Early mornings continue to allow some pre-work catches, which had a odd mix of a couple of good Siskin days and a couple where early on in the day at least they were absent, though these two days produced a couple of oddities, on one are-trap of one of the first Blue Tits we ever did, T884385 on 15th which was first rung on 25/3/2006 and on the 16th a possible control Blue Tit, V954771, though we do have a group member that lives a few miles away that resided in Holland for a period that might be using up some old rings as the bird was a 5.
Totals were:
14/3 - Siskin (19) and one re-trap from this year
15/3 - Siskin (1) and two Blue Tit re-traps
16/3 - One Blue Tit re-trap and the potential Blue Tit control.
17/3 - Siskin (2)
18/3 - Siskin (15), Goldcrest (1), Dunnock (1) and one re-trap Siskin from 2009.
V954771, 5 Blue Tit - control
Goldcrest - 5 male
Goldcrest - 5 male