We made our first visit of the autumn to Brackenhurst on Saturday. We were
Sophie, newbie Ella and myself. A slightly late start, but we managed 63 birds. About
half of them were juvenile tits, perhaps suggesting a good breeding season
this year. We catch few Bullfinch or Coal Tit here, and
today's birds were the first since 2015. Worryingly, we had a Bullfinch with
papillomavirus (see picture); it was released unringed. Away from the nets, there were
plenty of ‘winter’ thrushes knocking around and pleasingly several
Bullfinch.
Oldest retraps were a Chaffinch & Great Tit ringed in 2016, both were
adults then and will have been born in 2014 or earlier.
Birds handled included (new/retrap 57/6): Blackbird 3/-, Blue Tit 14/1,
Bullfinch 2/-, Chaffinch -/1, Coal Tit 1/-, Dunnock 4/-, Goldcrest 3/-,
Goldfinch 2/-, Great Tit 8/4, House Sparrow 5/-, Long-tailed Tit 1/-, Redwing
4/3, Robin 4/-, Treecreeper 2/-, Wren 1/-.
Jim
Bullfinch showing symptoms of Fringilla papillomavirus (J. Lennon)
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