I joined Heather Coats and Gail Cobbold at our Autumn/Winter ringing site in the Vale of Glamorgan. Conditions were ideal with hardly a breath of wind, an overcast sky and a large gathering of mixed finches taking station on the surrounding wires at the edge of the field before foraging among the crop for breakfast.
We had set up a single line of 2 x 12 metre and 3 x 18 metre nets and soon there were linnets and goldfinches showing a close interest in the sounds we were airing.
Linnet
Our slow, steady progress was hindered by the appearance of a pair of sparrowhawks who saw an ideal opportunity for a meal and soon after, a short sharp shower brought our activities to a premature conclusion but not before we had managed to catch a lone meadow pipit.
Meadow Pipit
Our total for the morning:
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Species
|
|
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Meadow
Pipit
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1
|
|
Dunnock
|
1
|
|
Blackbird
|
2
|
|
Chiffchaff
|
1
|
|
Blue
Tit
|
1
|
|
Great
Tit
|
3
|
|
Goldfinch
|
8
|
|
Linnet
|
11
|
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Total
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28
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