tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85674994819425047482024-03-13T03:47:10.257+00:00 Two in a bush Bird ringing, moth trapping and other odds and sods caught on camera.Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.comBlogger542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-19998668408989721062023-04-03T10:01:00.000+01:002023-04-03T10:01:16.156+01:00Another Un-bill-ievable Blue Tit<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> A Blue Tit with a deformed beak has been visiting the garden for the past couple of months. Its very overgrown mandibles clearly cause it problems when feeding but it has adapted by tilting its head to one side and searching through suet pellets on the bird table to try and find smaller pieces and crumbs it can pick up and eat. It frequently feeds on the ground below a fat ball feeder where it can also find small pieces and crumbs that other birds drop or dislodge when feeding on the fat balls.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QdmBsm0eKnlXHYRHCm6fnCIn2mOl4l0V2V0O0iDloagKJJkI30eV-xM0HKQyfeIvjXM59jVAnfR8RtbEHqIMoLGPQeX58i8HbB66QCelR4GjRCP02avqWPLdiZT_qoxY89dvB49pS2Aky_GjmMmk62s3xQRWa7EgqMy-4uj3u_1OzcK6ZOEo-aPf/s1863/DSC_1389%20(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1863" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QdmBsm0eKnlXHYRHCm6fnCIn2mOl4l0V2V0O0iDloagKJJkI30eV-xM0HKQyfeIvjXM59jVAnfR8RtbEHqIMoLGPQeX58i8HbB66QCelR4GjRCP02avqWPLdiZT_qoxY89dvB49pS2Aky_GjmMmk62s3xQRWa7EgqMy-4uj3u_1OzcK6ZOEo-aPf/w640-h424/DSC_1389%20(4).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VdIo0UvY5Y5nNmQJDmaGHH3bqR2PTJhZgNLs2hkKAsjHNnjoSoJsBEURaxzbO8kgdl4FBNtKyDupU3QmmHc3hOyqbvVfZslsGPheIVDlhadQv0qjr05O-gm2s1gl4lk3XaPFTrb6JBk0yBt4RZPjMCfh-J8XLgz4UGETkdiv4oOWVhLEWH8mytWx/s2248/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2248" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VdIo0UvY5Y5nNmQJDmaGHH3bqR2PTJhZgNLs2hkKAsjHNnjoSoJsBEURaxzbO8kgdl4FBNtKyDupU3QmmHc3hOyqbvVfZslsGPheIVDlhadQv0qjr05O-gm2s1gl4lk3XaPFTrb6JBk0yBt4RZPjMCfh-J8XLgz4UGETkdiv4oOWVhLEWH8mytWx/w640-h426/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2ApvVgKtIwFEVkdhkEFyCcgNcUunM76rhF5IXna0eVtxDrHv2VNN0gTyc_hehZbRYFS01IldGhkPg4X5sJvY8FSJEdtzjrdFRraC6NeJRKGv_lt84DsFD7SZjsExEQGp6_2qkW6HNiSSSLKoYOJs-PllYXuIFOXBOveIack3dansNTaicYWa1Lq-/s1584/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1584" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2ApvVgKtIwFEVkdhkEFyCcgNcUunM76rhF5IXna0eVtxDrHv2VNN0gTyc_hehZbRYFS01IldGhkPg4X5sJvY8FSJEdtzjrdFRraC6NeJRKGv_lt84DsFD7SZjsExEQGp6_2qkW6HNiSSSLKoYOJs-PllYXuIFOXBOveIack3dansNTaicYWa1Lq-/w640-h426/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%203.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p>More recently it has taken to using a window feeder that allows it to pick through sunflower hearts, suet pellets and partially crushed dried mealworms. I wouldn't normally use a window feeder but it was bought for me as a Christmas present so I decided to give it a go and I am really glad that I did. Birds didn't go near this feeder for ages but this Blue Tit eventually started to take advantage of it and brought it close enough for me to photograph it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWqOyh1wToNqI7tfnrkFnQ8J4X56Ih7xtkmZH5ZmCvsLOlLQZo6ws-6WtntF4vUr2G-mNNFBTKfVKiJcbji9mSlcf0sqWC02C1Odlv0DJ6QasLJ1HAXQu3rJYPzsbAkuXtTSliSqq2zkhB6gwVMWPHkAdIZ7Tcbac9wtycMQWD6uqrstn_9MFn0Dg/s2000/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="2000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWqOyh1wToNqI7tfnrkFnQ8J4X56Ih7xtkmZH5ZmCvsLOlLQZo6ws-6WtntF4vUr2G-mNNFBTKfVKiJcbji9mSlcf0sqWC02C1Odlv0DJ6QasLJ1HAXQu3rJYPzsbAkuXtTSliSqq2zkhB6gwVMWPHkAdIZ7Tcbac9wtycMQWD6uqrstn_9MFn0Dg/w640-h424/PJA%20Blue%20Tit%204.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This isn't the first Blue Tit with an overgrown beak I have recorded in the garden and I did a blog post about one I caught in the garden nearly 10 years ago (<a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2013/11/un-bill-ievable-blue-tit_30.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">blog post link here</span></a>). That bird was more extreme case and had an even longer lower mandible. One thing I have noticed with the current bird is that its bill still appears to be growing, especially the lower mandible. When I first saw it in the garden the lower mandible barely seemed to extend much beyond the upper mandible where they cross but now it clearly extends past the upper by a few millimetres. I suspect both mandibles are still growing but it is just easier to see the change in the lower mandible. If it hangs around long enough I may be able to take more photographs to show that its bill is still growing in the absence of normal wear from pecking, feeding and bill wiping.</p><p><br /></p></span><p></p>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-63495860857494414552022-04-03T22:20:00.001+01:002022-04-03T22:55:22.246+01:00Icelandic Redwing Recovery<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I received a recovery report for a Redwing I had identified as being of the Icelandic race and it had actually been recovered in Iceland I was more than a little pleased and surprised, to say the least. I have ringed 3675 Redwings on Billinge Hill and at Crawford since 2014 but only a very tiny proportion of those have been of the Icelandic race 'coburni'. Add in the relatively low recovery rate for Redwings of roughly 1 in 500 from my ringing and 1 for every 1166 from all ringing in Britain and Ireland up to 2020 (BTO online ringing report) and there was very little chance of having one of my Icelandic Redwings recovered anywhere, let alone in Iceland. In terms of likelihood getting this recovery report was a bit like winning the lottery.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Redwing (Turdus iliacus coburni)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">RY31104<span> first year<span> 17/11/2018<span> </span>Billinge Hill, Billinge, Merseyside, UK</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Caught by ringer<span> </span><span> </span><span> 25/03/2022<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Akureyri, Norður, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, Iceland</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Duration: 1224 days <span> </span>Distance: 1600 km<span> </span> Direction: 328deg (NNW)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1TYJRq6iMdPoUeMSwWQ4kyY-1TSG-mo6d&ehbc=2E312F" width="640"></iframe></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When I looked at the recoveries in BTO online ringing report there had only been 32 Redwings recovered in Iceland from all ringing in Britain and Ireland up to 2020. Of those 32 recoveries 29 had been ringed in Scotland, 1 in Ireland, 1 in Wales and again only 1 in England. An analysis of Redwing recoveries by R.D.P Milwright using data from birds ringed in the breeding season indicated that Icelandic Redwings winter almost entirely in Scotland, Ireland, western France and northwest Iberia. Also that adults and birds from eastern Iceland are more likely to be recovered in Scotland and Ireland while those from Western Iceland are more likely to be found in France and Iberia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I have had a long standing interest in Icelandic Redwings which started in the early days of my ringing when I was with Leigh Ringing Group and we used to catch large numbers of Redwings at a roost site near Bolton. In those days I used to wonder how difficult or easy it would be to identify 'coburni' given they were generally described as averaging a bit darker and longer winged. Not only that but did they even occur in north-west England given what was known and published at that time. Back in those days, like many ringers, I used to think the best initial clue would be size with any long winged bird (126mm+) being a candidate for the Icelandic race but that ignores the fact that there is a huge overlap in the range of wing lengths the 2 races display. If my memory serves me correct we didn't catch any particularly long-winged Redwings at that roost site, certainly none that would be outside the normal range of the nominate race 'iliacus' and nor did any appear to be noticeably darker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My interest in this subject was revived when I started ringing on Billinge Hill in 2014 and found I was able to catch large numbers of Redwings from migrating flocks in autumn with the help of a new sound lure. On 16th November 2014 I caught a Redwing that was noticeably darker but I was cautious and only tentatively suggested it could be an Icelandic bird and wrote about it in a blog post <a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-of-same.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">here</span></a>. On 20th November 2014 I caught another dark and heavily marked Redwing and this time I was convinced it must be an Icelandic Redwing. It had a wing length was 127mm, so was quite big but not necessarily outside 'iliacus' range, depending on which reference you use. It also made me realize that I had been too cautious with the individual I had caught a few days earlier and that too was an Icelandic bird. This second bird resulted in me writing a blog post Redwings: coburni v iliacus <a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2014/11/redwings-coburni-v-iliacus.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">(link here)</span></a> which has become one the most popular posts on this blog, such is the interest in separating the two races.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While I had become happy that I could pick out well marked Icelandic birds regardless of their wing length I was still left wondering how similar in appearance to 'iliacus' some of them might be and I still don't know the answer to that one. Since those first two Icelandic Redwings I have caught a few others in most autumns (usually in late October or November) but I have also caught others that I considered fell short in terms of appearance to varying degrees. My ringing notebooks are littered with notes on the appearance of Redwings and it is why I can't put an exact number on how many Icelandic birds I have actually ringed because I may have been too cautious in some cases. Some were put down as definite 'coburni' and that number only gets into low double figures but others were put down as possibles or probables for one reason or another. I have also caught a quite a few long winged birds that appeared to be typical 'iliacus' in terms of appearance but had wing lengths of 127mm and 128mm. However, the two longest wing lengths I have recorded were 128.5mm and 129mm with the first individual being considered to be a definite 'coburni' on appearance (images of this individual can be seen in a blog post <a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2015/10/redwings-coburni-v-iliacus-2015.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">here</span></a>) but second was only noted as being a bit darker than typical 'iliacus' and was only considered to be a possible 'coburni', partly based on its 129mm wing length. Another interesting point about the latter bird is that it was caught on 3rd October 2016 during an early movement of 'iliacus' and would seem to be too early for a bird of Icelandic origin to reach north-west England, not to mention the issue of different weather patterns that would influence the movements of the two races in reaching the UK.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">While I was happy I was catching a small number of Icelandic Redwings there is no substitute for some form of proof especially as the race could be considered a county rarity or even an English rarity. Statistically I knew the chances of catching a bird that had been ringed in Iceland or having one of my birds recovered there was so incredibly low that it was never likely to happen. I wasn't likely to go to Iceland to look at Icelandic Redwings on their breeding grounds to study their appearance either. I also investigated the possibility of confirming the identity of some of my Icelandic birds through DNA from feather samples but that failed to get the necessary support at the time. So when the recovery report for RY31104 landed in my inbox a few days ago the proof I never expected to get was actually there.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I only caught 12 Redwings on 17th November 2018 and 3 of them were what I described as stand out examples of the Icelandic race, 'coburni', in a blog post at the time <a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2018/11/icelandic-redwings-sparrowhawks.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa400;">(link here)</span></a>. Unfortunately I only photographed one of these Icelandic birds and it wasn't the bird that produced the recovery. The wing lengths of these 3 'coburni' were 126.5mm, 125mm and 122mm with the bird that was recovered in Iceland having a wing length of 125mm.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjU4_oTAsFVYlkJ8RBXPKXYXj_hhrTlXbneJdZUy-Ff1fZJcvUegugKteUKgPJfNJWKmD4Qr7ZSseVx9yISdVpH5FEjW6CfU9lO09n_t9ok6GCD151cixNlX-Vg-IX7FUz1BOB6kvjSDsy9nQM9muv9UB358TQJVYyIfzLO3fQqDVI2SPLXOdVfMHg/s1400/DSC_0592ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjU4_oTAsFVYlkJ8RBXPKXYXj_hhrTlXbneJdZUy-Ff1fZJcvUegugKteUKgPJfNJWKmD4Qr7ZSseVx9yISdVpH5FEjW6CfU9lO09n_t9ok6GCD151cixNlX-Vg-IX7FUz1BOB6kvjSDsy9nQM9muv9UB358TQJVYyIfzLO3fQqDVI2SPLXOdVfMHg/w640-h480/DSC_0592ed.JPG" title="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Icelandic Redwing 17//11/2018</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaP-CnqqD8-XxHfbO1bDA0lkzaONU-qiHGMOI6Riyv6zABgbUb040nWZDGjNqCyKuRsd8QidDHidWAblGH6FxihAAI5vpeXEp23m6UzzzLpWYldaMbB95k9gUGYn3D_k0L2VFwXIAPo8lA8zeDwHazVNk6aFMfj33nknhHolVOuVKaEa-4m38UKY-/s1400/DSC_0594ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaP-CnqqD8-XxHfbO1bDA0lkzaONU-qiHGMOI6Riyv6zABgbUb040nWZDGjNqCyKuRsd8QidDHidWAblGH6FxihAAI5vpeXEp23m6UzzzLpWYldaMbB95k9gUGYn3D_k0L2VFwXIAPo8lA8zeDwHazVNk6aFMfj33nknhHolVOuVKaEa-4m38UKY-/w640-h480/DSC_0594ed.JPG" title="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Icelandic Redwing 17//11/2018</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywTB_MOW3Oiww_PhY1gYsLrz_4O2nlgUTkepojI1EjPWqvh6iphy02RE6rWPGPzkBolECpmVL1nHHAzklmuuEpAxUS_DqInv800ZfPWp-X_k17PILoSss7P0mF_NjaTRBeseW2vNNmjReY86EgURll_5aFBB0ALNrYDYI8HKNbORGy5jzMtNpUiee/s1400/DSC_0599ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywTB_MOW3Oiww_PhY1gYsLrz_4O2nlgUTkepojI1EjPWqvh6iphy02RE6rWPGPzkBolECpmVL1nHHAzklmuuEpAxUS_DqInv800ZfPWp-X_k17PILoSss7P0mF_NjaTRBeseW2vNNmjReY86EgURll_5aFBB0ALNrYDYI8HKNbORGy5jzMtNpUiee/w640-h480/DSC_0599ed.JPG" title="Icelandic Redwing 17/11/2018" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Icelandic Redwing 17//11/2018</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This recovery and my ringing records of Icelandic Redwings hopefully go some way to show that they occur more regularly in northwest England than had previously been known or even thought. I hope my blog posts and photos have gone some way to show that separating the two races is best based on appearance rather than being distracted by consideration of wing length. What I can't tell you is how similar in appearance some individuals of the two races may actually be but I suspect, as recorded in my ringing notebooks, there will be some slightly darker birds that can't be confidently recorded as 'coburni' but probably or possibly are and others may just may be well marked 'iliacus'. As for wing length, in my experience, even some quite long-winged birds with wing lengths of 127mm and 128mm, that look like nominate 'iliacus' are probably just that, long-winged 'iliacus'. If it was too easy it wouldn't be worth doing, would it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><u style="font-family: arial;">References</u></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Robinson, R.A., Leech, D.I. & Clark, J.A.(2021) The Online Demography Report: bird ringing and nest recording in Britain & Ireland in 2010. BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/ringing-report, created on 27-June-2020) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">R. D. P. Milwright (2002) Redwing Turdus iliacus migration and wintering areas as shown by recoveries of birds ringed in the breeding season in Fennoscandia, Poland, the Baltic Republics, Russia, Siberia and Iceland, Ringing & Migration, 21:1, 5-15, DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2002.9674271</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-14883173822837094562021-11-07T21:17:00.000+00:002021-11-07T21:17:16.816+00:00Back in the saddle<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a gap of nearly 2 years I finally managed to get back to the ringing site on Billinge Hill in late October. Covid restrictions were the initial reason for the lack of visits but work and other commitments also played their part and got in the way too. I didn't stop ringing altogether and simply focussed on my garden based Starling project which wasn't affected by the Covid restrictions and was easier to fit in around everything else. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway I got back up to the Billinge site and spent an afternoon opening up a couple of 18m net rides prior to the first ringing visit on 23rd October, which went reasonably well. Work and wet weather prevented me from getting out again until 3rd November but then I managed to get out four mornings in a row. 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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">23/10/21<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">03/11/21<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">04/11/21<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">05/11/21<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">06/11/21<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-left: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jay<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue Tit<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Great Tit<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">L-t Tit<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 (2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 (2)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goldcrest<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">10<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Treecreeper<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blackbird<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fieldfare<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Redwing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">13<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">25<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">41<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">52<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">34<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">165<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Song Thrush<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Robin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chaffinch<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bullfinch<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lesser Redpoll<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">18 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Goldfinch<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Siskin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 48.5pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yellowhammer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Reed Bunting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 84.6pt;" valign="top" width="113">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Total<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">34<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.7pt;" valign="top" width="84">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">43<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">55 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">62 (3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.8pt;" valign="top" width="81">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">45 (1)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #E7E6E6 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: background2; mso-border-left-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: background2; mso-border-right-themecolor: background2; mso-border-themecolor: background2; mso-border-top-alt: solid #E7E6E6 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: background2; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.3pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">239 (5)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Retraps or controls in
brackets<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</tbody></table><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Redwing" border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1975" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOh2raT2Axi4mYfi-465X1R3el9-YlqlnDw55-jtAYA6j0c58UZXkFL67aYfKHpmqh9voJBsChvWhntWB4kKtT_SdbVOGkiTM7hU1F3L6AI1ZkBdhPlS-fSudYMQJYDggHM6Y7_J_0X4/w640-h446/DSC_0038+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Redwing" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Redwing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOh2raT2Axi4mYfi-465X1R3el9-YlqlnDw55-jtAYA6j0c58UZXkFL67aYfKHpmqh9voJBsChvWhntWB4kKtT_SdbVOGkiTM7hU1F3L6AI1ZkBdhPlS-fSudYMQJYDggHM6Y7_J_0X4/s1975/DSC_0038+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xSrJQpPLku37Yrqj_M8kBRtzgkLxlY6vWkUlf42QmzUWRd77U_ZtwlJoHA_QS5YxdBcqJp3m4IJCd6vMqhiEwsXSGhYLZlA5pgG7gJ5k4pB0K6j6Di1wtJvutDbOHV3EWtbXIqFX7dA/s1450/DSC_0035+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Fieldfare" border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1450" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xSrJQpPLku37Yrqj_M8kBRtzgkLxlY6vWkUlf42QmzUWRd77U_ZtwlJoHA_QS5YxdBcqJp3m4IJCd6vMqhiEwsXSGhYLZlA5pgG7gJ5k4pB0K6j6Di1wtJvutDbOHV3EWtbXIqFX7dA/w640-h462/DSC_0035+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Fieldfare" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adult female Fieldfare</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkK-h1UtjlwBDP-NnBtXjOllnxsNr0LjQW2MtXH6rdJRp3Tq20v5mwT27YXgXdByD8ZNeodOJI1H31CalKoRwa2rShqC_VsJQ5tRVv3LYjL47fiFFwFXuXNgT4ViZJxOSWEbtqbIJAEj8/s1214/DSC_0043+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Lesser Redpoll" border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1214" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkK-h1UtjlwBDP-NnBtXjOllnxsNr0LjQW2MtXH6rdJRp3Tq20v5mwT27YXgXdByD8ZNeodOJI1H31CalKoRwa2rShqC_VsJQ5tRVv3LYjL47fiFFwFXuXNgT4ViZJxOSWEbtqbIJAEj8/w640-h438/DSC_0043+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Lesser Redpoll" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Control adult male Lesser Redpoll (ring number AAN****)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KR5paGtF6mlT_emUJ48Ymk3_Kw7m_q6AXxEKtovJ8nSxE4-6QJqYcp0PpN3HYqIUzXgRJUGrNSvg7be9i49xHw7WypoZZx4pFynIEZRFX_losemJ6DHex-_EDfMocR0NPK65a6peY6c/s1228/DSC_0046+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Yellowhammer" border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1228" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KR5paGtF6mlT_emUJ48Ymk3_Kw7m_q6AXxEKtovJ8nSxE4-6QJqYcp0PpN3HYqIUzXgRJUGrNSvg7be9i49xHw7WypoZZx4pFynIEZRFX_losemJ6DHex-_EDfMocR0NPK65a6peY6c/w640-h440/DSC_0046+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Yellowhammer" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Male Yellowhammer 06/11/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The sessions were quite busy so I didn't have time to make detailed observations of movements overhead but one consistent feature, apart from the movements of Redwings and Fieldfares, was a significant movement of Siskins heading north. Singles, numerous small groups and flocks of up to 70 strong punctuated each of the visits.</span></p><p></p>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-52921092110289416782021-03-10T12:26:00.001+00:002021-03-10T12:51:51.429+00:00Garden birds: winter 2020-21<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been a very poor winter for birds in my garden, except for the Moorhen which stayed around until mid December, and it has not been for the lack of food on offer. The number of Goldfinches using the feeders has been low and only in single figures throughout. Perhaps the lockdowns have encouraged more people to feed birds in their gardens and this has provided species like Goldfinch with more options than in previous winters. It could also be because there is more natural food available this winter or a combination of the two. Siskins had been totally absent until recently with the first and only sighting of the winter being a fine adult male that visited the feeders yesterday. Use of garden feeders by Siskins is closely linked to availability of natural food supplies so it suggests there has been an abundance of natural food for that species, at least.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppq4jb1u4YQve6XkT3oTrgK2l0bKVOnoGHVw1NkkA2mmh_VAjvU7YukRNtUa6gLeTCfO9x5CIe0XgL9_AN1d0CRX8n6WVQccJnBLkOZPJXXgpMQhOlsm2nwDFnEk2aKea7Z2s1eYoivk/s2048/DSC_0322ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Adult male Siskin" border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppq4jb1u4YQve6XkT3oTrgK2l0bKVOnoGHVw1NkkA2mmh_VAjvU7YukRNtUa6gLeTCfO9x5CIe0XgL9_AN1d0CRX8n6WVQccJnBLkOZPJXXgpMQhOlsm2nwDFnEk2aKea7Z2s1eYoivk/w640-h426/DSC_0322ed.JPG" title="Adult male Siskin" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adult male Siskin 09/03/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhcH_N46EX27qq2QmXzLb3KHO8GNrg2bC97pFL4LchuwCj0Ysq4yt8wWTAc3bFD_IK0Vbmg-tdoDEqKfCFDsYD5tQVv4TaSG_UG_XyRN6Y7j49gWgx5iMfr-pkvuLAiJoYZwZq4GgCe8/s2048/DSC_0332ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhcH_N46EX27qq2QmXzLb3KHO8GNrg2bC97pFL4LchuwCj0Ysq4yt8wWTAc3bFD_IK0Vbmg-tdoDEqKfCFDsYD5tQVv4TaSG_UG_XyRN6Y7j49gWgx5iMfr-pkvuLAiJoYZwZq4GgCe8/w640-h424/DSC_0332ed.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The rounded tail shape and uniform greater coverts and tertials make this Siskin easy to age as an adult (2CY+)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Blackbirds appear to have used the garden in slightly larger numbers with 26 being ringed over the course of the winter but that may be a consequence of the lockdowns and increased time spent catching and ringing Blackbirds rather than any real increase. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">One species that has seen a real increase in numbers is House Sparrow with up to a dozen visiting the feeders every day and a nice roost gathering in a neighbours conifer hedge. They had become very scarce in recent years so it is nice to see that they have made a bit of a comeback.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also on a positive note it has been good to have a Blackcap visiting the feeders since the start of the year. It was an occasional visitor at first but has become a regular visitor over the past month or so. I assumed it was the same individual each time until 2 males were on the same feeder on 22nd February. I caught and colour-ringed one of them on 6th March and that bird has been seen in the garden numerous times each day since then but an unringed male was also present yesterday so perhaps there have been 2 birds all along.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKRyB2GC_Ppi3kx6cN54bn0jkgNQ6YGqvfJ6uVBELX5D_ke9U9Ntrt6gTLmO3GA5VJEMV9LItKuPwqmw9Wl5otixgCZKpj7TZJtKGzD6Yt0YcHAlzyz-ZQHuz4R8mLe-DgJCirpyRJfs/s2048/DSC_0289ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKRyB2GC_Ppi3kx6cN54bn0jkgNQ6YGqvfJ6uVBELX5D_ke9U9Ntrt6gTLmO3GA5VJEMV9LItKuPwqmw9Wl5otixgCZKpj7TZJtKGzD6Yt0YcHAlzyz-ZQHuz4R8mLe-DgJCirpyRJfs/w640-h424/DSC_0289ed.JPG" title="Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv1GwCWV6A6JP28jBFciolel11NATNcHNr7ebGSm1CmWoMHMBuSLaXCKhs76pL3TR-8qrysoDbJoaQy-wasmV9YlV7bhDgho_tZ1GVMHAy_SzZtJnOJl0zdfx4DBZ1ohQV-6qUc7Ih1E/s2048/DSC_0301ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv1GwCWV6A6JP28jBFciolel11NATNcHNr7ebGSm1CmWoMHMBuSLaXCKhs76pL3TR-8qrysoDbJoaQy-wasmV9YlV7bhDgho_tZ1GVMHAy_SzZtJnOJl0zdfx4DBZ1ohQV-6qUc7Ih1E/w640-h424/DSC_0301ed.JPG" title="Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbs0dnuzlfGc1hCwIXkrHOyYcmb07N97kJTtnpoyaJV2oxACOwtkzBhGQgIW4zSRuh-Or_mNH5bhkWMQFcQcmfSygg0N9_xZHRCdWkh18n97cV3NVAUoKHvD_ZhTJZy9Uawd1GghgYFI/s2048/DSC_0319ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbs0dnuzlfGc1hCwIXkrHOyYcmb07N97kJTtnpoyaJV2oxACOwtkzBhGQgIW4zSRuh-Or_mNH5bhkWMQFcQcmfSygg0N9_xZHRCdWkh18n97cV3NVAUoKHvD_ZhTJZy9Uawd1GghgYFI/w640-h424/DSC_0319ed.JPG" title="Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ringed male Blackcap 08/03/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY4wv3GlOvK-vp6RtzqHXBZMGjxnNADCoBEjLJVlBCPMPLoI3mmJ69vM31pEOCXOcnDAQwg7_3VxcTn3R_2G77AwbmcjiUU7yqVgpqPE-kvFd1VuQ7OqG-tm_Vt260eAkC3gx1JJJPnI/s2034/DSC_0340ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="2034" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxY4wv3GlOvK-vp6RtzqHXBZMGjxnNADCoBEjLJVlBCPMPLoI3mmJ69vM31pEOCXOcnDAQwg7_3VxcTn3R_2G77AwbmcjiUU7yqVgpqPE-kvFd1VuQ7OqG-tm_Vt260eAkC3gx1JJJPnI/w640-h426/DSC_0340ed.JPG" title="Uninged male Blackcap 09/03/2021" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unringed male Blackcap 09/03/2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Both Blackcaps are likely to stay around until late March by which time they will have fattened up and be ready to migrate to breeding areas in Europe or possibly elsewhere in the UK.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-84334417419685531602020-11-22T20:37:00.000+00:002020-11-22T20:37:55.712+00:00Conifer loving Moorhen<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Moorhen has been a regular in the garden all week and its favourite hiding spot is high up in a fairly tall, dense conifer (highlighted by the red box and arrow in the image below). It sits up there for long periods in between bouts of feeding. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ETeBwFIVAMzLixhWjXvESwudTK8e2Ir8WqNrCHpqIK7cRZY-w7dBCtreNlKpMYizfs8HZhCsRLzHYE7YfopNCJEePL2n8C5vnpaMfmhI19pXXBquwovcytdREvuXMAyfIj-U8nY9P8/s1161/Garden+Moorhen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-ETeBwFIVAMzLixhWjXvESwudTK8e2Ir8WqNrCHpqIK7cRZY-w7dBCtreNlKpMYizfs8HZhCsRLzHYE7YfopNCJEePL2n8C5vnpaMfmhI19pXXBquwovcytdREvuXMAyfIj-U8nY9P8/w606-h640/Garden+Moorhen.jpg" title="Front garden, © P J Alker" width="606" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj_bwH6Gb8dylIiY5mA2Mz4a_XNwzw2bLJPLbPKDzVnbdbCXDu2_6i7n39PAspl2_V1I8yR-jYuarFLRSxnD-GZexPWuWMoDTRtdsuE4ZZBI3hhEnDh92zj9iEi4YpaFc-u6zQBRIhh4/s1400/DSC_0095edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj_bwH6Gb8dylIiY5mA2Mz4a_XNwzw2bLJPLbPKDzVnbdbCXDu2_6i7n39PAspl2_V1I8yR-jYuarFLRSxnD-GZexPWuWMoDTRtdsuE4ZZBI3hhEnDh92zj9iEi4YpaFc-u6zQBRIhh4/w640-h424/DSC_0095edrs.jpg" title="Moorhen in conifer, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is not easy to see when it keeps still.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVUDtrfTMjUTa5Wn9cmUlkTZZtrYbwyDGjDTWAvomluD-P-Bq7WDja2cCl3q5QmASwiu7379uqFqvu2tVmBCj_MLbmHMvIJwUmAAVZbk6Toef7pOYKogs2dhhs2jwhrGUSDCIhdIFLpM/s1400/DSC_0095edrs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1400" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVUDtrfTMjUTa5Wn9cmUlkTZZtrYbwyDGjDTWAvomluD-P-Bq7WDja2cCl3q5QmASwiu7379uqFqvu2tVmBCj_MLbmHMvIJwUmAAVZbk6Toef7pOYKogs2dhhs2jwhrGUSDCIhdIFLpM/w640-h422/DSC_0095edrs2.jpg" title="Moorhen in conifer, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Every now and again it decides to come down for a feed.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDISdCrgRp7BBdIpjaa_m64Mepq9pq7LGKtuo5mn4qTAdokDgV8SAK5vAgdaNlF5fZJQdfdQogjh1sHy1wzXC03nPkH34r1UTVTR_yd2QFV0ttvaoBS7_4Wh1rBTj-br9Rcim56AEIAQ/s1200/DSC_0136edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Moorhen in conifer, © P J Alker" border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDISdCrgRp7BBdIpjaa_m64Mepq9pq7LGKtuo5mn4qTAdokDgV8SAK5vAgdaNlF5fZJQdfdQogjh1sHy1wzXC03nPkH34r1UTVTR_yd2QFV0ttvaoBS7_4Wh1rBTj-br9Rcim56AEIAQ/w640-h426/DSC_0136edrs.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting ready to launch.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DKUkxtJGYFzzsphrCSjedaAfs9KLr_fjKd6KBjjBXcADhnh9xnYWDFrg0LmRfZLD0F5bkNE798qOCP-hI1qD3p5JaSH9QQXBvCNWg0NICRN7gTmFh-Xs-ui75FHBU9CNVA3VEnfZf1Y/s1400/DSC_0138edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DKUkxtJGYFzzsphrCSjedaAfs9KLr_fjKd6KBjjBXcADhnh9xnYWDFrg0LmRfZLD0F5bkNE798qOCP-hI1qD3p5JaSH9QQXBvCNWg0NICRN7gTmFh-Xs-ui75FHBU9CNVA3VEnfZf1Y/w640-h424/DSC_0138edrs.jpg" title="Moorhen in conifer, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And then it goes for it.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMBtfpMcZBIcl3O3j2RxkhkIArhj2LJLfnjX5j6o2pNcJlxP5GutHhwFNbUQWG-gVTB68WlxVM_S1NXKfBVu_j5gFpJf5QRYtM_wPcIybod3lialAV1SywvY3ACCDBPybaWygMx8M7Ag/s1400/DSC_0140edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMBtfpMcZBIcl3O3j2RxkhkIArhj2LJLfnjX5j6o2pNcJlxP5GutHhwFNbUQWG-gVTB68WlxVM_S1NXKfBVu_j5gFpJf5QRYtM_wPcIybod3lialAV1SywvY3ACCDBPybaWygMx8M7Ag/w640-h424/DSC_0140edrs.jpg" title="Moorhen launches from conifer, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfwA5-DEolbTK0m97PfC0YDarmwQLFHJpgEldXkkIb3aZ4sKcF7M-LGUP587HA8YAKq4g1hszs9f-hJ2KA-mseAko9nklg4NacHTWBn_KgLXMCVGrxf_CRbUpQjdpskhyppU33EXj84A/s1200/DSC_0141edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1200" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfwA5-DEolbTK0m97PfC0YDarmwQLFHJpgEldXkkIb3aZ4sKcF7M-LGUP587HA8YAKq4g1hszs9f-hJ2KA-mseAko9nklg4NacHTWBn_KgLXMCVGrxf_CRbUpQjdpskhyppU33EXj84A/w640-h424/DSC_0141edrs.jpg" title="Moorhen 22/11/2020, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It seems quite at home strutting across the lawn and it<span style="text-align: left;"> happily stands its ground against the feral pigeons that visit the garden.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1bHiwi7bHUx8Gb3dDDd2LMl8-ClLwjCgptmtQ-TLDyQn4AdT0Q17J1DBpmecReK6_MmsKvCHi1MY7uhDk1ttEZa34FHkWSlIA-ZnRCdvFspjz3PhXFFVJqlZGIMw_HzPVp2nR7oYAw/s1300/DSC_0149edrs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1300" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5j1bHiwi7bHUx8Gb3dDDd2LMl8-ClLwjCgptmtQ-TLDyQn4AdT0Q17J1DBpmecReK6_MmsKvCHi1MY7uhDk1ttEZa34FHkWSlIA-ZnRCdvFspjz3PhXFFVJqlZGIMw_HzPVp2nR7oYAw/w640-h424/DSC_0149edrs.jpg" title="Feral pigeons and Moorhen, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It does appear to be resident in the garden as there haven't been any sightings to suggest that it commutes between the garden and the lakes in the park across the road. It has adapted to the garden habitat and happily struts about on the privet hedge and drinks drops of water from their leaves when it is raining. It occasionally takes cover in the dense yew hedge but its favourite resting spot is up in the conifer or Lawson Cypress to be precise.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-59885448731015900572020-11-16T01:51:00.000+00:002020-11-16T01:51:38.015+00:00Garden Gallinula and Orrell Water Park Dipper<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had an unexpected first for the garden earlier in the week when I spotted a juvenile Moorhen feeding under one of the bird feeders. It has been quite a long time since I recorded a new species in the garden, when I say garden I mean small front garden, and Moorhen isn't one that ever seemed likely. Moorhens breed on the small lakes in Orrell Water Park across the road from where I live so don't have to wander far but there is a mature and quite dense belt of trees that surrounds the park along with the park's perimeter wall, and then there is a fairly busy road to negotiate to reach my front garden and the garden itself is surrounded by dense evergreen hedging. Those features have successfully prevented Moorhens from reaching my garden in the 20 plus years I have lived here, not to mention the local cat population and general levels of human activity.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswpHi8WELiW8-AxChsQ8QJS47W3JB1L2L4mTNFgVbPcqHR4MbdNzySeAr0eYJ_2143pvFu8aP5kBM4dhk74b2KlvfvtNJCpxkGiCn9PWUb30nCIvVDG8Tu-GD87J-7UwOqHpes1d0tj0/s1400/DSC_0032edrs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Moorhen" border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswpHi8WELiW8-AxChsQ8QJS47W3JB1L2L4mTNFgVbPcqHR4MbdNzySeAr0eYJ_2143pvFu8aP5kBM4dhk74b2KlvfvtNJCpxkGiCn9PWUb30nCIvVDG8Tu-GD87J-7UwOqHpes1d0tj0/w640-h424/DSC_0032edrs.JPG" title="Moorhen 15/11/2020, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />I didn't manage to get any photographs on that first day but the Moorhen has been seen numerous times since and I managed to get some record shots yesterday (15/11/2020). These regular appearances in the garden beg the question - is it commuting between the garden and the ponds in the park or has it taken up temporary residence in the garden. As I detailed earlier there is no easy route for for a bird like a Moorhen to get between the garden and the ponds in the park even if a mixture of walking and flight is used. Temporary residence seems just as unlikely given the size of the garden and the nature of the neighbouring properties but it has been seen in a tall conifer hedge at the back of a neighbours property and in a tall conifer in the front garden so it knows how to get out of the way when people are around. Either way anyone who knows my garden will find this record just as unexpected and exceptional as I have.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBcvLMHFYAX0NFR5G0WDxtYVHVXePidttHJccKPQS8GL_HTop2tqydwL0HQpvnKNCwRdfZqS6GYyVC6kRzEM79mXSitARiKAKPb63kzn4kVC1H2VxnBv-nJ78sw6lI7H0pr5dQWV9J9U/s1400/DSC_0053edrs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Moorhen" border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1400" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBcvLMHFYAX0NFR5G0WDxtYVHVXePidttHJccKPQS8GL_HTop2tqydwL0HQpvnKNCwRdfZqS6GYyVC6kRzEM79mXSitARiKAKPb63kzn4kVC1H2VxnBv-nJ78sw6lI7H0pr5dQWV9J9U/w640-h424/DSC_0053edrs.JPG" title="Moorhen 15/11/2020, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The House Sparrows don't seem too impressed with this new visitor.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pueDDCmklUcai_rw8TFGMOPxEI2Kn3rXHF7kqN74hCjYL38ZAZwKH_3_6RZ0N9oIV3_Q11VYpVf8CtLLnKOw9Z6Oq516I4MmFdedjqlbpNeuDuQ86jbw1KuJnuOPgUZvk-mgwvPomVA/s1600/DSC_0075edrs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Moorhen" border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pueDDCmklUcai_rw8TFGMOPxEI2Kn3rXHF7kqN74hCjYL38ZAZwKH_3_6RZ0N9oIV3_Q11VYpVf8CtLLnKOw9Z6Oq516I4MmFdedjqlbpNeuDuQ86jbw1KuJnuOPgUZvk-mgwvPomVA/w640-h426/DSC_0075edrs.JPG" title="Moorhen 15/11/2020, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The Moorhen wasn't the only first I had in the past week as on Friday the 13th no less I saw a Dipper on Orrell Water Park which was my first record for the site. I had heard a second hand report of one being seen there last winter but I didn't know how reliable that sighting was and I didn't connect with it on my regular walks back then. There is very little suitable habitat for Dippers within the park boundary and the site is heavily disturbed with walkers and dog walkers, with me being one of them, so this is going to be a difficult species to see for anyone who keeps a tick list for Orrell Water Park. I didn't expect to see one despite the report of one being seen last winter so two good firsts for me in the same week. </span></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-29582367719437277452020-10-28T16:24:00.000+00:002020-10-28T16:24:18.384+00:00Many happy returns<span style="font-family: arial;">Last Friday, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">23/10/2020, I was really pleased to find the German ringed Black-headed Gull (IA141745) had returned to Orrell Water Park. This bird has featured on the blog many times and its return always cheers me up. It was first sighted at Orrell Water Park on 27/10/2012 and has been recorded numerous times each winter since then, usually between late October and late February or early March. It was ringed as an adult on 29/04/2012 in northern Germany, not far from the Baltic coast and the border with Poland, and presumably breeds in that area.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoY56NwJc-HzPb8j1dJnKeE-TbjSeiBHmcoZxIGQPTpqwB5ySn2eEwHybCA9myBD4mUmGRoa62ZmsInQLNrXzediTaWIycMTopPHYUdk4wkioCLzP35iwWOjKNS8YR4mwnq78D6pBerY/s1800/DSC_9987rs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1800" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoY56NwJc-HzPb8j1dJnKeE-TbjSeiBHmcoZxIGQPTpqwB5ySn2eEwHybCA9myBD4mUmGRoa62ZmsInQLNrXzediTaWIycMTopPHYUdk4wkioCLzP35iwWOjKNS8YR4mwnq78D6pBerY/w640-h424/DSC_9987rs.JPG" title="IA141745 Black-headed Gull, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">IA141745 photographed 23/10/2020</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXk_Xo9rghhY09iEoVffT_JvK-TO5GWkwuRfa4vTRzS68ecQtKXtryQcP4QWRe-VUYmMCgHj7BR_lucrU_OgSczli4XS1lOVZm7Ovv9wl_9W8zrdR-1h-MDlLonLGeAglrJx8XN4FimE/s1871/DSC_9983cr.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="1871" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXk_Xo9rghhY09iEoVffT_JvK-TO5GWkwuRfa4vTRzS68ecQtKXtryQcP4QWRe-VUYmMCgHj7BR_lucrU_OgSczli4XS1lOVZm7Ovv9wl_9W8zrdR-1h-MDlLonLGeAglrJx8XN4FimE/w640-h426/DSC_9983cr.JPG" title="IA141745 Black-headed Gull, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo8V4quX0jitcUhyLHkHuioHX-NxIF2_gmlVzj57HxFG0sr3S3B4Uu-iuCSJNoYfRyIQCzjHs4rde12u9j4NGssR69SaWFvR_DgLCgLBKtauwvL94JhY_4BJJ0vhApA6Zjr9dPXepn2s/s1887/DSC_9991cr.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1887" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo8V4quX0jitcUhyLHkHuioHX-NxIF2_gmlVzj57HxFG0sr3S3B4Uu-iuCSJNoYfRyIQCzjHs4rde12u9j4NGssR69SaWFvR_DgLCgLBKtauwvL94JhY_4BJJ0vhApA6Zjr9dPXepn2s/w640-h424/DSC_9991cr.JPG" title="IA141745 Black-headed Gull, © P J Alker" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A well worn and photographed ring.</span></div></div></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-14483703700423492922020-10-24T21:32:00.000+01:002020-10-24T21:32:42.317+01:00Sunflower reaches new heights<p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Where do you start when you haven't posted anything on your blog for the best part of six months and the simple answer for me was when I noticed a sunflower growing out of a neighbours chimney stack (14/10/2020). It was just one of those moments where I thought I need to photograph this and share it at some point.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I had been walking home from Orrell Water Park, where I had been looking for returning ringed Black-headed Gulls, when I noticed the sunflower. My attention had not only been drawn by its cheerful, bright yellow colour but also by a Woodpigeon that was strutting about on the chimney before settling down to take in a few rays.</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTKk_L0WI2HxjDpyprxAebnz16rvzVeHkyS0xtlKfpUyOmk2xdMe9n-M3t2xO-xUvrzrbUngsgM_Tjuv6FV0iU-aoIrfyKzQlKyxIVIJe_RQb2m_PTPGn1vvsGdzCETCnCZluPT__Od8/s2048/DSC_9969+%25283%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTKk_L0WI2HxjDpyprxAebnz16rvzVeHkyS0xtlKfpUyOmk2xdMe9n-M3t2xO-xUvrzrbUngsgM_Tjuv6FV0iU-aoIrfyKzQlKyxIVIJe_RQb2m_PTPGn1vvsGdzCETCnCZluPT__Od8/w640-h426/DSC_9969+%25283%2529.JPG" title="Copyright P J Alker 14/10/2020" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8CMky2bXnXF3pskQh8AnPyA9-30JRtIRhnmEJuFHStcSysg1IZRFMoCQgWgLg8jYaLLuYny9-NRzjnm0kh2hf7gO2GXVXM4-JIAtgkFzFW7AsQYxqPErtfOPhB4KbfwcVR3WL-7rhyE/s1863/DSC_9970+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1863" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8CMky2bXnXF3pskQh8AnPyA9-30JRtIRhnmEJuFHStcSysg1IZRFMoCQgWgLg8jYaLLuYny9-NRzjnm0kh2hf7gO2GXVXM4-JIAtgkFzFW7AsQYxqPErtfOPhB4KbfwcVR3WL-7rhyE/w640-h424/DSC_9970+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Copyright P J Alker 14/10/2020" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtWsdDOXMNyTU01MB-BSUE42cDnxpqqnonTEPR7Z-r9pla0dFgtryYlPLB-0ZMT96IAdSb0v7lNef7iudXW8XYbrTph0Xvb4nXe0yxBYGEtt7OZIWMyL3avDR_SUs29DBchoaVJPiqXw/s1824/DSC_9972+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1824" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtWsdDOXMNyTU01MB-BSUE42cDnxpqqnonTEPR7Z-r9pla0dFgtryYlPLB-0ZMT96IAdSb0v7lNef7iudXW8XYbrTph0Xvb4nXe0yxBYGEtt7OZIWMyL3avDR_SUs29DBchoaVJPiqXw/w640-h426/DSC_9972+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Copyright P J Alker 14/10/2020" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">It wasn't just its cheerful appearance that interested me but it also begged the question of how did it get there. The answer for me was quite simple with the most likely culprit being a Coal Tit. Coal Tits cache huge numbers of seeds and they seek out all manner of nook and cranny with my hanging baskets being testimony to that. However, most seeds are placed in locations that don't give them the opportunity to germinate and grow but this chimney pot location takes the ones that do to a new height.</span></li></ul></div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-92029980948236454102020-05-01T23:21:00.005+01:002020-10-24T18:40:13.482+01:00Starling stuff<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well I am still here, for the time being at least, and my study Starlings seem too be doing particularly well. My RAS season started on 21st April and I have recorded 103 colour ringed Starlings visiting the feeders so far. This is an exceptionally good start to my RAS season and it looks like it will prove to be an earlier than average breeding season too.</span><br />
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</div>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-76421395783237293342019-12-01T22:20:00.000+00:002019-12-01T22:20:04.417+00:00Rig Recovery<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I haven't had any overseas recoveries for a while but I received a recovery report the other day which was literally over the sea. The report was of a Redwing that had been found dead on an oil rig in the North Sea off Norway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Found dead 17/11/2019 Oil Rig Snorre B, Tampen, North Sea. 938km NNE</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It wasn't freshly dead when found but is still likely to have reached the rig the same autumn as I wouldn't have thought a the body of a small thrush like a Redwing would last long on an exposed rig or remain unfound for very long either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The breeding season is well and truly over for most birds in this part of the world but for at least one species it is not over yet. I was on the phone to my broadband provider at lunchtime today when I noticed a juvenile Woodpigeon on the privet hedge in the front garden and it appeared to be a young juvenile at that. The phone call quickly became the least of my concerns and I grabbed my camera and hastily took a few record shots through the window.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can see it had already replaced a few feathers on the head and the shoulder of its wings but that could have started immediately on fledging or even before it left the nest. Juveniles of some species start moulting before they leave the nest and this can be accelerated later in the season.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It quivered its wings from time to time which immediately suggested it was trying to solicit food from a parent and then I noticed an adult Woodpigeon a couple of metres away on the bird bath. The adult Woodpigeon then joined the juvenile and started to feed it. There is nothing subtle about an adult Woodpigeon feeding a juvenile and it often looks like a tussle and a trial of strength.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few days ago (26/10/19) I went to feed the Black-headed Gulls at Orrell Water Park to check for ringed birds and one of the first to come to the bread had a metal ring on the right leg. I quickly identified it as the German ringed bird from the Hiddensee scheme that has wintered at the park each year since 2012. It has been recorded on over 90 occasions and is usually present from October to late February or early March. It appeared to be the only ringed gull present and I had almost run out of bread when a colour-ringed bird joined the 40 or so gulls present. It had a yellow colour-ring inscribed with the code T3WA on the right leg and a metal ring on the left. I hadn't seen this this particular individual before and had no idea where it had been ringed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On getting home I checked the cr-birding website (<a href="http://cr-birding.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">link here</span></a>) and quickly found that T3WA was a Polish ringed bird. I submitted details of the sighting on the Polish ringing scheme website and received details of where it was ringed the next day. It had been ringed on 17/06/2019 in central Poland at Skoki Duze, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, which is 1472km east of Orrell Water Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't have my camera with me that first day but I have photographed both birds since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-63953754406771840002019-10-09T12:34:00.000+01:002019-10-09T12:34:02.237+01:00Yellow-browed Warbler<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have not had time for blogging over the past few months but I have not totally given up on the idea of reviving it, yet. I hope to post some monthly summaries by way of a catch up sooner or later but in the meantime here is an image of a Yellow-browed Warbler that was ringed at Billinge yesterday (08/10/2019).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is the 6th to be caught since ringing started at the site in 2014 and follows one that first year, another in 2015 and 3 in 2016. One was heard and seen briefly in 2017 but there were no records last year, although coverage in 2017 was less than in previous years. Yellow-browed Warblers may not be the rarity or scarcity they once were but they haven't lost any of their appeal or magic because of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a relatively quiet morning in all other respects with a totals of just 20 new birds and 1 retrap, although a first-year male Sparrowhawk did liven things up a bit and was the first to be ringed this autumn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing totals (retraps in brackets) were: Sparrowhawk 1, Blue Tit 3, Coal Tit 2, Great Tit (1), Goldcrest 1, Long-tailed Tit 1, Yellow-browed Warbler 1, Blackbird 2, Redwing 5, Song Thrush 3, Bullfinch 1.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-18116542678617067262019-04-22T21:45:00.001+01:002019-04-22T21:45:33.557+01:00Billinge: 6th to 22nd AprilI have been up to the ringing site at Billinge twelve times since 6th April but the catches have been quite small, hence the lack of blog posts about individual visits. While the catches have been small they haven't been without interest and what you don't catch can be as important as what you do, or at least that is what I tell myself.<br />
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It looks like being another poor spring for Redpoll passage but that is hardly surprising as last autumn was very poor for Redpolls going south so a poor showing the following spring is no big surprise. Having said that you have to put the effort in to find out and I can certainly say I have put the effort in with only 18 Lesser Redpolls caught over twelve visits. One of the Redpolls caught on 10/04/2019 was a retrap that had been ringed at the site on 13/08/2017 as an adult female so perhaps a bird that breeds not too far away.<br />
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The most interesting Redpoll, for me at least, was a little adult male caught yesterday (21/04/2019). I say little as its wing length was 69mm which is fairly small or very small for a male of any race. We still don't know what to do with Redpoll species and races because they don't play by the rules as we would like to apply them. If my understanding is correct they should all be lumped at a genetic level, every last one of them, into one species because they are not distinct enough genetically despite their varying appearance. Arctic, Common, Lesser or whatever you want to call them they are all far more similar on the inside than they appear on the outside but that is what makes them even more fascinating. While they may be similar on the inside the difference on the outside largely determines where they will breed and that is why we like them so much.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit or quite a bit greyer than your typical Lesser and probably breeds well north of Billinge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad white fringes to the greater coverts, tertials and inner webs of tail feathers.<br />A touch of tram lines up the mantle too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad white fringes to the greater coverts and tertials.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad white fringes to inner webs of tail feathers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pure white, unstreaked, under-tail coverts, including the feather shafts. If you hadn't seen the rest of the bird you could be thinking Arctic Redpoll. I have seen Lesser types like this before so not as exceptional as it may appear.</td></tr>
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The first Willow Warbler was noted on the 6th and it was good to find that 9 of the 20 that were caught between the 10th and 22nd were retraps. Of the retraps one was originally ringed in 2016 and eight were originally ringed in 2017. On the other hand Chiffchaffs have been thin on the ground this spring with only 3 caught but all were retraps - one from 2017 and two from 2018. Blackcaps have put in a pretty good showing so far with 12 caught - 10 new, 1 retrap and 1 control. The retrap was ringed as a first-year in August 2017 and the control was ringed 16 km away at Woolston Eyes in April 2018.<br />
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Unusual captures were a pair of Mistle Thrushes that found their way into one of the nets on the 16th and were a first to be ringed at the site. However, the highlight of the period, and what made the effort worthwhile, was the capture of six Tree Pipits with the first caught on the 13th.<br />
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The twelve visits yielded 54 new birds, 18 retraps and 1 control as follows (retraps in brackets): Lesser Redpoll 17 (1); Willow Warbler 11 (9); Chiffchaff (3); Goldcrest 2 (1); Blackicap 10 (1) +1 control; Robin 3; Long-tailed Tit (1); Tree Pipit 6; Mistle Thrush 2; Bullfinch 1 (1); Dunnock 1; Yellowhammer 1; Willow Tit (1).Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-90213490828704395272019-04-15T15:47:00.000+01:002019-04-22T16:55:53.239+01:00Rapid Goldfinch movement.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier this month, in a blog post titled 'fatties', I mentioned catching some Goldfinches at Crawford that had significant fat deposits. I went on to say that they were migrants that would be heading much further north to breed and presumably to somewhere in Scotland or Northern Ireland. Since then I have caught other Goldfinches at Crawford with varying amounts of fat and I recently received a recovery report for one of them. Goldfinch ACF5670 was ringed at Crawford on 07/04/2019 at 09:20 and was subsequently caught by a ringer in Leswalt, Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway just 2 days later on 09/04/2019 at 14:00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a small female that wasn't particularly fat and weighed 15.2g at the time it was ringed and subsequently weighed 13.9g when it was recaptured at Leswalt. The weight difference of 1.3g gives some indication of how much fat it used to make the journey. The straight line distance from Crawford to Leswalt is 219 km but most of that direct route is over the sea, as can be seen from the map. Goldfinches generally avoid making long sea crossings and migrate overland as much as possible so it is unlikely to have taken the shortest direct route. If this bird took an overland route to Leswalt it will have travelled around 300km and possibly quite a bit further than that if it followed the convoluted coast of Northwest England and Southwest Scotland, even with a bit of a shortcut across an estuary here and there. There is also the possibility that it took a relatively direct route via the Isle of Man and there have been some recoveries that make that a realistic option but it still involves quite long sea crossings. One thing is sure it is an interesting movement for its speed whatever route was actually taken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ring no:<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ACF5670</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First-year Female 07-04-2019 Crawford, near Up Holland, Lancashire, England</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Caught by ringer 09-04-2019 Leswalt, Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Duration: 2 days Distance: 219 km Direction: 317deg (NW)</span><br />
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Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-2520150246363422642019-04-13T00:40:00.000+01:002019-04-13T00:49:31.001+01:0011/04/2018: Ivy berry Blackcaps and continental Song Thrush.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went up to Billinge first thing but there wasn't much doing so I packed up early and went to Crawford to top up the feeders. As I had my ringing gear with me I decided to put a net up there for an hour and as things turned out I am certainly glad that I did. There weren't many birds coming to the feeders, at least not while I was there, but the ivy berries worked their magic and I caught 6 new Blackcaps, all males. These 6 Blackcaps came hot on the heels of 5 that were caught at the site on the 7th and made me wonder how many have taken advantage of this particular abundance of ivy berries so far this spring or will do so while the they last.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some parts of the ivy have been stripped of their berries but there are plenty left.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Today's 6 Blackcaps came hot on the heels of 5 caught at the site on the 7th. Everyone is familiar with concentrations of birds on berries in autumn but less so with returning birds in spring. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While it was good to catch the Blackcaps the highlight, for me least, was catching 2 Song Thrush as one of them was a small and very grey individual of the continental race (<i>T. p. philomelos</i>).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I would put money on this bird originating from a long way east. Song Thrush of the British race (<i>T. p. clarkei</i>) are much browner and are generally bigger.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There wasn't a hint of warm brown anywhere in its plumage.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing totals (retraps in brackets) for 11/04/ 2019 were: Blue Tit 1; Long-tailed Tit (1); Blackcap 6; Blackbird (2); Song Thrush 2; Dunnock (1) ;Chaffinch (1).</span>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-8304940048611570992019-04-07T23:18:00.001+01:002019-04-07T23:18:21.906+01:00Unexpected Blackcaps<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a bit of a lie in today because the forecast was for heavily overcast conditions and little or no breeze that would last throughout morning. Luckily the forecast looked like it was going to hold true and I headed off to the baited site at Crawford at 8:00am under a completely grey sky and with little or no breeze to speak of. I didn't go earlier as there doesn't seem to be any advantage in setting up at dawn at this site now the days are much longer and had I thought the conditions would have remained the same throughout the day I would have opted for another afternoon visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First job was topping up the feeders and judging by how much the food had gone down since they were filled on Friday they were still being well used. I quickly set up the usual 18m net and I didn't have long to wait before the first bird was caught. There were a few Goldfinches and Tree Sparrows around but the first bird caught turned out to be a Blackcap. One had been singing while I was setting up and I assumed it was the bird I had first heard a few days ago (on the 3rd). A pair normally breed at the site so a singing Blackcap wasn't unexpected and nor was catching it. However, I didn't expect that 5 of the total of 20 birds caught over the next 3 hours would be Blackcaps (4 males and 1 female).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at other blogs and sightings reports there appears to have been a bit of an influx of Blackcaps into the region overnight and it is likely that some of the Crawford birds fall into that category. The glut of ivy berries in the hedge by the feeders probably helped by providing a good refuelling point for recently arrived migrants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of the catch was pretty much as expected in terms of species but wasn't without interest. Two of the Goldfinches were fat with the heaviest weighing 19.7g which was 5.3g heavier than the lightest Goldfinch caught. The retrap Tree Sparrow was interesting as it was the first one from a previous year and was originally ringed as a breeding female on 9th June 2016. It was also interesting because of the state of its plumage. It basically looked like it had been attacked by a mad hairdresser for want of a better description. Many of the barbs of the feathers of the underparts appeared to have broken off and other feathers were similarly affected to a lesser degree. As to the cause I have no idea but I have caught Blue Tits that were similarly affected in the past.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The tail was in a poor state, the breakages didn't follow any fault lines and appeared to be quite random. It is as if the feathers have become brittle and the breakages happened during preening and that is perhaps why the head and neck appear to be the least affected.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing totals (retraps in brackets) for 07/04/2019 were: Blue Tit 1; Great Tit 1; Blackcap 5; Blackbird 1; Tree Sparrow 3 (1); Robin 1; Chaffinch 1; Goldfinch 4(2).</span></div>
Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-2623101193035492752019-04-03T23:31:00.000+01:002019-04-03T23:31:28.102+01:00Fatties<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hadn't expected to do any ringing today but I had planned to go to the baited site at Crawford in the afternoon to top up the feeders. As I was getting ready to go the wind dropped away completely so I decided to take advantage of the calm conditions and took my ringing gear too. It was 3pm by the time I got to the site and I quickly set up an 18m net</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> after topping up the feeders</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. There were plenty of Goldfinches and Tree Sparrows around and first birds were caught as I walked away from the net.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A busy little session followed with 27 new birds and 2 retraps caught during the 2 hours the calm conditions lasted. It was interesting that 4 of the 10 Goldfinches caught were very fat and had bulging fat deposits in the tracheal pit and over the abdomen; these birds will be migrants that will be heading much further north and presumably to somewhere in Scotland or Northern Ireland to breed. One of the Blackbirds (a 2cy female) was similarly very fat and weighed a whopping 126.7g. A lean Blackbird weighs around 90g so this bird will have been carrying in the region of 35 to 40g of fat and will be migrating back to<span style="text-align: center;"> Scandinavia or somewhere further east fairly soon.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blowing back the feathers reveals the tracheal pit which is normally deeply concave in a bird that isn't carrying much or any fat but has been completely filled with fat and is bulging in this individual.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This slightly more angled view shows the yellow fat is bulging by several mm and overlaps the pink breast muscles. The abdomen was similarly full of and covered in fat. This bird must be at or very close to the point where it is ready to migrate and it is likely to set off on the next suitable night.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Blackbird ringed at Crawford in the winter of 2016/17 was caught by ringers on the island of Utsira, off the coast of Norway, in spring last year and gives an indication of where today's fat Blackbird could be heading in the coming days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blackbird (Turdus merula) Ring no: LK25293</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First year female 29-NOV-2016 Crawford, near Up Holland Lancashire, England</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caught by ringer 29-MAR-2018 Sore Merkeskog, Utsira, Rogaland, Norway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duration: 485 days Distance: 795 km Direction: 37deg (NE)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing totals (retraps in brackets) for 03/04/2019 were: Collared Dove 1; Coal Tit 1; Song Thrush 1; Blackbird 4; Tree Sparrow 8; Robin 1 (1); Chaffinch (1); Greenfinch 1; Goldfinch 10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-22748776577098554542019-03-31T21:43:00.000+01:002019-03-31T21:43:37.310+01:00Uncommon Common Quaker<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't got round to running a moth trap in the garden this year, or anywhere else for that matter, but moths haven't slipped my attention altogether. My mothing instincts instantly kicked in when I came across this unusual individual on a galvanised bin at a manufacturing site on Friday (29/03/2019). It is fair to say it was hard to miss as it was doing a very poor job of looking camouflaged and its unusual appearance only added to its stand out appearance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My excitement drew some bemused attention from people working nearby but I managed to explain my interest in the moth while taking a few photographs with my phone. If you are not into moths you will wonder what my excitement was about especially as Common Quaker is a widespread and relatively common spring species. Whilst the species displays some slight variation in ground colour individuals are normally evenly coloured which is what makes this example so exceptional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The big question that an individual like this draws, especially given the finding location, is whether it is a natural aberration or has it been caused by contact with some chemical. The simple answer is I don't know but the one thing I find striking is the symmetry. The effect appears to be far too symmetrical and well demarcated for some random contact with a chemical to be the cause but then I am no expert. At the end of the day this is an uncommon Common Quaker compared to the thousands I have seen over the years.</span><br />
<br />Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-41413954145178359132019-03-16T00:58:00.000+00:002019-03-16T08:40:25.762+00:00Stockamsel: a name to conjure with.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My use of the term ‘Stockamsel’ and or the associated images of Blackbirds usually prompts some feedback and discussion so I thought I would give the subject a bit more of an airing. I should start by saying ‘Stockamsel’ is not a valid term as such; however, historic misconceptions and misinterpretations have generally led to it being associated with first-year male Blackbirds that have a distinct plumage type. They are also supposed to originate in a particular geographic region and that idea has persisted to a greater or lesser degree into the modern era.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have previously mentioned that there is an illustration of a ‘Stockamsel’ type Blackbird in the Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (BWP for short) that was published as recently as 1988. In that authoritative work the plate of Blackbirds shows a dark-billed individual with quite scaly underparts and captions it: ‘first adult male (autumn) ‘stockamsel’ variety’ so it is hardly surprising the term still has some traction, although there was no explanation the text for its inclusion. However, the term 'Stockamsel' does get a mention in the text of the Helm Guide to Bird Identification (Vinicombe <i>et al</i>) that was published in 2014. In the section covering Ring Ouzel and Blackird and under the sub-heading 'Abberant Blackbirds' it states 'Confusion could also arise with first-winter male Blackbirds of the so-called 'stockamsel' type (from Germany and Poland) which have a dull bill and eye ring, browner wings, a paler chin, and heavy pale fringing to the underparts feathers' but note the qualified use of the term by referring to it as a <i>so-called</i> type.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am no expert on the origin of the term ‘Stockamsel’ or how it was originally applied but the ‘amsel’ bit is easy as it is German for Blackbird. It would appear that ‘Stockamsel’ is simply an alternate/historic German name for Blackbird and is similar to how we, in the UK, have used Hedge Sparrow as a name for Dunnock. Whether it was originally meant to be used for birds with a particular distinctive appearance has probably been lost through the mists of time and the notion that Stockamsel type Blackbirds are of continental origin seems to have largely come from the origin of the word and not much else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To what extent I am right or wrong about the origins of the term 'Stockamsel' doesn’t really matter but like others I have used it for those first-autumn/early winter male Blackbirds that are quite female like and often scaly in appearance. I have also speculated about their origins because there has been the notion that birds with that type of appearance are more likely to be continental.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I did stretch my use of the term in my last post as all the Blackbirds had yellow bills but I did say forget the bill in one of the captions as each of those birds would have looked quite female like with an all dark bill, as would have been likely up to the turn of the year. I also commented on their possible origin and considered local origin as likely as any. So if I have confused anyone or added to the centuries old misunderstandings about what a Stockamsel Blackbird actually is then I hope this blog post goes some way to clearing that up. Stockamsel is a term that probably should be confined to history but I don’t regret using it for drawing attention to first-year male Blackbirds with a female-like appearance, which was the real point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blackbirds are common birds and often don’t get a second look and being sexually dimorphic they are generally considered easy to sex, especially in the hand, but that is not always the case. It is worth having another look at the images of the bird that first tempted me to use the term ‘Stockamsel’.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This bird was caught 10th December 2016 and got me thinking about its sex as I was taking it out of the net. It certainly seems to fit the brief description of a 'Stockamsel' type given in the Helm Guide (Vinicombe et al).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The juvenile feathers of the tail were all brown. The significance of the tail is that some ringers sex juvenile Blackbirds on the basis of the tail colour and while it may be reasonably safe to sex those juveniles with a particularly black tail as male I don't think it would be appropriate to sex any juveniles as females using tail colour.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The wing was generally brown with the new greater coverts and median coverts being the darkest feathers and in this image looking blackish compared to the adjacent feathers but they still had a hint of brown and we far from glossy black.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> The images don't quite do justice to how brown the bird actually looked in the hand and while there is no doubt about the age of this bird its sex is less straightforward. I came to the conclusion that this was a first-winter male but had no way of verifying that.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, hopefully, I have explained my use of the term 'Stockamsel' but the real interest lies in the variability of first-year male Blackbirds and those with a scaly and more female-like appearance in particular. I don't hold with the idea that it means they are necessarily </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">of continental origin and more likely to </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">come from Germany and Poland but they are interesting nevertheless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">References:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cramp, S., ed. (1988) The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Vol. 5. Oxford University Press, Oxford</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vinicombe, K., Harris, A., Tucker, L., (2014) The Helm Guide to Bird Identification, page 323, Bloomsbury Publishing, London.</span><br />
<br />Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-76382048174775732472019-03-10T23:22:00.000+00:002019-03-11T08:41:40.346+00:00Crawford 08/03/2019: more Goldfinches and some dodgy looking Blackbirds<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weather has been pretty poor for mist-netting recently and the forecast looks even worse for next week so I decided to make the most of a brief weather window on Friday morning. A weak ridge of high pressure provided near perfect mist netting conditions for a few hours and, luckily, I was able to rearrange other commitments to take advantage of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ringing site is baited every two or three days with the aim of ensuring food is never allowed to run out or run too low and ringing visits are generally limited to once per week or less, depending on the weather. As a general rule I would rather skip a week or two when it comes to ringing visits than try mist-netting in suboptimal conditions. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That approach paid off again on Friday morning as the 3 hour session with one 18m net resulted in a catch of 48 new birds and 11 retraps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Goldfinches topped the totals yet again, although that is not surprising given the success the species is currently enjoying and the high proportion of nyger and sunflower hearts in the seed on offer, but on the other hand Yellowhammers have been absent full stop and Greenfinches had been absent prior to this visit. The 2 Greenfinches caught in this session were the only ones recorded which is a very poor showing given the site has been baited for well over a month now. Greenfinch populations have seen a massive decline nationally large due to disease (trichomonosis) and there doesn't appear to be any prospect of that situation improving any time soon, if anything their decline appears to be continuing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't catch many Reed Buntings at the site (only 11 individuals over the past 5 years) so it was good to catch one and more so because it was a retrap. Interestingly this male Reed Bunting was originally ringed 3km away on Billinge Hill in September 2015 and was previously retrapped at Crawford in March 2016. Most of the other retraps were from recent visits but all 3 retrap Blue Tits were much older with one having been ringed as a juvenile in June 2014 and the other two were ringed as first-years in December 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second Blackbird caught during the session was interesting in that it had an unusual plumage. It was a brownish individual but the orange-yellow bill was strongly suggestive of it being a male. <span style="text-align: center;">Some first year male Blackbirds can have a female like plumage and these birds are often termed 'Stockamsel' types which I have blogged about before (<a href="https://two-in-a-bush.blogspot.com/2016/12/blackish.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">link here</span></a>). However, it</span> also had some feathers with what could be termed a frosted or white appearance. These frosty looking feathers were asymmetrical in that more were present left wing than the right. The tail was also affected but there was a bit more symmetry in the appearance of the tail. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The right wing was more female like than male with some slight frosting to the inner secondaries. There were 3 old greater coverts which points to it being a first-year bird and is part of my reasoning for thinking it is more likely to be a male as the bill is far too orange-yellow for it to be a first-year female.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The tail was interesting in that the shape of the feathers was not dissimilar to those of an adult by being quite square ended but there are some obvious fault bars and other structural issues. The right central tail feather was a bit more pointed than the left but in all other respects (colour and wear) they were the same so it didn't look like one had been replaced. The frosting affected the the end portions of the 3rd, 4th and 5th feathers on the right and 2nd,3rd and 4th on the left. The outermost (6th) tail feather on the left was being replaced but you can see from the part that has emerged from the sheath that it is a similar colour to the main part of the other tail feathers and isn't coming through jet black like a male. It suggests this bird's appearance will remain similar to how it is now with any difference being more to do with the freshness of the feathers as can be seen in the upper-tail coverts with the newer longest upper-tail covert being a darker blackish-brown compared to the old worn brown upper-tail coverts. So this bird may not get any or much blacker as it gets older</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">The term 'Stockamsel' is attributed to the naturalist </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Johann Andreas Naumann</span><span style="text-align: center;"> and was first used a couple of centuries ago and has been used in the literature occasionally since then for those first-year male Blackbirds that have a more female like plumage. There is also the possibility that some of these 'Stockamsel' type birds are actually intersex as they display a mixture of male and female characteristics. That doesn't appear to have been considered before and I don't know that it has ever been ruled out. I found an interesting blog post which touches on this subject relating to wildfowl and possible confusion between hybrids and intersex birds which is worth a read (<a href="https://birdhybrids.blogspot.com/2015/01/intersex-birds-and-their-confusion-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">link here</span></a>). I am no expert so I will stick with calling these dodgy looking Blackbirds 'Stockamsel' types until some research is done that confirms their sex and establishes the cause or causes for their appearance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now one 'Stockamsel' type Blackbird in a ringing session is interesting but I ended up catching another two which is exceptional in my experience.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other two didn't have the white frosting but in other respects were similar.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In my previous blog post on the subject I refer to two I caught in the garden just over a week apart and I commented that if such birds weren't supposed to be of continental origin you would have thought they came out of the same nest. Now I have caught 3 on the same day and at the same site I do think local origin and same parentage could be a real possibility. Perhaps 'Stockamsel' types can originate anywhere in the species range if both parents possess a particular gene. There was nothing about the wing lengths of the three birds to suggest they were of continental origin in fact 2 of the 3 had relatively short wing lengths which, if anything, suggests they were more likely to be of British origin but then the fact that they have aberrant plumages probably means we shouldn't try and read anything into their wing lengths. Catching 3 on the same day certainly seems to make the chances of any of them being intersex a bit less likely but it can't be ruled out entirely.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't photograph the 3rd Stockamsel type as it was very similar to the 2nd plus I had quite a few other birds to deal with at the time. The main difference was that it only had one old greater covert plus it was slightly longer winged (the wing lengths of the three birds were 126mm, 129mm and 132mm if you were wondering). Bottom line I caught 3 Stockamsel types out a total of 6 Blackbirds trapped in one session which, as I said before, is exceptional in my experience.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am sure there could be a PhD for some upcoming ornithologist or geneticist if they do some research into this phenomena. Are they all males with some female characteristics or females with some male characteristics or something in between? Is there more than one cause? Do they originate more frequently in some parts of the species range than others? Is it purely a first-year phenomena and do they always conform to type with the first full moult or is it the fact that Stockamsel types are relatively rare that makes finding a Stockamsel type adult that much rarer? If anyone out there has more information or has answers to any of these questions then please get in touch as I would be interested to know.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ringing totals</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(retraps in brackets)</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> for 08/03/2019 were: Collared Dove 1; Coal Tit 1; Blue Tit (3); Great Tit 2; Long-tailed Tit (2); Blackbird 5 (1); House Sparrow 2; Tree Sparrow 5 (1); Dunnock 1 (1); Chaffinch 1; Greenfinch 2; Goldfinch 28 (2); Reed Bunting (1). A total of 48 new birds and 11 retraps.</span>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-47947053138204163762019-03-04T21:41:00.000+00:002019-03-04T21:41:10.934+00:00Siskins in short supply.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things had been looking quite promising for Siskins in the garden this spring with birds starting to visit the feeders back in late December and then more regularly through January and into early February. Up to five were seen visiting the feeders in late December and that increased to between five and ten through January and into early February but then numbers fell away. That sudden and unexpected drop off in numbers was also mirrored by Goldfinches and other species so it wasn't just a Siskin thing which makes it a bit harder to understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The drop off in numbers of all species started ahead of the spell of exceptionally warm weather that came in late February but that doesn't mean the weather wasn't a factor. Temperatures could be involved as it has been quite a mild winter overall but wet or dry conditions can make a difference too. Cones on alder and conifers open and close in response to moisture levels which can make their seeds more or less easily accessible and their productivity also varies from year to year. The mild conditions have caused some tree buds to develop early and willow catkins to emerge which are another energy rich food source for Siskins and other finches. The fact that Siskins are variable migrants in terms of numbers and distances involved and can be very early breeders all adds to the complexity but it is all food related in one way or another. Bottom line it is currently looking like being a relatively poor spring for Siskins in my garden this year. Currently a maximum of three are visiting the feeders at any one time and then only on a fairly intermittent basis. If it was going to be a good spring for Siskins I would expect counts to be in double figures by now (18 were ringed in the garden on 6th March last year) with birds being seen in the garden throughout much of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing revealed there were a few more Siskins visiting the feeders than the counts alone had indicated, as is often the case, but the overall picture was the same. At least 7 different individuals visited the feeders in late December and one of those was a retrap that was originally ringed in February 2018. In January and February a total of 16 different individuals were captured: of these 12 were new birds, 3 were retraps that had been ringed in December and another retrap had been ringed in December 2017. In the past Siskins were exclusively late winter and spring visitors to the feeders but the last few years have seen small numbers arriving much earlier in the winter with some being ringed returning birds. It will be interesting to see if this trend of early arrival and winter to winter retraps continues or even increases in the coming years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is still time for numbers to increase as we move further into spring but any build up in numbers will be much later than usual and is likely to involve fewer birds than last year, if it happens at all. </span><br />
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<br />Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-21902640095118644392019-02-25T12:41:00.001+00:002019-02-25T12:41:44.050+00:00Crawford: 24/02/2019<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fog delayed the start of the session and strong sunshine brought it to a close but in the two and a half hours the tall hedgerow provided shade for the 18m net a decent total of 41 new birds and 5 retraps were caught. The catch was dominated by Goldfinches but a few more Tree Sparrows appear to have found the seed and 9 were caught along with a couple of House Sparrows. There was no sign of farmland species like Yellowhammer but they may still be finding enough food in the surrounding fields. It appears to be a similar story with Corn Bunting with birds thinly scattered across the adjacent farmland and some appearing to be back on territory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The current spell of unseasonably warm weather is clearly having an effect with a Linnet back on territory and singing at the ringing site; Chaffinch, Goldcrest and Song Thrush were also in full song. Spring was in the air for Dunnocks too with a lot of singing, wing flicking and chasing going on while a pair of Long-tailed Tits was prospecting for a nest site in the brambles. A reminder that we are still in winter came in the form of a male Chaffinch and a male Blackbird that were caught and found to have long wing lengths. Both of these birds were likely to be winter visitors from the continent with the colour of the underparts of the Chaffinch also pointing to a continental origin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ringing totals for 24/02/2019 were: Blue Tit 6 (4); Great Tit 2 (1); Blackbird 2; House Sparrow 2; Tree Sparrow 9; Dunnock 1; Chaffinch 2; Goldfinch 17.</span>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-23492322121458283392019-02-18T23:59:00.000+00:002019-02-25T12:43:52.942+00:00First outing in a while.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I obviously I haven't posted anything on the blog for a couple of months and that has been due to a number of factors, not least two more deaths in the family, but I have been keeping my hand in by doing a bit of ringing in the garden and keeping a look out for ringed gulls on Orrell Water Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, I started baiting the farmland ringing site a Crawford a couple of weeks ago and decided to make my first ringing visit this morning. I knew there were plenty of birds coming to the feeders from the numbers I had seen on my last visit to top them up and by the rate the seed was being eaten so I only set up one 18m net.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The catching rate was brisk, as can be the case when you haven't ringed at a site for some time, and 18 birds were caught within 20 minutes of the net going up. The catching rate remained fairly brisk despite a bit of a breeze developing and a total of 50 birds were caught in a little over two hours. Not bad going for my first ringing session away from the garden this year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ringing totals for 18/02/2019 were: Blue Tit 8; Great Tit 2; Long-tailed Tit 2; Song Thrush 1; Robin 3; House Sparrow 1; Tree Sparrow 2; Dunnock 6; Chaffinch 2; Goldfinch 23.</span>Peter Alkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197161750221428493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8567499481942504748.post-31470756767843744072018-12-04T11:27:00.000+00:002018-12-04T11:27:37.327+00:00Returning Black-heads<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No lotions, potions or squeezing required in this case as the returning Black-heads, as you will have realised, are Black-headed Gulls. I started checking the gulls that come to bread at Orrell Water Park back in October and I was really pleased to find IA141745 was present on 08/10/2018. This bird was ringed as an adult on 29/04/2012 at Bohmke und Werder, Germany, near the Baltic coast and border with Poland, and has been recorded at Orrell Water Park each winter since then.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Black-headed Gull IA141745 back for its 5th winter.<br />This photograph was taken yesterday but it has been present since 08/10/2018, at least.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next ringed Black-head to return was photographed on 29/10/18 and was another German bird. This bird was originally ringed as a nestling on 10/06/2016 at Esterweger Dose, Weser-Ems in north-west Germany and was previously recorded at Orrell Water Park from 02/10/2017 to 17/03/2018.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Black-headed Gull 5437612<br />Photographed on 29/10/2018 and recorded several times since, most recently on 29/11/2018.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A check of the gulls on 11/11/2018 produced another returning bird but this time it was a British ringed Black-headed Gull EZ33149. This bird was ringed as a nestling on 20/06/2017 at Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire and was previously recorded at Orrell Water Park between 10/11/2017 and 17/03/2018.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">EZ33149 just wouldn't stand still for very long so I concentrated on getting photographs of the ring rather than the bird. I only just managed to get the full number but it took 25 photographs along with a lot of cropping and some enhancement afterwards.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only 4 ringed Black-headed Gulls were recorded at Orrell Water Park in the whole of last winter so to have 3 of them back already is a very good return rate and shows how site faithful they can be.</span><br />
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