It's often difficult at this time of year to find many birds to ring; the breeding season is under way for some, feeding stations are losing their appeal as temperatures increase, and winter visitors are on their way back north.
However, our resourceful and intrepid group members still put in the effort and Bank Holiday Monday demonstrated what can be done.
Liz and partner Luke visited their new college site ( closed for Easter), and manged a good selection of finches and some early migrants.......
She managed 6 Greenfinches including this super adult male--these birds are definitely making a comeback after several years of suffering from a fatal lung disease.
The first signs of summer were in the form of these two early migrants. A female Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.
Kev and sons Gareth and Nathan, had an early morning trip down to their newly ( last year) aquired woodland site in Hrefrordshire. Their main aim was to put up some more nest boxes hoping to attract
Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts. After they had put up the boxes they decided to have a general netting session, and among other species they ringed......
This delightful Treecreeper, and...
One of the newly arrived male Pied Flycatchers which we hope will attract a mate and raise more chicks in a few weeks.
Paul has been continuing to put in the mileage at BPFarm feeders even though the numbers of birds are down on last year. However, he still managed to ring another new Yellowhammer and 4 Linnets--among other species.....
A male Linnet, and a male Yellowhammer..
Pat's garden is still attracting good numbers of Siskin, but a new kid on the block is providing some variation for him. Yesterday he managed to ring some finches related to Siskin--Lesser Redpoll. He ringed 11 new birds including this stonking male......
Well done everyone--almost 70 new birds, of an interesting and useful range of species, ringed at this time of year is a splendid effort.
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