After a cool week the varieties of Fieldfare at the orchard showed up to have actually boosted. The Redwings were still about also although varieties of finches were down.
We began late to enable birds to feed before our session, and also even more to that it is an instead huge orchard with lots of area for birds to feed far from our internet, which a good deal of birds did. Throughout establishing we purged a Woodcock with 2 even more seen later on in the day. At one factor there was a huge women Sparrowhawk in among the internet however it went out prior to we can reach it.
The ground was really tough with a serious frost that continued to be all early morning. There was a wind however it really did not impact our catch price quite.
Our capture numbers were great, leading types being Redwing with 25. Fieldfares mindful the previous session with 12 brand-new birds and also a control ringed under the Norwegian plan.
Among 25 Redwing recorded
3 women Fieldfare NOS 7657858 weighted just 87.7 g F0M0
Birthing a Stravanger ring, it will certainly interest see when
and also where this young bird was ringed.
3M Blackbird
3M Yellowhammeer
Complete: 65 (3 )
Robin – 3 (1 )
Blackbird – 11 (1 )
Fieldfare – 12 (& & 1 control)
Redwing – 25
Track Yeast Infection – 1
Blue Tit – 4
Excellent Tit – 4
Greenfinch – 1
Goldfinch – 1
Brambling – 1
Yellowhammer – 1