Friday 11th/Saturday 12th September 2009 - moving on...

I have now upped sticks and moved to Ringing Pastures new - Moore Nature Reserve, just down the Ship Canal from Woolston, with kind permission of the WRG Wardens Brian and Paul.
Dave and co continue the good work on No1 bed and i will continue to keep you all updated on results from both Woolston and Moore.
Results from my first session are listed below..

Friday 11th -

Ringing Totals -

CHIFFCHAFF -1
LONG TAILED TIT -11
BLUE TIT -6
GREAT TIT -3

TOTAL = 21 NEW

Sightings - Green Sandpiper -1; Buzzard -2.

Saturday 12th- 3 nets operated (x2 60ft x1 30ft)

Ringing Totals -

CHAFFINCH -2
GREENFINCH -9
LONG TAILED TIT -12 (1 RETRAP)
BLUE TIT -5 (1 CONTROL)
GREAT TIT -2
REED WARBLER -1
BLACKCAP -1
REED BUNTING -1
ROBIN -1
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER -1

TOTAL = 35 NEW (1 CONTROL, 1 RETRAP)

Sightings - Green Sandpiper -2; Buzzard -8; Peregrine -1; Teal - 6; Nuthatch -1; Gspot Woodpecker - 3;
Chaffinch - 20; Greenfinch - 30; Grey Wagtail -6; Meadow Pipit -20; Curlew -1; Sparrowhawk -1; Kestrel -1;
Siskin -1; Chiffchaff - 5; Jay -12.

AEH

Results from Woolston courtesy of Dave Riley -

Dave Riley was joined by Phil Guest, Steve Menzie and Chris Bridge for the Friday afternoon session on No1, catching 56 birds (42 new), including the fifth and sixth Nuthatches to be ringed at the Eyes, other unusual birds for the afternoon included Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk and three Coal Tits (two new). For the Saturday session, Phil and Dave were joined by Tony Davis and John Blundell, catching 88 birds, including good numbers of Chiffchaffs, Reed Warblers and Blackcaps, along with solitary Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler and Whitethroat.

Michael Miles spent the majority of Friday on No3 bed, catching 101 birds (71 new) including the bed's first Goldfinch to be ringed this year, while being joined by Kieran Foster, Hugh Pulsford and Margaret Rawlings for the Saturday morning session when a further 133 birds (111 new) were caught. Again, good numbers of Reed Warblers (18) and Blackcaps (44) were ringed, although possibly the most noteworthy catch was 14 new Dunnock, 10 of which came from the same 18m net.

No unusual sightings were noted