Under Rydon Hill

Welcome to this blog about my time away from the tedium of domestic management. Once called "Tits and Things", now sub-titled "Life in Quantoxia", there's plenty of bird ringing (90%), some odd bits of general birding, some local steam trains, some personal bits and occasional 'away days' in other parts of Britain. Rydon Hill overlooks the lower valley of the Doniford Stream, where most of these activities take place.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Weekend's ringing

Bank Holiday weekend! Pointless heading to or from the coast during the rush. Either of two choices - go across the traffic or STAY IN.

Decided to drive up on Sat pm, arrive about 3, put up nets and wait. Do the same on Sunday morning (watch the nets, that is) before having to go to the nursing home and watch the judo, dog show, etc. Then, take down nets, as we were going out on Monday [next blog]

Birds caught and ringed (already ringed in brackets): Dunnock 1 (1), Blackbird 2, Marsh Tit 2 (1), Coal Tit 6 (4), Blue Tit 6 (4), Great Tit 13 (7), Chaffinch 5, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 2.


The Goldfinches were the first for a while, and, looking at the photo, you can see the gap in the primaries where the bird (she) is moulting. There are at least 5 Marsh Tits (4 youngsters) knocking around. The Blackies were newly fledged, too.
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