Ringing near Gifford 09/10 winter (1 Viewer)

20/2/10 Ringing. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist net catches at site 3 :

Blackbird new 6
retrap 6
Chaffinch new 3
retrap
Coal tit new 1
retrap
Dunnock new 4
retrap 3
Reed bunting new 6
retrap 1
Robin new 2
retrap 4
Tree sparrow new 3
retrap 1
Yellowhammer new 23
retrap 2
TOTALS new 48
retrap 17


Also seen / heard at site 3
Pink footed geese
Tawny owl
Buzzard
7 starling
Greater spotted woodpecker
2 pied wagtail
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin

and a long-eared owl heard on the 23rd (06.30) when feeding.

Whoosh netting on rape bait at site 1
30/1/10
Linnet new 57
retrap 16
6/2/10
Linnet new 28
retrap 22
13/2/10
Linnet new 21
retrap 12


Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

28/2/10 Ringing at site 1. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist netting at feeding station

Blackbird new 1
retrap 1
Chaffinch new 9
retrap 2
Dunnock new 1
retrap 5
Reed bunting new 5
retrap 2
Robin new 1
retrap 7
Tree sparrow new 1
retrap
Yellowhammer new 11
retrap 3
TOTAL new 29
retrap 20

Also seen / heard near mist netting site
Tawny owl
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Grey partridge
c.30 Golden plover
c.25 Peewit
Mistle thrush singing
Fieldfare
Brambling

Whoosh netting on rape bait 20/2/10
Linnet new 100
retrap 28


Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

Blog.

Hi Mike, greetings: it's always very interesting to know how, when and as ring anywhere. Currently many groups banding everyone makes attaching the chronicles in these photos and detailed information about the field day.
Specifically in the UK is http://btoringing.blogspot.com/, where it appears the activity of many groups of rings.
I make this suggestion because perhaps many people may find in your field days with valuable information.
I encourage you in your work and take to send a cordial greeting from Spain.
Fernando.

06/3/10 Ringing. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist net catches at site 3 :

Blackbird new 3
retrap 2
Blue tit new 2
retrap
Chaffinch new
retrap 1
Coal tit new 1
retrap
Dunnock new 1
retrap 4
Great tit new 1
retrap
Long tailed tit new 2
retrap
Reed bunting new 1
retrap
Robin new 1
retrap 2
Song Thrush new 1
retrap
Tree sparrow new 2
retrap
Yellowhammer new 1
retrap
TOTALS new 16
retrap 9



Also seen / heard at site 3
~100 Pink footed geese
Greylag geese
Mallard
Long eared owl
Tawny owl
Buzzard
Greater spotted woodpecker
Skylark
Mistle thrush
Wren
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Redpoll

Whoosh netting on rape bait at site 1
28/2/10

Linnet new 127
retrap 56
Twite new 2
retrap


Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

14/3/10 Ringing at site 1. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist netting at feeding station

Blackbird new
retrap 2
Blue tit new 1
retrap
Chaffinch new
retrap 1
Dunnock new 2
retrap 4
Robin new
retrap 2
Tree sparrow new 1
retrap
Yellowhammer new 3
retrap
TOTAL new 7
retrap 9

Also seen / heard near mist netting site
Tawny owl
3+ Grey partridge
Golden plover
Mistle thrush singing
Fieldfare
Song thrush
Skylark
Long tailed tit
Bullfinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Redpoll

Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

20/3/10 Ringing. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist net catches at site 3 :

Blackbird new 1
retrap 3
Blue tit new 2
retrap
Chaffinch new 3
retrap
Coal tit new 3
retrap
Dunnock new 3
retrap 4
Great tit new 1
retrap
Reed bunting new 5
retrap
Robin new 3
retrap
Song Thrush new 1
retrap
Tree sparrow new 5
retrap
Wren new
retrap 1
Yellowhammer new 4
retrap 1
TOTALS new 31
retrap 9


Also seen / heard at site 3
Golden plover
2 Oystercatcher
Tawny owl
Buzzard
Skylark
3 Meadow pipit
3+ Greater spotted woodpecker
Starling
Bullfinch
Crossbill
Siskin

On Sunday, 5 Peewit on territory nearby

Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

27/3/10 Ringing. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist net catches at site 3 :

Blackbird new
retrap 1
Chaffinch new 1
retrap
Dunnock new
retrap 2
Great tit new 1
retrap
Robin new 1
retrap
Tree sparrow new 5
retrap 1
Yellowhammer new 1
retrap
TOTALS new 9
retrap 4


Also seen / heard at site 3
c.40 pink footed geese
3 Buzzard
Peewit displaying
Fieldfare
Mistle thrush
Song thrush
Greater spotted woodpecker
Skylark
20 Meadow pipit
Pied wagtail
Starling
Wren
Siskin
Reed bunting

At site 1 whoosh netting on rape bait

24/3/10

Linnet new 5
retrap 5

20/3/10

Linnet new 9
retrap 14

14/3/10

Skylark new 1


Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

Mike.

02/4/10 Ringing at site 1. Many thanks to all concerned.

Mist netting at feeding station

Chaffinch new 2
retrap
Dunnock new 2
retrap 2
Reed bunting new 9
retrap 1
Robin new 1
retrap 1
Tree sparrow new 1
retrap
Yellowhammer new 15
retrap
TOTAL new 30
retrap 4


Also seen / heard near mist netting site
Pink footed geese
2 Grey partridge
22 Golden plover
11 Peewit
Buzzard
Stankie
Tawny owl
Blackbird
Song thrush
Greater spotted woodpecker
Skylark
Meadow pipit
2 Long tailed tit
Chiffchaff
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet

and the ringer in chief saw a Barn owl on the A1 between Macmerry and Haddington.

On the same day a brambling was on our lawn; 70+ linnet were feeding at the rape bait, with a kestrel present at this site on Sunday.

A walk round on Saturday afternoon found meadow pipit foraging everywhere, with 100+ accounted for at any one time. A pair of stankie were on the curling pond. Golden plover were counted at 22 again, and 2 pairs of peewit were on territory. That last is two pairs more than normal.

On Sunday a pair of siskin were at our peanut feeder and in the evening a swallow was (apparently) feeding by the steading.

Mainly forgetting corvids, game birds, gulls, pigeons and tits.

That is the winter mist net ringing programme finished. I will prepare a summary in due course. Linnet catching may continue. However. although a flock is present, they are proving difficult to catch, preferring to feed in the wild bird cover rather than on the rape bait.

Mike.

Here are the total catches for this winter at our three mist netting sites. Below these I have listed average catches for the previous six winters (not including this winter). Below that there are totals for those previous six winters. Apologies for the extended format but this site does not do columns well.

Not a good winter overall. Our main interest is in characteristic farmland granivores. Amongst those we were pleased to see a recovery in yellowhammer catches from only 41 ringed last year. We also caught significantly more tree sparrow at one site, so now have two sites with healthy populations. While numbers caught at the original of those two sites fell sharply, I think the population is still healthy, but now tends to feed more at the nearby farm steading, so catches are less frequent.

Individual birds of interest :
the first female sparrowhawk the ringer in chief has ever caught in a mist net - they are usually too big and make their escape rapidly;
a German ringed blackbird that we have now controlled three winters consecutively. Where does it spend the summer ?

Mike.

Winter 09-10 catches :

Blackbird new 84
retrap 40
Blackcap new 0
retrap 0
Blue tit new 18
retrap 2
Brambling new 2
retrap 0
Bullfinch new 17
retrap 3
Chaffinch new 115
retrap 29
Chiffchaff new 0
retrap 0
Coal tit new 10
retrap 1
Dunnock new 41
retrap 51
Fieldfare new 3
retrap 0
Goldcrest new 0
retrap 0
Goldfinch new 4
retrap 0
Great tit new 6
retrap 3
Greenfinch new 9
retrap 0
House sparrow new 2
retrap 0
Jay new 0
retrap 0
Lesser Redpoll new 0
retrap 0
Linnet new 1
retrap 0
Long tailed tit new 2
retrap 2
Redwing new 2
retrap 0
Reed bunting new 44
retrap 7
Robin new 29
retrap 46
Song Thrush new 2
retrap 1
Sparrowhawk new 1
retrap 0
Starling new 0
retrap 0
Treecreeper new 0
retrap 0
Tree sparrow new 43
retrap 6
Woodpigeon new 1
retrap 0
Wren new 8
retrap 1
Yellowhammer new 126
retrap 15

Total new 570
retrap 207


Previous 6 winter averages :

Blackbird new 66.8
retrap 38.0
Blackcap new 0.7
retrap 0.2
Blue tit new 54.7
retrap 12.5
Brambling new 18.3
retrap 0.8
Bullfinch new 2.0
retrap 0.0
Chaffinch new 188.8
retrap 35.8
Chiffchaff new 0.2
retrap 0.0
Coal tit new 7.3
retrap 1.2
Dunnock new 50.0
retrap 59.2
Fieldfare new 0.8
retrap 0.0
Goldcrest new 8.7
retrap 3.0
Goldfinch new 5.0
retrap 0.3
Great tit new 15.3
retrap 2.0
Greenfinch new 35.3
retrap 1.2
House sparrow new 14.0
retrap 2.8
Jay new 0.2
retrap 0.0
Lesser Redpoll new 0.5
retrap 0.0
Linnet new 1.8
retrap 0.0
Long tailed tit new 14.5
retrap 7.5
Redwing new 2.5
retrap 0.0
Reed bunting new 55.8
retrap 8.2
Robin new 32.7
retrap 40.2
Song Thrush new 3.0
retrap 1.0
Sparrowhawk new 0.5
retrap 0.0
Starling new 1.7
retrap 0.0
Treecreeper new 0.7
retrap 0.0
Tree sparrow new 30.3
retrap 5.2
Woodpigeon new 0.7
retrap 0.0
Wren new 11.3
retrap 5.3
Yellowhammer new 192.5
retrap 44.2

Total new 816.7
retrap 268.5


Previous 6 winter totals :

Blackbird new 401
retrap 228
Blackcap new 4
retrap 1
Blue tit new 328
retrap 75
Brambling new 110
retrap 5
Bullfinch new 12
retrap 0
Chaffinch new 1133
retrap 215
Chiffchaff new 1
retrap 0
Coal tit new 44
retrap 7
Dunnock new 300
retrap 355
Fieldfare new 5
retrap 0
Goldcrest new 52
retrap 18
Goldfinch new 30
retrap 2
Great tit new 92
retrap 12
Greenfinch new 212
retrap 7
House sparrow new 84
retrap 17
Jay new 1
retrap 0
Lesser Redpoll new 3
retrap 0
Linnet new 11
retrap 0
Long tailed tit new 87
retrap 45
Redwing new 15
retrap 0
Reed bunting new 335
retrap 49
Robin new 196
retrap 241
Song Thrush new 18
retrap 6
Sparrowhawk new 3
retrap 0
Starling new 10
retrap 0
Treecreeper new 4
retrap 0
Tree sparrow new 182
retrap 31
Woodpigeon new 4
retrap 0
Wren new 68
retrap 32
Yellowhammer new 1155
retrap 265

Total new 4900
retrap 1611