What a great week its been. 177 Meadow Pipits ringed (293 ringed in September) some showing some large wings of 86 87 88 mm, probably Icelandic birds. I retraped a Meadow Pipit yesterday which i ringed back on 27/07/2010 on the coast about 1 Km away from the whoosh site.
Also with the weather turning colder more birds are coming into the whoosh sight to feed.
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| Meadow Pipit look at the size of this one's hind claw |
Another 54 Linnets ringed (553 ringed this year) and 35 Goldfinch in with them.
The last bird to be ringed this morning was a Juvenile Lapland Bunting which flew in with a
Meadow Pipit
very nice.
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| Lapland Bunting |
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| Lapland Bunting |
I got a call off Ted on Tuesday to say he had just found a Buff breasted Sandpiper on the beach at Smeale.
20 Min's later i was walking round the beach looking for it, after 2 hours my perseverance paid off.
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| Buff breasted Sandpiper see more at grayimages |
Also this week a female Goosander was seen on the sea at Ramsey
i caught up with it preening its self under the bridge on Friday
Quite a rare visitor to the island with only a handful seen each year
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