Broomfield Hall College - Sunday 4 February

This weekend, we managed to get out ringing at Broomfield in between the overnight rains and
strong winds later in the day. This led to our quietest visit to the site so far, with 27 birds. Our
greatest success was 7 new Chaffinches ringed. We put tapes on in an attempt to attract Tawny Owl,
Goldfinch, Redpoll and Nuthatch to the nets, but none of these led to results. 

Recently Kev was sent a photo of a Robin's underwing by Mike Easton in Cumbria, who thought it was particularly bright. We examined a single bird today and found it to be much duller. However, we've since looked at several other birds, including known age birds and this appears to be just individual variation. However, something to keep an eye on. See photos below.

The totals were: 1 Redwing, 1 Dunnock, 6 Long-Tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit, 7 Chaffinch, and 1 Robin.

Joshua

 

Underwing of Robin in Cumbria (M. Easton)

Underwing of Robin nr Derby (K. Hemsley)