This Week

Another 120 new Birds ringed this week.

62 New Linnets
21 Goldfinch
10 new Twite 1 retrap from 2011 and another Machrihanish control
7 Redwing
4 Blue Tits
3 House Sparrow
2 Blackbirds
2 Chaffinch
1 Brambling
1 Lesser Redpoll
1 Siskin
1 Stonechat
1 Coal Tit
1 Mallard
1 Rook
1 Herring Gull
1 Mute Swan


7 Redwing was a nice surprise up at the whoosh site on Tuesday. I started ringing at Ramsey Harbour  trailer park again where another 31 Linnets and a Stonechat were ringed. Also i met up with Kev and we tried to catch some of the Juv Mute Swans that are now wintering in the harbour, only one caught as the rest got a bit wise as to what we were upto also a Herring Gull was colour ringed.
The week ended with another 10 New Twite colour ringed and another Machrihanish Twite controlled.
Once home i opened the nets in the garden and to my surprize a cracking male Brambling was waiting for me 10 minutes later, we don't seem to get that many on the island and the last one i caught was on the 12/11/2011 a year and a day apart.

Brambling

Stonechat

Redwing

Twite

A rather tame Rook has come to stay in the garden and walks around my feet when i am feeding the birds, it sits on the garage roof and grunts at me i think to feed it but maybe to swear at me, as it has been ring and extracted from my nets 3 times in the last two days and isn't phased by anything. Will get some photos if Roger, that's his name is still about next week.