Today we had teams out in several venues:- Kev and Gareth on their final day on Shetland; Pete and Paul at Chillinton; Sam and Tom at Belvide; Pat, Shaun and Col at the Jubilee Wood demo and Paul and Sam at BPF.
Kev and Gareth had a quiet last day but the previous night managed Common Snipe
and Jack Snipe--see how much shorter the Jack bill is below:-
Back home Redwings have been arriving -sometimes in big numbers so we have been trying to catch them. The first picture is of the underwing patch which gives this bird its name--but is it really red?? I'll leave you to decide....
The next two pictures show how we age this species as juveniles:-
First by the wing--in a juvenile bird there are pale tips on some of the feathers which are not on adult wings. And the tail feathers are pointed not rounded as in an adult
am had a very nice surprise at BPF with a young buzzard--a bird we catch very few of--very impressive!!
Earlier in the day, Sam had another nice surprise with a second Cetti's warbler of the year at Belvide. The picture he took provides an excellent view of the key points of what this species looks like
Overall the team ringed 95 new birds this morning of a good range of species including 33 Redwing, 18 Linnet, 9 Goldfinch, 4 each Song Thrush and Goldcrest plus Buzzard and Cettis Warbler
More from our next sessions
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