Final garden session of 2011

A brief break in the weather was there to be taken advantage of and with my 30' net up in the back garden I was determined to salvage something from the recent spell of high winds. A spot of garden ringing also kept me occupied whilst waiting for the emergency boiler service engineer to arrive and rectify a problem with a fuse blowing.

Quantity is never going to be a feature in a garden that can only comfortably accommodate a 30' mist net diagonally but for such a small patch the variety isn't bad and the location ensures that the seen from the garden list includes Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Barn Owl and bizzarely enough Wryneck. 

The highlight of the festive season session was definitely catching a second Starling taking advantage of the ample supply of fat balls and not too mention the boiler being successfully repaired.

More sparkly than the Christmas Tree

Totals - 12 new, (1) retrap

Robin - 2

Blackbird - 1

Blue Tit - 1

Great Tit - 2, (1)

Long-tailed Tit - 2

Starling - 1

House Sparrow - 3

Garden Totals for 2011 (from July onwards) - 111 new, (11) retrap

Wren - 2

Dunnock - 5

Robin - 9, (2)

Blackbird - 8

Goldcrest - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 2

Coal Tit - 1

Blue Tit - 19, (1)

Great Tit - 4, (1)

Starling - 2

House Sparrow 58, (7)