Session 1: 05/03/11
Totals: 15 birds of 8 species (retraps in brackets)
Coal Tit 1
Great Tit 1 (1)
Blue Tit 2 (1)
Dunnock 1
Chaffinch 2
Long Tailed Tit 1 (3)
Siskin 1
Marsh Tit 1
Having speculated recently that the flocks of Long Tailed Tit's in the area had moved (a new one came in and no evidence of catching any from previous flocks caught & ringed last year), the retrapped Long Tailed Tits in this session came from flocks caught & ringed last year. Speculation proved wrong then!
Above: I had been thinking about the possibility of catching a Marsh Tit here earlier in the morning but had come to the 'highly unlikely' conclusion. Then one arrived in the net!
Above: The new red 'motorway' at SSNR. It's a cycle path really but an odd way of doing it - perhaps it was a case of saving time and/or money as the two sides are uneven & follow the contours already there from vehicle rutting.
Session 2: 12/03/11
Totals: 10 birds of 4 species (retraps in brackets)
Goldfinch 6
Blue Tit 1 (1)
Chaffinch 1
Wren 1
Session 3: 18/03/11
Totals: 15 birds of 7 species (retraps in brackets)
Coal Tit 1
Siskin 1
Goldfinch 2
Chaffinch 5 (1)
Lesser Redpoll 1
Blue Tit 0 (3)
Reed Bunting 1
Above: I'd mentioned to MT the previous weekend that despite there being a lot of Siskin on site, there was no sign of any Redpolls. Then this turned up yesterday! However, from the behaviour (I saw it before catching it) I think it was moving through.
Above: Front view of this Lesser Redpoll. The pointed tail indicates that this bird was born last year (2010).
Above: A surprise in the net, this male Reed Bunting.
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