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[***DIJ***]

Hi,
I started ringing in January of this year and would love to hear about everyones ringing stories and news of trips and projects. I am really enthusiatsic about ringing and birds in general.

Last went ringing at the weekend and added Treecreeper to my ring list. Hit 1000 birds also.

I remember after a period of heavy rain the fen road we ring along turned into a torrent of mud. After a fairly successful morning of ringing we headed home, skidding around on the mud. In an attempt to avoid the mud we took to the fallow field next to the road. Next thing I can't open my door as the car is buried up to the doors in thick fen soil! Still worth it

Daniel

 

[DMKSlater]

Lucky 18ft net. Whilst fixing the net it has caught a Red Breasted Flycatcher then a year later, same net same scenario a Firecrest! It has now sadly been retired to the great mist net graveyard in the sky!

Good ringing

Dave

 

[***DIJ***]

Now that is enviable! Had a Whinchat in the bottom shelf on a footpath surrounding a sewage works. Pretty lucky!

 

[John Morgan]

Lucky 18ft net. Whilst fixing the net it has caught a Red Breasted Flycatcher then a year later, same net same scenario a Firecrest! It has now sadly been retired to the great mist net graveyard in the sky!

On the subject of home-made nets (18ft isn't a standard size, that's how I knew!) I built a couple of 40 m single panels to attempt to catch Golden Plover at a wintering site. They never did catch GP (one once managed a Lapwing ), but I caught adult Grey Heron and a Polish-ringed Knot during a subsequent tidal-mudflat night session with one of them.

 

[YourBirdOasis]

The best bird I caught was in the Galapagos. We were target netting medium ground finches and instead caught a Hudsonian Curlew! I couldn't believe how strong their wings truly are, plus their bill is like nothing I've ever seen. I share your enthusiasm for mist-netting.