Weekly update

On Wednesday me and Kaye met at Ballanelson again. 41birds caught and processed.

34 New birds     ( ) = Retrap bird

Blue Tits              4   (1)

Great Tit              7   (3)  1 control a bird ringed on the Calf of Man back in 2009

Long Tailed Tit    1

Lesser Redpoll     1

Chaffinch             3

Goldfinch            4

House Sparrow    5   (1)

Blackbird             3

Starling                3

Robin                   2     1 controlled bird again ringed on the Calf of Man in 2009 

Dunnock              1

Yesterday afternoon i went in search of Wheatears, with none found i ended up at Smeale.  Last Week i started to put seed down again so i was pleased to see a few Linnets coming into feed.

I set up the small Whoosh net and waited. No Linnets but the first Meadow Pipit and Stonechat of the year and a retrap Skylark from July last year.

Meadow Pipit

Stonechat

Skylark

Today i headed back to Sulby for a spot of Siskin action.  

31 New Birds

Siskin                 13 (2)

Goldfinch             3

Chaffinch             3

Coal Tit                6

Great Tit               3 (1)

Robin                   1

Long Tailed Tit    2