Black Park - 10 December 2011

We had our first run out ringing for a while, on what was for once a still morning, albeit a cold one. Things started off looking promising. Lots of Redpolls coming in, a few parties of Siskins and a number of groups of Crossbills, with one flock totalling about 30, about, but they were only prominent early on and very few birds were enticed down. The catch was therefore quite low with only 13 birds being caught, eight being Lesser Redpolls, one of which was a re-trap from 12 November. mid morning a Woodcock was flushed, but it's escape route was away from the nets. It or another was flushed again about an hour later, but it also headed off in the wrong direction.

Lesser Redpoll - 3 female

Totals:

Wren -1

Blue Tit - 1

Goldcrest - 3

Lesser Redpoll - 7 (1)