11 Birds!!!!

Yes, 11 birds! A total of 5 Yellowhammers, 2 Great Tits, 1 Brambling and 3 Blue Tits were caught today. Of these birds, 5 were retraps, the most interesting of which was one of the Yellowhammers which was originally ringed in October last year.

During the first few hours of daylight there was a noticeable increase in birds on previous days. Chaffinch and Brambling were in the garden with Greenfinch and Siskin overhead. Woodpigeon and Stock Dove were passing through in small numbers again. A few Eider were passing by offshore and 2 Oystercatcher flew east.

Hopeful signs of spring? We have done few blog posts without the word sn*w being used but judging by the forecast it by be back tomorrow...

A Yellowhammer, and below, a recording of 3 different Yellowhammer as they were released from the ringing lab today