I'm exhausted! Went ringing this morning and then went to Thorpe Park straight after. Got home about an hour ago and I'm nearly ready for bed (gotta have dinner first though - taco's yay!)
I left the flat while it was still dark to make the most of the time and daylight that I had because I knew I'd have to leave earlier than I usually would. I bought 8 more pegs yesterday so that I had plenty for this morning, but I placed one of the nets on a footpath, which was impenetrable with the pegs, so I carefully tied the guy ropes to Blackthorn trees..! They'll come in handy I'm sure but I needn't have bought the pegs after all :P
I caught a good variety of birds this morning, and I had a Great Spotted Woodpecker narrowly avoid the net, too. Highlights from the morning include:
- The Dunnock that I caught had a very advanced brood patch.
- The retrap Great Tit with ring number D738706 isn't a ring series I recognise. I wonder if it's one of Jan's rings?
- Having caught a Coal Tit and a Marsh Tit in the same round it was good to see side by side how different they really are from each other!
- I wasn't expecting my footpath net to catch very much and I was pleasantly surprised when it caught two Chiffchaffs! :D (it caught the Blackbird, too).
- The Blue Tit that I caught as I was taking the nets in was a beautiful big bright blue boy! (all the B's!) He was lovely :)
Totals for the morning:
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