My second attempt at putting nets up at Bowdown was more successful. I used the mallet to bash in the pegs and that worked well, but because I only have 6 "heavy duty" pegs, I only put 2 nets up (attached to each other). It was forecast to get windy later on in the morning, and I had to pack up at 10:30 because my poles were threatening to blow over..!
A nice. sunny morning, the birds were so noisy all around me! Including 2 Green Woodpeckers, one of which bounced out of the net :-( I heard them cackling all around me for about an hour before they moved on. Fingers crossed one gets properly caught next time! It was such a nice sunny morning, just hearing and seeing the birds all around me, and watching their movements around the nets. When I get paid I'll definitely be buying some more sturdy pegs and some more poles to try out a load of different net positions :-)
I caught a Robin - blowing the feathers off of the belly I'm sure it was a female because the belly was swollen as if she was egg bound, but I didn't submit the sex to IPMR just in case I was wrong. I'll talk to the rest of the NRG about how reliable the swollen belly is as a sexing method. I caught a Coal Tit and a retrap Marsh Tit from the last ringing session at Bowdown.
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