Fortunately the robin was caught whilst Hans and Gert were attending to a group of visitors allowing for a ringing demonstration and enabling the four guests to get a first hand experience of a bird up close.
By midday passerine nets were furled and 5 raptor nets were left open and it didnt take long before a Sparrowhawk was extracted given a slow southerly trickle of these birds during the day.
Its just a shame it wasn't caught while while our visitors were here, but nature rarely does things to order!
Rael spent a large part of the day at the Tip and after lunch Hugh took over while Jack did a bit of work in the garden.
To make for the lack of words here's a few pictures taken over the day:-
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| Anybody lost a Canary? A curiously yellow Common Crossbill with a normal adult male (Jack Ashton-Booth) |
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| Common Crossbill (Rael Butcher) |
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| Adult Great Grey Shrike on a bush at the Tip (Rael Butcher) |
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| Adult male Rough-legged Buzzard (Jack Ashton-Booth) |
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| Juvenile male Sparrowhawk caught in the garden after standard ringing (Jack Ashton-Booth) |
Thank you for reading Jack, Hugh and Rael
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