This week

A busy couple of days in the garden this week as newly fledged birds find the feeding station

1 Hooded Crow  juv

24 House Sparrow  17 juv

1 Pied Wagtail  juv

13 Chaffinch  7 juv

6 Goldfinch  5 juv

2 Siskin  2 juv

1 Robin  juv

2 Dunnocks  2 juv

3 Blackbirds  1 juv

1 Song Thrush  juv

1 Coal Tit  juv

1 Blue tit  juv

1 Gt Tit  juv

and the nest box with 4 Blue Tits in all feather medium 

A trip to the small reed bed site where

2 more Sedge Warbler ringed

a juv Reed Bunting and Blackcap

and a 

Blackbird

Port Lewaigue

5 Blackcaps  (4 juv 1 adult male)

2 Chiffchaff  juv

1 Willow warbler juv

3 Wren  1 juv

Blackbird  male

3 Dunnock 1 juv

3 Gt Tit   2 juv

3 Goldfinch 1 juv 

Point of Ayre

1 Herring Gull chick old enough to ring 

A big thanks to Ian Scott Kev's brother and our wildlife Police officer on the island for introducing me to Les Kneale this week, Lez used to be a ringer back in the sixty's

he invited me down to ring some Swallow pulli in his garage.

We got talking and the next day he had arranged to take me around 14 farms to get a little Swallow project underway .

34 Swallow Pulli ringed and a a good number of nests still on eggs and more farms still to visit.