Saturday 2 July 2022

Mist netting 27/6/2022

Today's session started a little late as there were showers about, but we managed to ring a few birds. 

Our main objective was to ring the two boxes of kestrel chicks. One has a camera and is close to the Discovery Hut where a large screen is set up for visitors. This box held four chicks (and a failed egg) and the Borrow Pit box held five. They were all ringed. Both boxes are easily accessible as they are on poles and are lowered by winch.

The chicks were removed from the nest box after it had been lowered.

Kestrel Chick

The four 18m mist nets used provided a pretty equal mix of adults and newly fledged birds. 


Ringed

Re-trapped

Blackcap

3


Chiffchaff

2


Dunnock

1

1

Goldfinch

1


Great Tit

6


Reed Warbler

7

1 (ringed on site as juvenile last August)

Robin

2


Wren

2



24

2


Peter Bennett