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Kev B, Josh and I set up the feeders for the coming winter. It needed some strimming and heavier clearing and the small feeder suspension wire repairing but we managed to get it all finished before the forecast rain started. We also set up a peanut feeder away from the usual CES feeders to try and attract the ever-present (but net shy) Nuthatches to join in!
Kev
Managed to get in a visit here with Mick P before the calm weather was forecast to break. We set just 2 pairs of 18m nets aiming to lure in Redpolls and Redwings using MP3s. From reports seen from other ringers this is turning into a good autumn for Redpoll. The first net round produced a few Redwing and tits, the second round some more Redwing and about 25 Redpoll, the next ...
I visited this site for the third consecutive year from 3-13 October. Colin McShane from the Belvide R.G. has been organising ringing at this site for many years and had got a team of 12 together to operate there from 25 Sept - 4 October. I had to get a team up for the second half of the visit, this year I was the only SNRG member making the trip. However, Kate Moore who came...
This young male Sparrowhawk did a good job of keeping other birds away during my catching efforts this morning near Bestwood, particularly the small flock of Redwing (which I think it was particularly attracted to) and Redpolls. Things improved a bit after I released it and it left the area.
Mick P
href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/...Having noticed plenty of Redpoll flying over at Colwick Park and my garden, I thought a trip to Gedling CP would be a good idea. I didn't get on site until 9:30, due to other commitments, and as I set up it seemed rather quiet. I mixed things up a bit with a 12m net in a ride I haven't used for a while and the 9m net moving to where the usual 12m goes (as the 12m net I had w...
