If you get a chance to help out a bird ringer I can really recommend it.
I'll be out early tomorrow morning for the final Aug. patch visit. I need just one more new species for the month to equal the highest monthly total ever recorded, 2 would be great!!
Above and below: The migrant Sedge Warbler.
Next is a Chiffchaff.
Then a Common Whitethroat
Last of all one of the juv. Bullfinch
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Loveley stuff Warren, Have you got a ringing license or do you just help out occasionally?
Cheers
JJS
Josh,
I just help out.The ringer lives a few doors up from me, he's in his 70s, so I do most of the donkey work and book work, while he rings. We ring whenever the weather is still, which this year is pretty infrequent!
Warren: They seem so calm, very surprising.
Fishing guy,
When the birds are handled correctly,and as briefly as possible,they are quite content.
Hi Warren, seeing birds close up is a real pleasure and really helps with id and understanding bird structure. Looks like you managed to catch a nice range of species.
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