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, July 31, 2011

Least said ...

Sunday's trip was poor; the wind had swung to the south overnight and was stronger than forecast. Nets now in the wrong places, haha! Five new birds and three re-traps for five hours hard graft with four nets (one didn't catch). And the Green Sandpiper decided to fly "the wrong way".

Kingfisher (1)
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap (1)
Wren 1
Dipper (1) juv in tail moult
Dunnock 1

Have now ringed 221 new birds of 20 species, with 24 re-traps, since I started here, on the water meadows, 5 weeks ago.

Weather forecast not good for the coming week. B****r.
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