21/05/08

On Wednesday 21/05/08 I went with my trainer (Errol) to check nest boxes in Priory Country Park. 4.30pm arrival. The first box we checked was box number 3:



In nest box number 3 were these Great Tits:




While getting a ring off the string, the Great Tit is held in the ringers grip where the bird is safest:





The ring is then safely applied:





There were broods of blue tits too:





And broods that were too small to ring:





Me with my head in a box: