Wednesday 9 November 2011

Testing...

Last Sunday the weather was pretty dire with strong easterlies and intermittent drizzle. Given that these are less than ideal mist netting conditions I decided to wait for a drop in the wind to put my 30' net up in the garden and try and sort out the tethering which has worked its way loose. 

The net was only up for about 30 minutes and I had caught a new species for the garden - Goldcrest! A few have been heard calling recently. The only other bird caught was a retrap House Sparrow ringed as a 3 female in July.

1st Winter (3) Male Goldcrest

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