We continue to try to get out when possible as forecasts change continuously. Today we managed 30 birds at Salthouse. Nothing very exciting, although we did catch someone else's Long-tailed tit and I got experience of extracting a new species. Unfortunately, it wasn't a bird species and the animal in question was a toad. It wasn't the easiest of extractions as toads have the ability to puff themselves up when threatened, making it much harder for me to get its head out of the mesh than when it first went in. Toad released none the worse for wear. So, that was a first for me and a little trickier than extracting frogs.
Also caught the last of 4 cygnets at Salthouse duck pond.
Totals: 28 (2)
Blackbird - 1
Blue Tit - 11 (1)
Coal Tit - 1
Dunnock - 2
Goldcrest - 1
Great Tit - 3
Greenfinch - 3
Long-tailed Tit - 0 (1)
Robin - 2
Song Thrush - 1
Wren - 3
Plus 0ne Mute Swan cygnet ringed and darvic marked, 4GET - a code to remember.