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, September 4, 2011

Black and Blue

Got in some "quickie" ringing over the weekend. First up, I was able to get down to the meadows and set just the one 60 foot. Caught 10 birds (before summoned back for breakfast) of which 8 were Blackcaps with zero or ESF30 fat plus a young Dunnock and a retrap juv Great Tit. Had to turn my attention to the garden whilst being 'civil' to our guest for the rest of the time. Resulted in 7 Blue Tits, a very young Wren and recapture of a Robin and a Dunnock. The monsoon season is upon us with 6mm last night and more as I write. The forecast is for much more to come. Just what we want to bugger up our autumn catches during southward migration.
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  1. Phil SladeSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Set your alarm for Thursday I think, nothing much before then only Katia.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Looks like it's shifting your way, Phil, so we might get a window on Wednesday, lady luck permitting.

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