Having had a very good haul of 23 Grey Heron chicks last Saturday in what was an extra visit, we embarked on what in effect was our first 'planned' visit this morning.
Two teams of three ( the Old Uns and the Young Uns) were able to quickly get on with the job as those nests with chicks too small last week had been marked. After a very short stay on the island of under 40 minutes we had ringed another 18 chicks making the total so far this year of 41.
We are very pleased with this, but we will need to make yet another visit in around two and a half weeks because there are still about six nests with eggs/eggs and newly hatched chicks/newly hatched chicks.
One nest in particular will be fascinating to keep an eye on. There are 5 eggs and 2 newly hatched chicks in it!! How many will hatch? How many will they manage to raise to fledging? The good news is that the weather is warming up so the parents will need to spend less time brooding the chicks and more time catching food for them. Watch this space for more news.
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