Paul A and I have been feeding this site in the Thames Valley all winter waiting for good conditions in which to ring. The site is an absolute mess because contractors are on site constructing a huge solar farm, the farm is the wettest site that we have and the lorries have mashed it up into a quagmire and the disturbance has really diminished the number of birds that are in the game cover with only a handful being present where normally there are many hundreds. The nets in the copse kept us just about occupied all morning whilst still allowing time to take some good id photos for future training uses.
The number of Dunnocks was particularly impressive with 18 ringed and one retrapped from two years ago and we were glad that there are still Tree Sparrows present. 126 new and 10 retraps takes us back to a proper days ringing. Highlight of the day was a four year old Reed Bunting. MP, PA
Dunnock 18 (1), Robin 7 (2), Yellowhammer 23 (2), Tree Sparrow 4, House Sparrow 16 (1), Chaffinch 8 (1), Goldfinch 5 (1), Bullfinch 6 (1), Greenfinch 3 (1), Reed Bunting 0 (1), Great Tit 13, Blue Tit 16, Blackbird 6 (1), Song Thrush 1
