This week

Male Linnets now showing breeding colours

Chris Sharp from Manx birdlife told me on Tuesday that he had seen a Good flock of Linnets and Twite up 

at the Point of Ayre on Monday. I had not been feeding for the last 4 weeks as i had spent a lot of time with nothing coming in at all , so i shot up there on Wednesday and put a load of seed down.

Yesterday 

25 birds caught

20 new Linnets and 2 Retraps 1 from August 2010  

1 Goldfinch

2 Retrap Twite  from January

Today

12 Birds caught

5 New Linnets

2 new Twite 2 retraps 1 from January  1 from December 2010

 1 Goldfinch

and 

2 Meadow Pipits