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.

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.