Barton Turf Demo

Sunday 23rd  had the group meeting at Barton Turf for a ringing demo. It was a joint venture with the Broads Authority and Norfolk Wildlife Trust and billed as a Go Wild Day Out. We arrived at 8am to find we were far too early as it was not open to the public until 11am!

Creative thinking time.

The nets were eventually erected and furled ready to be opened in time for the public to arrive.

With soaring temperatures it was never going to be easy, how ever we did catch enough birds to keep ticking over.

Arthur and Justin  in mid flow

Dave with a captive audience

22 BIRDS WERE RINGED;

WREN; 3

BLUE TIT 3

WILLOW WARBLER; 2

BLACKBIRD; 2

GREAT TIT; 1

SEDGE WARBLER; 4

ROBIN; 4

TREECREEPER; 2

REED WARBLER; 1   

One of the star's

Thanks must go to the Broads Authority and NWT for inviting us, Holly for the lunch, the drink ladies for keeping us topped up in the searing temperatures and finally Mel for the photo's and back room help.