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, March 23, 2010

Movements

No. Not those! They're called motions.

A day and a half just gone in Norfolk to sort out the latest developments. Jen is being 'bought out' by her brother - so the packing has started. This means that my ringing there will also cease sometime in May. Since October 2005, I have ringed c.2000 new birds and handled over 3,000. This has meant a handsome database of retrap histories and one or two "beaut" recoveries.There maybe more to come.

A mere 14 birds. The weather was all wrong and wasn't suited to this particular garden on the day. Having said that, it was a glorious day with temperatures reaching a balmy 15C. Pity about the cold wind.

Blue Tit 1 (2)
Great Tit 2 (1)
Coal Tit 1 (2)
Dunnock (1)
Chaffinch 3
Goldfinch 1

The finches were all female and the Chaffinches were all 6's, with a broad tail, finishing in a flat angle. They were in good condition and were either carrying  fat or showed signs of having recently used some of it up.
As I was travelling light, I could not take any 'photos, having left my "ringing accessories" at home
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