This morning spent at Rishworth with another 38 Twite caught.
Since Sunday i have caught 55 Twite here with only one retrap today from Sunday.
36 new birds ringed and 16 of Nicks Pulli .
and 3 birds i ring at whiteholme in August.
I Text Nick as i re caught his birds and the phone rang straight away, T627937 was of a brood he thought had been predated over at Wessenden so some good news .
as i packed up i caught 5 more birds and the last one was T627938 so at least two of the brood made it.
Also i caught a bird Nick Carter had seen at Flyflats 3 days ago. These magic little birds travel around our moors so frequently. 70 odd Twite seen still feeding in the quarry at Rochdale yesterday and a flock of 40 at Cant Clough. Also the weight of the birds is improving majority of the birds ringed in August were around 14.5 grams Septembers birds now up to 15.8 and some over 16 so feeding up for the cold of winter and the migration down south.
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