I
went up to Haigh this morning as I have been baiting the site all week and it also
offered the best chance of shelter from the cold northerly wind. It felt more
like winter than late October with a very sharp frost. I soon regretted wearing
wellies with thin socks as I quickly lost the circulation in my toes; very
painful.
I put up a 60ft and 30ft net in the usual dog leg and also set up 3 MP3 lures. In general the catching rate was what you might call steady all morning but there were far fewer Chaffinches than expected given the habitat. The MP3 lures added 8 Goldcrests and 4 Lesser Redpolls to the catch and possibly helped the Greenfinch totals too.
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| Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
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| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
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Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
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Visible
migration was dominated by Pink-footed Geese with at least 750 birds in 5
skeins flying south-east. At least 4 other skeins were heard and not seen so
the total could have easily exceeded 1,000. Around 80 Redwings were seen flying
west and 3 Fieldfares flew north. Only 6 Redpolls were recorded, 4 of which were
caught and a group of 3 Siskins flew north.
Ringing
totals were (recaptures in brackets):
Greenfinch
28 (1)
Goldcrest
8
Lesser
Redpoll 4
Goldfinch
1
Chaffinch
7 (1)
Bullfinch
2 (1)
Great
Tit 13 (1)
Blue
Tit 7 (2)
Coal
Tit 1 (3)
Robin
1
Great
Spotted Woodpecker 1
Dunnock
(1)
Totals
73 new birds (+10 retraps)
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
After
returning home and lunch I walked across the road to Orrell Water Park to check
out the Black-headed Gulls for rings/darvics. I took the big camera and long
lens so I could photograph any ringed birds. The only ringed Black-headed Gull
was an adult wearing a chunky foreign type ring. I managed to take enough photos to get the
full number and address which showed it was ringed in Germany. This is the first German Black-headed Gull I have controlled.
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| German ringed Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) photographed Orrell Water Park 27.10.12 |
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