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.
![Robin, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2fKi-cg5o55kZFCd5mRN08rBuGD4bV_J8AucIP2SnKCUQCmRphffKUY6t7P_p02GY1glXmxrdv5Hjr2UmbNiWYccl2Avl7SZojyj9772TE0GaexEiL39N0LnW8pCdrT4Z4wLSXWyxibT/s280/PA270472edrs.jpg) |
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
![Bullfinch, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bhLBf46wJepPwW3e6Ub0Cjf3DMb-HztfWj8O4r8NQdrnKLKvN1iJ7nwPsAgGzOxC0yawiK8S8TPinLVlqffQKYrP_FUubad3MHhyphenhyphenbEk_kkIug-olQASiNGPTmAUBg9VjtVRWOOkqWSdx/s280/PA270461ed.jpg) |
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
![Bullfinch, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL592Jv_ZhxDTws6MnXjDgrWEoUO4Zd322DIht1bIv85Cl1E5aGnZJyS_ruxUtCQCi2_1uEy97AqTmhL3pnehp-g-41Q1QPrgw3gG_qAeEebIbm6pcDhkZUPCoNSanud4Aka4cs3Q4dkh9/s280/PA270466edrs.jpg) |
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
|
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)
![Great Spotted Woodpecker, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85NbmGgDM0PsFOpH0d_LYSMuFwbkEcpFeIKGGj83mNuzGvwCzFJuVBJva7R0HaD3qWRWf9_bpAdQZBp0nWwJxvIhBJkGBkQt3gdejpyop-lHEwjhmlM-5VfwMChjYMwhiutPtGiXeGriQ/s280/PA270479edrs.jpg) |
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
![Great Spotted Woodpecker, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1XU3Y4kz8Phr2kmSWjRzDNhaw5SBSbO0EZGs9HgvGgCL018jLwwsevmt8QUTfeBYejdYVyvqBf8ttSexgCY2ghdHbEsfBTeVw5RRnzE56fB632eNRXU_XKTQWJI-JtrpucGjcPul4Bsw/s280/PA270491edrs.jpg) |
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.
![Black-headed Gull, P J Alker](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB-Pv9Opd3_EcRQPHSZrAu3XWGtKtC1ExWBPj2r4ViANZY9Gg4GHdfTNf0sYsCBb_sOwbEr1LdU12a3K7yVkzyt2C3U_TOcijDCJohLXc-I6KEA_mfWu19-UEnGXfpjBTCkPbv6CNBocr/s280/IA141745+BHG+27.10.11rs.jpg) |
German ringed Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) photographed Orrell Water Park 27.10.12 |
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