Plans to ring at the Stanhoe orchard were cancelled when the weather forecast changed to show rather too much wind for the open site. A last minute change was made to Castle Wild camp and even there with the wind gusts stronger than forecast, some nets were less than ideal.
There was a sheltered area through the centre of the site and two doubles, over half the nets up, were placed here. There were very few birds on site and the despite the unmistakable sound of shooting from nearby there was no influx of birds moving away from the hunting areas. All nets were down by midday with only 7 birds for our effort.
Total: 5 (2)
Blackbird - 2
Wren - 1
Goldcrest - 0 (1)
Blue Tit - 1 (1)
Coal Tit - 1