The other day I caught an unringed Coal Tit on Head Down. I only catch two or three a year at most so it is always a bit of an event. I spread the page in Demongin before I opened the bag, determined to work through it and make a decision this time rather than […]
Month: March 2020
20200317 Too windy a day
Anthony, John, Celia and myself gathered at 08:30. It felt a bit late now that the light is pretty good at 06:30 but Anthony had three nets up on East already so we had a head start. Later we added three more but the last one we did not open. We had high hopes since […]
20200314 HaseleyWorking Party
A Saturday team comprising Anthony , myself, John, Tina, Chuck, Fiona and Diane met on a morning forecast to be windy but dry. There was a short sharp shower at the start. We discussed the recent flooding when the Eastern Yar came across briefly on West sweeping debris from the woodland floor near the river […]
A Refreshing Morning
With Jim, myself, Jo and Charlie keen to discuss birds in the hand and maintain our knowledge base, and Charlie as the only trainee we had a well-paced morning with him doing the most of the ringing, the books open in front of us and some good learning points. At 0800 it was flat calm, […]
20200228 Haseley High Water
After the net mending Friday 28th. Feb. afternoon I wandered round the nearest parts of the Haseley Reserve in the rain with my camera to record the level of the red-silt-laden water.