It is a rare thing for me to be
at home, with nowhere that I need to be, on a Saturday morning. So, I decided
to take full advantage and pop the nets up. It was a grey, miserable day that
was trying its best to rain (and failing thankfully) so I thought I might have
more luck with the nets.
Unfortunately, I was wrong and it turned out to be another slightly too windy and, therefore, quiet day. My first bird in the nets was a re-trap male great tit that I had caught on my first garden ringing session. Surprisingly, it weighed exactly the same weight as when I caught it two weeks ago. The birds trickled into the nets slowly and blue tit and a house sparrow followed. I then caught my 12th species for the garden so far, a blackbird.
A new chaffinch came next,
followed by another house sparrow. The session ended with a pair of greenfinch and I am again, not convinced I have their ages correct. My previous greenfinches generated some differences
of opinion, so I shall post a couple of pics of today’s pair on here to see
what people think.
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| Female wing |
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| Female alula |
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| Female tail |
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| Male wing |
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| Male tail |
A couple of
starlings and another blackbird bounced out of the Jap net which, given the
total catch was so low, was paticularly frustrating. Guess I’ll just have
to save them for another day!
As the wind picked up I took the nets down with a final tally of 8 birds of 6 species (new/retrap): great tit 0/1, blue tit 1/0, house sparrow 2/0, blackbird 1/0, chaffinch 1/0, greenfinch 2/0.
Ruth
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