5 trainees.

The best catch of the year so far gave us a grand total of 21 birds with a good variety including Fieldfare, Redwing, Greenfinch along with some of the usual suspects Blue tit, Great tit & Robins. The weather was cold throughout the morning with clear sunny skies, the wind was forecast to pick up around 0900 but stayed off until midday when the temperature did dip.

I was able to process 7 birds in total and also add a few more extractions to the list too. Included in my 7 was a species first (noted below).

1. Robin x 2
2. Field (Fieldfare) x 1 species first
3. Grefi (Greenfinch ) x 1
4. Greti (Great tit)  x 1
5. Bluti (Blue tit) x 1
6. Goldf (Goldfinch) x 1

   

   Fieldfare (male)

   

   Fieldfare (male)

   
   

   

   Fieldfare (female)

   

   Fieldfare (female)