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, February 6, 2011

Some week.

Well, it wasn't. A dearth of birds while the weather was calm and a bit of a rush when we had nine tenths of a howling gale. Good job I had to return to the East and pick up some wildfowl year ticks in the meantime.


A measly 12 new birds - Blue Tit 1, Gt. Tit 3, Wren 2 (a good result there as you don't see or hear them), Robin 1 (where did that come from?), Brambling 2, Goldfinch 2, Siskin 1. Also retrapped a lone L-T Tit and a couple of the resident Dunnocks.

John, another (the only) local ringer, reckons it picks up in April. Can't wait!
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