A round up of our bird ringing activities (all birds ringed under licence from the British Trust for Ornithology with schedule one authority where appropriate), birding trips and other wildlife sorties within the UK and whenever we get chance, elsewhere.
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Stanwell Moor ringing - 2 Jan 2011
A few hours only produced 3 new Reed Buntings (all colour ringed) and a Dunnock, plus a re-trap Wren. No Meadow Pipits apart from an odd two were present, again the cold weather presumably having moved the large flock on. We did, frustratingly have two Water Pipits immediately in front of the net, bathing, but by the time the ID was confirmed, before we could manage a small flush they flow off along the line of the net and away to the adjacent fields near the reservoir.