I invited birding friend and ringer Mike Collard, to our garden for a ringing session as we were getting good numbers of common birds visiting our feeders. We erected the net and waited some time and only caught one Blue Tit. So we moved the net to a different position which was closer to some trees and waited. Nothing much happened for a time but then a mixed flock of Tits came in the garden and very soon we had ten birds in the net!
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Blue Tit - The most caught bird with 12 individuals.
The bird shown has unusual brown tinges to some of the feathers. It is thought to be due to diet. |
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| Long-tailed Tit - Four were caught at the same time. All were released together. |
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| Great Tit - Two were ringed. |
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| Nuthatch - A regular visiter to our garden. It was lovely to see this bird in the hand. |
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| Coal Tit - One ringed. Probably one of our regular bird. Has been seen several times since. |
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| Dunnock - The first bird caught. |
Several of the ringed birds have been seen in the garden since looking none the worse for the interruption to their daily routine.
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