Reports this week from Dr Guy Anderson down on The Wash at Terrington Marsh that he had a good flock of Twite with a mixture of colour rings some Nicks and some ours from this Autumn RED/WHITE above Pink and a few 2008 birds and 2007 birds.
So they are on there way again.
This year i have caught 307 Twite in the Pennines with 227 of them being new birds
{Unringed}
Since August i have ringed 143 birds that were born this year.
That with Nicks pulli project of 250 birds
makes 393 1st year birds ringed in 2009.
Also report of unringed Twite still being seen, so all in all not a bad year for this cracking little bird, again lets hope all is being done to try and improve Breeding grounds, wintering grounds
feeding areas etc so this bird can keep making its journey back and fourth for years to come.
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