Yesterday, Sunday 15 January, saw the first ringing session of the New Year. In advance of a full report, the day got off to a very cold start and business was steady. The hardy band of ringers, led by Derek Gruar, comprised of Roger Hughes and Sue Pollard, along with Denise Cooper-Kiddle, Viv Hodges, Jacqui Weir, Andy Stanbury, John Day, Mike and Sarah Lawrence, Max Hill and Roger Cope.
A total of 23 birds were trapped during the morning. These comprised 12 newly caught birds and 11 re-traps. There were eight species caught: 3
blackbirds plus 2 re-traps, 1
house sparrow, 2
goldfinch, 2
chaffinch plus 1 retrap, 1
blue tit and 3 retraps, 1
dunnock, 1
great tit plus 3 retraps, 1
robin plus 2 retraps.
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| Robin (c John Day) |
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| Goldfinch (c John Day) |
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| House sparrow (c John Day) |
Besides the ringing, Roger Cope updated John Day on the state of play with his locating the leaves of
bee orchids in the area. Around Cos Lodge, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Poppy Cope over recent years, there is now a very good population of
misletoe growing on a number of trees. Also, Derek Gruar spotted two
little egrets flying over.
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| Bee orchid (c John Day) |
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| Mistletoe (c John Day) |
Liked the Ophrys apifera
ReplyDeleteGald you liked that one. Sorry - only just found your comment. I'm guessing at the moment, Katie is administering them as they always appear! Whereas on my site, I have to approve them first?
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