best birds: Last 24 hours

Back at the point of Ayre yesterday thinking there would be some Meadow Pipit movement , not a lot going on at all 2 Meadow Pipits ringed and 3 Lapland Bunting see.

Back home for a tidy up and a cuppa opened 20ft net and ringed another 10 Siskin, Blue Tits, Coal Tits

and Goldfinch

Siskin Total for garden now in the 70s

Yesterday evening back out with Kev another good 2 hours with

2 Dunlin

2 Ringed Plover 1 new 1 retrap from the night before

1 Turnstone

1 Oystercatcher

Dunlin

Bill Length of Dunlin being taken

Turnstone

Thanks again to Kev for another great evening

Today back to woosh some more Linnets 12 New birds ringed 2 retraps form 2 weeks ago

Picture below shows a Linnet with tick attached never come across this on Linnets or Twite before

Linnet with Tick

things went abit quite so i set up a few spring traps and ringed

1 Robin

1 Stonechat

Stonechat

On way home dropped in at Ramsey Harbour for a look two Wheatears and Rockpipits about so i set the spring traps again

Wheatear

1 Wheatear ringed