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Here’s a selection of the recoveries from the second half of the year.
First, the Cormorants. The very few we have ringed recently, along with older birds, are stillproviding valuable information from this inland colour-ringing project based at Attenborough Nature
Reserve.
After a rather disappointing visit last weekend we carried out our third visit, officially CES visit 2 on Sunday and had a much better catch. We were joined by Ben who had come along on a taster session and Paul who is one of the college staff and a lapsed C-permit holder.
The repaired feeder wires seem to be holding the extra weight of the enlarged feeders. The feed (partic...
It was disappointing to arrive on site and find the wire holding up the six hanging feeders had snapped since last weekend and all the small hanging feeders were on the ground, thankfully the large feeders were still in place. Not ideal weather conditions for our first visit of the winter either, breezy and full sun. We set the standard feeder nets plus some in the sports fi...
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 ...
