tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50720581269303241652024-02-07T09:04:24.575+00:00East Norfolk Ringing GroupKevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-86223748418214660432013-05-16T22:09:00.001+01:002013-05-16T22:09:52.782+01:00Spring has sprung<span style="color: #999999;">At last we have had a couple of mist netting sessions for any migrants that may be about, finally showing that Spring has sprung.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The first session was at Winterton on 4th May, with 29 new birds and 3 retraps being processed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">It was nice getting 3 Garden Warbler, a species we seldom catch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Wren 4</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Dunnock 1 (1) originally ringed 07/04/12</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Garden Warbler 3</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Blackcap 7 (1) Great to get a returning bird , this one from the Spring before, 05/05/12</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Chiffchaff 6</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Great Tit 2 (1) Originally ringed 10/10/10</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">We also had a bit of net maintenance to sort out on site, Dave had dropped it in bracken a couple of years ago !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"> It had only just came to light, but it beggars the question as to how many ringers it takes to sort one net out ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second session was at Martham woods and a small fishing pit nearby on 11th May.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">This produced 38 new birds ,3 retraps , a control and our first pulli of the year in the shape of 2 Tawny Owl.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Great Tit 2 (1) from 01/05/10</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Treecreeper (1) originally ringed 25/04/11</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Goldfinch 1 (1 control) With a French/Paris ring on, our first from France.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The biggest surprise of the year so far was the ringing of an adult Buzzard at Hickling, this was a truly awesome encounter and was a first adult any of us had seen in the hand !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">On our trips we have managed seeing a few insects with the first Speckled Woods, Large Red and Blue Tailed Damselflies being seen at Martham on 11th.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-46655271212660608122013-04-25T21:43:00.000+01:002013-04-25T21:43:56.642+01:00A few more Linnets<span style="color: #999999;">Another trip to Caister Beach on Saturday 20th April for Linnets resulted in our best day catch ever !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">34 new ones , 3 retraps and a control were caught.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"> Most of the new birds were 5's (2nd year birds).</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The retraps were from 31/03/12 , 14/04/12 and one from this year,the control was L230482.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Most of the males were at last smartening up into their Summer plumage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Vis mig consisted of several Swallow and Sand Martin and up to 5 Red throated Divers offshore.</span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-72006575633541547522013-04-11T20:20:00.000+01:002013-04-11T20:20:22.058+01:00More Linnets and more Easterlies<span style="color: #999999;">With the biting Easterlies still prevalent in the last couple of weeks there was no surprise that nothing new was going to turn up! </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">So we have been concentrating on catching Linnets at Caister.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Dave, Gary and Mick went on Sat 30th March and caught 15 new birds, Dave and I went Sun 7th April and managed 9 new and 4 retraps, a Porpoise was offshore on this date as well.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The retraps were made up of 2 from 19/03/11, 1 from 24/03/12 and another recently ringed bird. About 35/40 birds were in the area on the 7th but were proving hard to catch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Dave has also been concentrating some effort in his Rolllesby garden, weather permitting, so far managing a decent total of 80 Siskin and 4 Redpoll and still adding to his totals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Last weekend saw quite a movement of Raptors locally, fortunately I managed to have a few over my Ormesby garden with 11 Buzzard and 2 Red Kite all together on Saturday and a stunning male Hen Harrier on Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">However the Juv White tailed Eagle passed over unnoticed on Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">A Rook was caught in the garden on Sunday , a very underrated bird, superb close up !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The weekend also saw the first Butterflies at Ormesby with both Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock on the wing.</span></div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-89958369428455700022013-03-24T20:44:00.000+00:002013-03-24T20:44:14.047+00:00Incessant Easterlies<span style="color: #999999;">If this was the Autumn we would be praying for Easterly winds !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Unfortunately its been another non event this weekend on the ringing front with near hurricane winds, bitterly cold and sandstorms on the beach at Caister.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">However this has lead to more birdwatching, a check on the beach at Caister Saturday saw at least 25 forlorn looking Linnet on the food.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">From hear a scan on the beach revealed the juvenile Glaucous Gull, mentioned in the last post, loafing on the beach and no camera ! </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">I beat a hasty retreat home to get the camera but had gone by the time I got back.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Another look Sunday morning saw the bird hunkered down in a field nearby, I had the camera this time but too far away !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Another trek down Sunday afternoon on an almost deserted beach saw the bird again in its usual place feeding on the beach, where these photo's were taken. It was quite settled until a beachcomber came along and spooked it, he was looking for Jet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">There was also a strong Southerly passage of Kittiwakes and Gannets, 18 Sanderling were also on the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">In the fields nearby a flock of 21 Skylark revealed themselves.</span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-34971191098715402732013-03-21T20:57:00.000+00:002013-03-21T20:57:09.866+00:00Snow Bunting gone <span style="color: #999999;">We have been trying to get to Caister for Snow Bunting for several weeks now,unfortunately the weather has been awful.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Its been a quiet Winter here for them with a flock of around 40 most of the time, 54 birds have been ringed in just 2 visits. It did peak at 63 in November, recently numbers have dwindled and finally disappearing on Wednesday 13th when the last 2 were seen.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We finally made it there too late on Saturday 16th !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">However a few Linnet had started using the area with around 25 birds there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">15 Linnet were caught plus 2 retraps, these both originally ringed on 06/04/2012.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">While waiting for the Linnets to turn up a 1st Winter Glaucous Gull flew north at 06.10 then was seen on the beach at 07.00 to 07.10.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">There has been large numbers of Gulls at Caister recently due to a wreck of Razor fish,also present were 3 Med Gulls.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Offshore 3 Gannet and a Brent Goose flew north with a Red T Diver on the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">In other news Dave has had some success in catching a few Siskin in his garden at Rollesby.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">While in mine at Ormesby they are an infrequent visitor, so when 3 were seen on the feeders it was quite a surprise. One male was caught on Sunday, see below. </span></div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-3165860600451330082013-03-08T22:00:00.002+00:002013-03-08T22:00:56.431+00:00Still quiet !<span style="color: #999999;">Saturday 2nd March saw another visit to the cover crop at Ludham. We were joined by a new ringer to the area , Jason.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">James has continued feeding the site ,Wood Pigeons are still a problem and continue to gorge</span><span style="color: #999999;"> themselves, however a feeder has been placed in the hedge and this has enticed a few birds back. The idea was to take this away when we used the whoosh net to get them back on the ground, they seemed quite reluctant to do this with only a few taking the plunge.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">14 birds were caught with 8 new and 5 retrap Reed Bunting and a single new Brambling.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">About 200 Bewicks and 15 Whooper Swan were seen flying in during the morning and a Common Buzzard flew over.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">When we were last here Nathan had found this half eaten Weasel impaled macabrely in a Hawthorn bush. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The afternoon was spent at another duck pond in Hickling, John had kindly invited us along and had continued to feed there. </span></div>
<span style="color: #999999;">About 30 Shelduck, 20 Mallard and 10 Teal were seen near the pond, so we had high hopes. Unfortunately the pond had been stirred up quite a bit by the ducks so had made the bottom quite muddy and gooey !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">This made it very hard going.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Several birds came in but luck wasn't on our side and we only caught 3 new Teal, we did have 2 Shelduck 'in' but they escaped before we could get to them , never mind !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Good birds were everywhere with at least 10 Marsh Harrier, Merlin, 2 Barn Owls, 3 Snipe and 4 Cranes being seen and good number of Bewicks and Whooper Swans flying overhead. Large numbers of Pinkfeet could be heard in the dark.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Gary and I ventured to Ludham on Saturday 16th, we were later joined by Nathan, James and Amy.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Amy was telling us stories of a Stoat her dog had found and Nathan found a dead Weasel hanging half eaten in a Hawthorn on site.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"> The site unfortunately has been plagued with Wood Pigeons, these seem to be able to eat our seed as fast as we can put it down. We must thank James again for his sterling efforts at feeding this site.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Only 5 Reed Bunting were caught 3 new and 2 retraps, these being originally ringed 21/01/12 and 24/11/12.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second session of the weekend was at Hickling to catch Ducks. A crack team was assembled with Sharon, Mick,Tony, Gary and I.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">About 30 Mallard and 20 Teal approached the pond, but with 6 Mallard 'bouncing' the nets it wasn't going to be our night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">An interesting Blue Tit was caught in the garden at Ormesby on Saturday 16th. This was a retrap and was in normal plumage when ringed but when retrapped had bleached primary tips, these being more striking on the closed wing.</span><br />
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-66299213000401650402013-02-04T21:09:00.004+00:002013-02-05T20:00:13.405+00:00Brambling stay and Swans arrive.<span style="color: #999999;">Saturday 2nd February, believe it or not saw our first group ringing trip of the year!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We decided to have an afternoon session at Ludham, The whoosh net was again brought into action.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The Finch and Bunting flock has been quite sporadic here this Winter, mostly put off by the large numbers of Wood Pigeons present.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">15 birds were caught, these comprised surprisingly of 14 Brambling (2 retraps) and a Chaffinch.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The retraps were both from last year, 24/11/12 and 16/12/12.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">There were a few Yellowhammer and Reed Bunting about, hopefully they will pick up in the next few weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">In the nearby fields at Catfield several hundred wild Swans had recently turned up, at least 250 Bewick's Swan were present with about 15 Whooper Swan among them, producing some fantastic viewing opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">One of the Bewick's had a white colour ring with a black inscription but unfortunately I could not read it!</span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-13323966861264734142012-12-27T15:43:00.000+00:002012-12-27T15:43:14.883+00:00Christmas Exercise!!!<span style="color: #999999;">With the recent festivities out of the way and a need to get rid of a few calories we went to Caister (27th) for Snow Bunting.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We arrived just before light to set up, to a reasonable morning weather wise. We were joined by Jen for her first ringing trip.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Gary and Tony have been feeding regularly in the last few weeks with the flock peeking at 61 mid month.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It was very quiet at first with only one bird turning up which preceded to gorge itself on the wheat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Then birds began to appear until eventually there were about 45 in the area, by this time however the beach was getting quite popular.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">We made a catch of 20 Snow Bunting; 13 new, 4 retraps and 3 Kessingland birds. The retraps were made up of 2 from this winter and 2 from 2011. 16 / 20 were Insulae race.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"> A Golden Plover turned up and was heading for the wheat but unfortunately was chased off by a dog!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"> A Shag was drying out on the sea defences before deciding to have a dip, 4 Brent Geese and 2 Red Throated Diver flew past with at least 40 Cormorant coming from roost to feed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">There has been a dearth of birds in the garden so far this Winter, nets were up for 4 hours yesterday and only 6 birds caught! However the day was brightened up by this happy fella.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">1st winter male Great Spotted Woodpecker</span></div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-74019989268796338192012-12-19T18:47:00.000+00:002012-12-19T19:15:56.714+00:00More Brambling.Dave, Tony and I met at Ludham cover crop again on Sunday 16th December, with James and Amy joining us later.<br />
This time we were using the whoosh net, we have been baiting for a couple of weeks now, this year we have it the other way round and a bit further down the hedge line, this was going to be a bit of trial and error.<br />
Large numbers of Finch and Bunting continue to feed in this little oasis amongst the ploughed fields, unfortunately 500 Wood Pigeon have also found it to there liking! These are just grain machines hoovering up everything they can find.<br />
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1st Winter (3) male Brambling, 3 retained juvenile greater coverts can clearly be seen.</div>
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Adult (4) male Brambling. </div>
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We had one "whoosh " and caught 13 birds all new, 12 were Brambling and 1 Reed Bunting. Other birds continued to turn up but unfortunately stayed in the hedge.</div>
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James and Amy arrived later to have a chat and give us the ups and downs of the Canaries and the ins and outs of Deer poo!</div>
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7 Whooper Swan flew over and about 10 Fieldfare were in the hedges nearby. </div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-73350845406307731902012-12-06T19:57:00.000+00:002012-12-07T17:41:06.850+00:00What a turn up !<span style="color: #999999;">A change of scenery was to be had early Sunday (2nd. December) morning, Dave and I headed north to meet Mick in the Sea Palling area. Snow Bunting were the target, with maybe some Turnstone as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Recently 40/50 Turnstone have been seen feeding in the same area as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Sunday afternoon we ventured to Hickling for a Teal session, James has been feeding the pond as usual.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Teal numbers have been fluctuating quite a bit, what's there one day may not be there the next, however we thought to give it a go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Unfortunately only about 10 Teal came in, we managed to catch 2 , both drakes, at least it's a start.</span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-44202563277141023502012-12-02T21:46:00.000+00:002012-12-02T21:52:30.008+00:00Bunting and Finch harvest<span style="color: #999999;">Several recce's at the Ludham cover crop recently have produced large numbers of Bunting and Finch feeding there.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">At least 350 birds have been present with approximately 40+ Yellowhammer, 60+ Reed Bunting, 30+ Brambling , 60 Linnet and 100+ Chaffinch.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The first trip to ring was 24th November, we arrived early morning to frost, fog, virtually no wind and a temperature of 0.5 degrees C. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">An excellent morning was had with 107 new birds and (7) retraps being caught and processed.This included our biggest one day catch of Brambling.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">1st Winter Female Brambling</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Reed Bunting 26 (5)These included birds from 12/11/11, 02/01/12, 21/01/12, 04/02/12 and a control Y886919.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second session was on 1st December, sadly it never lived up to expectations as only 13 new and 1 retrap were caught. This was mainly down to the windy, showery weather.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Blackbird 0 (1) ringed as an adult on 11/02/12</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Up to 30 Golden Plover were present on the first date and several skeins of Pinkfeet went over on both dates.</span></div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-13837042431585195402012-11-22T21:04:00.000+00:002012-12-03T21:31:08.927+00:00Snowfall<span style="color: #999999;">The Snow Bunting are back at last!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We have been putting the seed out now for 3/4 weeks,but the local Crows and Pigeons have been finding it to their liking, however things were about to change with reports of the first Snow Bunting just North of us.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We must thank David for supplying us with Wheat again this year. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">23 were first reported at Caister on Saturday 10th Nov with 30 there on Sunday, then Gary had 48 on the Wednesday and Tony seeing 60 on Friday, it was time to have a go before they moved off.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">When they first arrive they are always mobile moving from one place to another and don't seem to settle down for the Winter much before the end of December.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We arrived at Caister early Saturday (17th) morning, 10 minutes later several birds where flying around our heads calling. Within minutes of the net being set we were catching our first Snow Bunting of the Winter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Of these 3 were colour ringed birds from Kessingland, Suffolk.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"> These have a</span> BTO metal ring on left leg <span style="color: #999999;">and a </span>Yellow colour ring with a Black inscription on the right leg.<span style="color: #999999;"> Please can any sightings of c/r birds be reported to </span>colin.carter5@virgin.net and BTO. </div>
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KI <span style="color: #999999;">Was originally ringed at Caister on 24/12/11 then colour ringed at Kessingland on 15/02/12.</span></div>
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HP <span style="color: #999999;">Originally ringed Caister 17/12/11 back at Caister on 24/12/11, it was c/r in between these dates at Kessingland 22/12/11.</span></div>
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J7<span style="color: #999999;"> Was ringed at Kessingland on 08/02/12.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Thanks to Colin for the c/r data .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The other two retraps were returning Caister birds being ringed 12/11/11 and 28/01/12 respectively. </span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-22374994012506290942012-11-08T21:28:00.003+00:002012-12-03T21:31:57.838+00:00Winterton farewell<span style="color: #999999;">It's that time of year again to bid farewell to Winterton for another year. </span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We had one last go on Saturday 3rd November, the day started with a sharp frost and no wind early on, then warming up slightly and an ever increasing Westerly.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Meadow Pipits were conspicuous by there absence, Thrushes and Finches were thin on the ground.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">It was good to catch a few of our logo birds, just to keep those fingers nimble in the cold!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">1st. Winter (3) Wren, our favourite !!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Blue Tit 5 (1) originally ringed 22/10/11</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Great Tit 1 (2) one from 17/10/10 and the other 01/10/11</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second invader caught, this time a 1st. Winter (3)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Not much was going overhead apart from a flock of 10 + Brambling and Tony had a Swallow briefly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">PS The Great Tit control mentioned in the previous post was ringed at Burgh Castle this year as a 3, thanks to Paul Noakes for the info.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I decided to put a couple of nets up in the garden at Ormesby as there were at least 25 Blackbirds coming in to the downfall apples.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">On the first net visit a Blackbird and a Finch were in the net and duly extracted. When approaching the Finch it looked streaky and I thought to myself 'that it was a bit late for a juvenile Greenfinch', on inspection there was no green or yellow colours on the bird. Several species then ran through my head but I dismissed them all, it was either something good or some sought of hybrid. It suddenly dawned on me that the only thing that fitted was a Common Rosefinch.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"> Dave was called and I said the immortal words 'I've caught a bird and I am not totally sure of what it is, ' with this Dave was in his car and on the way round. Several books later and with Dave seeing the bird, it was definitely a Common Rosefinch! The first I had seen in the Autumn and in this Plumage, a few minutes later with Mel doing the Telephone calls Tony, Tina, Gary and John arrived to see the bird.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">It was aged as a 1st Winter (3) and had a wing of 85mm and weighing 22.8g. It flew off strongly when released and unfortunately has not been seen since.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Other birds caught were 9 Blackbird, 3 Goldfinch, Greenfinch, 2 Chaffinch, House Sparrow and surprisingly a control Great Tit Y030700. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Later on in the afternoon 2 Barn Owl sites were checked after tip offs from their owners to say something was going on in the nest boxes, both contained a chick and both are second broods, these being successful earlier in the year.</span></div>
Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-65082774255877182852012-10-27T18:29:00.001+01:002012-10-29T21:20:23.039+00:00The calm before the storm.<span style="color: #999999;">We arrived at Winterton on Saturday 20th Oct early morning to a dull,calm but pleasant day.There were a few Thrushes about early on but nothing compared to what happened later in the week when a major fall occurred on the East coast. Unfortunately for us 'workers' we can only go on a weekend, but a little further North from us Mick at Eccles and UEA ringing group at Waxham had excellent catches during the week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">It was another good catch of 45 birds with our best day tally of Meadow Pipits and the first Redwing of the Winter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">There were a few Thrushes about early on and the odd Jay calling in the woods, later on when doing a net round 12 Jays were seen coming in off the sea. There have been a lot of Jays arriving all along the East Anglian coast recently due to the failure of the acorn crop in Scandinavia today was going to be the day! Sadly we only caught one, a first for the year, so not exactly an invasion, yet!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">It seemed quiet again, apart from the Jays, but we had a respectable total of 102 birds with 92 being new to ring, Goldcrest being the most handled again, you can never get tired of these tiny</span><span style="color: #999999;"> waifs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">15/10/12 Winterton (retraps in brackets)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Wren 12 (2) one originally ringed 06/09/09 as a bird of that year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Dunnock 2 (3) one from 12/09/09</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Long-tailed Tit 8 (3) 2 from October 2011</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">One each of Coal Tit, Jay,Chaffinch and Siskin.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Other birds seen were a flock of 14 Siskin and 5+ Redpoll, a Crossbill was heard flying over.</span></div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-81420290490757630042012-10-11T19:25:00.000+01:002012-10-13T20:47:27.265+01:00More WesterliesWe met again at Winterton Saturday morning (6th Oct) the usual nets were erected, the winds were light but unfortunately still in the wrong quarter being Westerly. When we arrived it was raining, but Dave ever optimistic said it would stop by 7am, with which it duly did!<br />
We didn't expect much, but surprisingly caught 48 new birds and a control.<br />
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Meadow Pipit ; 4</div>
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Wren ; 4</div>
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Dunnock ; 3</div>
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Robin ; 2</div>
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Blackcap ; 8, some of these were carrying high fat deposits, therefore they may have been here a while and now getting ready too move.</div>
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Chiffchaff ; 5 + 1 control, EPE425 Anyone?</div>
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Goldcrest ; 16</div>
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Reed Bunting ; 2</div>
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There was no visible migration going on, and the only noteworthy sighting was 4 Cranes flying over calling loudly.</div>
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When the sun came out so did the insects, with at least 2 Small Coppers, 2 Comma and 25 Common Darters.</div>
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Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-75620471118287186162012-10-04T17:28:00.002+01:002012-10-13T20:47:46.228+01:00We are back!<span style="color: #999999;">After a few months off from blogging we are back at last!</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">It's been a roller coaster ride in the last few months since the last update, so many excuses we don't want to bore you to tears.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">We did manage to carry on ringing with some successes, notably 353 Little Tern pulli ringed at Winterton over 3 Saturday's in July, with a massive help from the RSPB warden and his volunteers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Also Barn Owl boxes were checked with varying success, about 50 Barn Owl pulli were ringed and several Jackdaw and Stock Dove.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The House Martin RAS started off well but with busy work loads and holidays getting in the way of the latter part of the season numbers dwindled, then when we could go the birds had upped sticks and gone! About 100 adults had been ringed up until then.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Most of September was taken up doing a Swallow roost at Martham, the roost varied from day to day and at it's peak contained at least 600 birds (see totals below).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Greylag Goose 1</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Swallow 686 , plus 7 controls.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">3 sessions at Winterton this Autumn have produced a few birds, the latest outing on 29th September saw 52 new birds being ringed with the first Lesser Redpolls and Meadow Pipits of the year being caught.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">That's pretty much it for now, hopefully we can catch some more birds and keep the blog updated, until next time ......</span></div>
<span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-72328482470420584572012-05-17T22:12:00.000+01:002012-05-17T22:12:39.437+01:00Go Wild Barton Broad, Sunday May 13th.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999;">For once the weather was on our side, the last couple of years have been hopeless for us at this event due to strong winds and scorching temperatures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">This year it was a bit of a lie in as the event didn't open until 11am, we arrived at 9 to sort out the stand and erect the nets, the usual ones were employed. We had already been over and cut the rides and put some feeders up, to try and build the numbers up. Dave went over again on Friday just to top the feeders up , unfortunately some had already been attacked by the local Grey Squirrels !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Also on the morning of the event we had checked a box and found it had 2 chicks inside, this was to become our star attraction.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">A respectable 39 birds were processed with 36 new and 3 retraps. All the retraps were from the demo last year on 22/05/2011.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Grasshopper warbler 1 this proved a popular bird.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">As mentioned earlier the 2 stars of the show were 2 Tawny Owl chicks from a nearby box.These were very popular with the visitors, with about 50+ people around the stand at this point !!! One of the Owlets even received a name, Ruby, because of its red eye lids.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Thanks must go to Mel for all her hard work on the day and for sorting out the photos and stand. Also for inventing another quiz for the children , this time a young and adult bird matching quiz. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">A 20' net was erected near to base and Gary's bird finger puppets were again used to show how the birds get caught in the net, this also went down very well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Several Speckled Wood Butterflies were seen during the day as well as single Brimstone and male Orange Tip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"> A female Marsh Harrier was seen over the reed bed and a Water Rail was heard early on.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-88858431193958471312012-05-13T21:34:00.000+01:002012-05-13T21:34:41.962+01:00Still quiet.<span style="color: #999999;">Another visit to Winterton on 5th May turned out to be a quiet affair.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The intention was for more migrant Warblers but unfortunately the poor weather of late and a constant moderate NE put paid to this.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Only 12 new and 5 (retraps) were caught, these included the first Garden Warblers of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Chaffinch (2) both from 2010</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Long-tailed Tit 1 (2) both ringed on 29/10/2011</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Dunnock (1) Originally ringed 03/09/2005, a bird born that year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The first Damselflies were on the wing, with a male Large Red seen. Also 2 Common Lizards were basking in the sun but no Adders were seen this time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Later on in the week a visit to check boxes at Horning Hall turned out to be another quiet evening with the only recent activity being a Treecreepers nest with young in a split in the trunk of a Cypress and a Male Barn Owl seen a couple of times taking food into a new site, we will check this out later in the season.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second evening trip of the week at Haddiscoe Island was another quiet affair apart from the bird and Mammal watching.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The Lapwing were virtually non existent with only one nest being found with eggs and no young seen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Birds observed included a cracking Short-eared Owl sitting right in front of us, Whinchat, 6+ Wheatear,10 Whimbrel, at least 6 Marsh Harrier and 10+ Little Egret. 2 Stoat were seen hunting on the road, Chinese Water Deer on the river bank and amazing numbers of Hare's that seemed to be just about everywhere.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-67456415473359545682012-05-08T22:16:00.001+01:002012-05-08T22:17:50.682+01:00GO WILD AT BARTON BROAD<span style="color: #999999;">We will be doing a ringing demo at Barton Broad, Norfolk on Sunday May 13th.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Come along and meet the team and hopefully see some birds close up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-42718791636238757572012-05-06T20:29:00.000+01:002012-05-06T21:03:00.206+01:00A couple of old friends.<span style="color: #999999;">At last the weather broke and it has stopped raining long enough to check some big boxes.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Some have had Tawny's with most of the others containing Jackdaws on eggs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Arthur, Gary and box. (These aren't the only old friends!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">5 sites have produced Tawny Owls with 9 pulli being ringed and a retrapped female.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">A brood of 3, one being too small to take a ring and will probably end up as dinner for its siblings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The boxes at Martham x2, Winterton and Rollesby all had 2 chicks and Ormesby St. Michael had the brood of 3. It was at Ormesby when we again became acquainted with one of our old friends GC18044.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">This female was originally ringed on 07/05/2007 and has been retrapped at this site in 2009, 2011 and 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The second old friend this week turned out to be an adult male Sparrowhawk retrapped in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">This bird obviously enjoys my garden very much as it was originally ringed 23/02/2008 and has been retrapped 5 times since! On 03/10/2008, 29/03/2009, 27 and 30/12/2010 and lastly 03/05/2012. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Also in the garden on 06/05/2012 the first juveniles of the year were ringed, 2 Dunnock and a Blackbird. Hopefully there is more to come.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">3J Dunnock</span></div>Kevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353065431276583079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5072058126930324165.post-28152425823118802462012-04-26T21:12:00.000+01:002012-04-26T21:12:15.776+01:00Saved the best until last.<span style="color: #999999;">The second trip to Winterton this year, Saturday 21st April, produced a few more birds than the last session.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">The nets were erected on the Saturday morning rather than the night before as it was raining 'Cats and Dogs' Friday night.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">However the mornings weather forecast was going to be fine up to about 11am, as it proved we were right to have a go with a good selection of birds being caught and seen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The first Willow Warblers and Treecreepers for the year were caught , with the last bird of the day proving to be a Belgian ringed Goldfinch ! This is our first foreign ringed Goldfinch ,we have had 3 of 'ours' found in Belgium. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">39 birds were caught with 24 new, 14 retraps (in brackets) and 1 control.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The Cranes had been heard all morning but then later on flew overhead with 3 of them flying noisily out to sea but eventually turning back towards land.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">We met at 6.45am on Saturday 14th to find a sharp frost and bright blue skies, the net was set then we waited and waited and waited.........</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">During the week there had been at least 50/60 in the area with up to 50 coming off the food on Wednesday night in one flock !</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Eventually some went down and we managed to catch 10 new and another control, Y081630. The males are now looking pretty dandy in there finery.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The only other sightings during the morning were of a Red Throated Diver flying north and 2 Sanderling on the beach, amazingly these were the first we have seen here this Winter. They normally occur all Winter and are usually quite common here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">2 Grey Seals were offshore, these seemed to give much excitement to a couple of holiday makers who were intent on getting a photograph.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">With the sun up, the birds having other things on their mind and people everywhere we packed up early and headed for home.</span></div>
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