With a nice still morning i decided to place a 30ft net down at the rocks in Ramsey Harbour for Rock Pipits. We are individually colour ringing them and have been using spring traps and call to catch the birds. As the seasons change so does the behaviour with hardly any response to call now and what it seems is a dominate male at most sights which as soon as he hears the call he chases all the other birds that come near out of the area.
So no wind and a mist net was the way to go.
2 Rock Pipits bounced out the net with in the first 10 minutes .
I decided to walk down the beach away and walk back towards the net as i got close there in the net was the Water Pipit which has been about for over 3 weeks now.
Nice result and a bonus.
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| Water Pipit |
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| Water Pipit |
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| Water Pipit |
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| Tail feathers T6 T5 showing white wedge characteristics of Water Pipit |
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| Rock Pipit Tail |
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| Water Pipit underparts bright and clean with lighter legs |
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| Rock Pipit underparts very diffuse streaking |
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| Rock Pipit Colour Ringed |
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| Meadow Pipit |
As the tide was coming in i packed up and went down to Port Mooar where i set up a 40ft 2 shelve net
4 Rock Pipits colour ringed 3 were retraps from August so colour rings added
2 Meadow Pipits Ringed as well which i think bring this species total to over a hundred this year.
So a great day for getting you eye in on Pipits
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