Black and Langley Parks - 12 May 2011

A visit with Sam and Bill from RRG to Black Park in the hope of catching a few ducks, armed with three packs of Tesco value bread, sadly proved unsuccessful as they obviously have had net avoidance training. Despite the previous visit when they readily came out onto the bank around us whilst being fed, they would not come out anywhere near any of us standing there holding a net. Shame. So a move onto Langley Park in an effort to catch some of the Jackdaws that feed along the access road from the many breeding pairs in the vicinity. Despite being windy we were successful and unsuccessful in that we caught two, allowing Bill and Sam to ring their first, but we also lost five out of the nets before anyone could get to them, possibly due to the wind making the nets a little to tense and assisting escape. A quick try at the lake in Langley Park almost led to an Egyptian Goose being caught but it was quicker than the net swinger and the second attempt resulting in Sam getting a clout, so we gave up.

Jackdaw - female