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.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Some progress

First ringing sessions of the year proved quite productive considering that the temperatures had risen markedly with 12C every day this week and the weekend was particularly windy here.

Total of new birds ringed, week ending 16/01/11, in the orchard:

Woodpigeon 1
Gt. Spot. W/peck 1
Blue tit 8
Great Tit 3
Coal Tit 2
Long-tailed Tit 2
Blackcap 1
Wren 1
Blackbird 5
Robin 3
Dunnock 4
House Sparrow 3
Chaffinch 2
Brambling 20
Greenfinch 14
Goldfinch 71
Siskin 4

Controls 2 (2x Goldfinch from 'Five Bells'), Ringed 147, Species 17.

The forecast is for settled weather and lower, more normal temperatures for the time of year. Here goes!
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  1. Phil SladeJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    20 Bramblefinch and 71 King Harrys, I'm impressed Cardew.

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