The feeding site at Broomfield Hall is now enrolled into the BTO’s Winter Ringing Project and we made the first netting visit of the season today. We had started to bait up there two weeks ago and today set the standard nets at the feeders which are counted in the BTO project, plus a couple in the sports field adjacent to the feeders and three more over by the orchard and horticultural area. These additional nets had a number of sound lures playing various calls but mainly Redwing. The conditions for mist netting were ideal - being very calm and overcast. These conditions no doubt helped in achieving a very respectable catch of Redwing away from the feeders. The nets at the feeders produced a small catch of 25 birds, mostly tits, but we were not surprised given the run of mild nights and days we have been experiencing. We ended the day with 76 birds captured of 13 species, including 10 birds recaptured from last winter's ringing effort. The most interesting of these was the recapture of the only Green Woodpecker ringed last winter. The catch comprised: Wren 1, Goldcrest 1, Blue Tit 15, Great Tit 7, Coal Tit 1, Robin 2, Chaffinch 3, Goldfinch 1, Dunnock 2, Redwing 40, Song Thrush 1, Blackbird 1, Green Woodpecker 1.
Other observations on site were lots Redwing passing over and a small party of Ring-necked Parakeets.
Kev
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