This morning he was met by his son at 03.00 hrs for a drive to a site in Great Bridgeford for an early morning thermal imaging session followed by some general mist netting ( see following report). Not satisfied with that Kev is back out with us for an evening of thermal imaging tonight--I wish I knew what he was on so that I could take some myself !!
The imaging session yielded 1 new Skylark and one which was ringed at the site almost a year ago; 2 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing and star bird- a Woodcock
Woodcock are beautiful birds--quite large with powerful wings--Gareth reports coming across them every visit now, and their catch rate is improving with experience too.
The general netting session went well, with 32 new birds of which 14 were Redwing, 6 Chaffinches and the two star birds being a Yellowhammer below and a Linnet -last picture. This was the first Linnet they have ringed at the site-let's hope it's the first of many
Yellowhammer
Linnet
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