We spent the morning at the feeding site set up for BBC Winter watch. All captures came from a single 12m net that gave us close to 50 captures by the end of the morning. There were fewer birds visiting than on our last session here, possibly due to marginally milder weather or due to a change in feeding habits in preparation for the breeding season.
Adult Blue Tit
5F Brambling
Total: 35 (14)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1
Wren - 1
Dunnock - 5 (1)
Robin - 2
Blackbird - 2 (1)
Blue Tit - 12 (9)
Great Tit - 6 (3)
Brambling - 6
A flock of Curlew had flown in during the morning and a close check as we left the site revealed 5 of the birds to be flagged.
4L ringed under the Headstart scheme.
AA - Wash Wader group study, ringed 23/08/2020 at Ken Hill
5 re-sightings prior to ours that becomes the first for 2022.
4V Wash wader group and ringed on the same catch as 3U (see below) in 2017.
A host of local sightings to help the group understand the survival rates and use of
the Wash during the non-breeding season.
3U Wash wader group ringed 23/08/2017. This bird has over
50 re-sightings around the A149, Ingoldisthorp, Snettisham,
Heacham and Ken Hill areas with all resightings between
August to March.