Only two sessions took place this month - both at Woolley Firs. EP, while recovering from a broken leg, returned to the hospital for a heart op. The op went well and EP is, once again, on the recovery path. We wish her well.
** Welcome SHA (and father). SHA, fourteen and a keen birder, has joined us for a couple of taster sessions and hopes to join the group for 2023 to train with CHR **
Woolley Firs – WF (CHR)
We ran two sessions in November (12th & 19th), both at the woodland feeders
Opening the site produced 60 captures where we taped Mistle Thrush, Firecrest, 9 Goldcrest, and 2 Coal Tits. Numbers were very much down on last year when 150 birds were recorded when opening the site. Woolley set a new group longevity record for Great Tit (9+ years) which is only a year behind the national record, set at a site I trained at in Teesside - small world!
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Z304562 Great Tit Adult male Ringed in 15/11/2014 & next seen 12/11/2022 |
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| Note the blue edging to the bird’s primary coverts
The following week we ran a public ringing demonstration for BBOWT. Turn out was good and though the birds weren’t as exciting or as numerous (at 35) as the opening session we had plenty to talk about. Thank you to EW, KDT, MEM, PMW, RJD and SHA (and his father) for their support. %20(Medium).JPG) %20(Medium).JPG) |
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