6 male Siskin
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.
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Garden - 24 Feb 2011
A brief session was held at home before heading off west to Bristol as Siskin numbers appeared to be increasing, just to get an true feel of how many are actually coming in. Though it was clear numbers had increased, not significantly so the catch was high, though the odd bird did drop onto the ground to fed, which if they do in any number the catch can be significant. We managed 8 Siskin, plus single Robin ,Blue and Great Tits.