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The right kind of rain
A much better day for ringing following overnight rain that appeared to have forced a lot of birds down during the night. Many of the Chiffchaffs and Robins were carrying considerable amounts of fat and would probably have flown straight on had the night remained dry.
Many of our longer stayers appear to have moved on before the rain as there were so few retraps compared to the last few days. We continued to catch into the early afternoon, one round included a mixed group of House Sparrows and Tree Sparrows, all in one of the high nets. The House Sparrows were definitely passing through and carrying a lot of fat, while the Tree Sparrows had virtually none. The capture of all 13 birds together certainly indicates that there was some form of interaction while they were sharing the garden.
It seems that this year Blue Tits are very much a consideration due to this being an irruption year and again there were just a few including an adult bird carrying a ring from the Riksmuseum, Stockholm scheme.
Adult Blue Tit, DB28741, wearing a Swedish ring.
We were also pleased to capture a second adult male Ring Ouzel of the year.
Totals: 223 (11)
Gærdesmutte / Wren – 2
Jernsperv / Dunnock – 18
Rødhals / Robin – 96 (7)
Solsort / Common Blackbird – 1
Ringdrossel / Ring Ouzel - 1
Sangdrossel / SongThrush – 10 (1)
Vindrossel / Redwing - 2
Munk / Blackcap – 3 (1)
Gransanger / Chiffchaff – 35 (1)
Fuglekonge / Goldcrest– 18
Blåmejse / Blue Tit – 9 ( 1 control from Sweden)
Musvit / Great Tit – 5
Gråspurv / House Sparrow - 6
Skovspurv / Tree Sparrow - 7
Bogfinke / Chaffinch – 8
Grønirisk / Greenfinch – 1
Grønsisken / Siskin – 1