Both putting the nets up and taking them down today presented different difficulties, but all add to the "joys" of getting up by 5am and spending the morning at Kenfig. Wayne and Chris arrived at 05:30 on what were perfect conditions (at last) and set about setting the nets. The replacement net that last session had worked perfectly was for some inexplicable reason 6' longer than it had been. This meant we had to reset all the permanent lower poles (using permanent in its loosest sense). That was OK but by the time we arrived at the end it meant the installed guy ropes didn't fit. All this reshuffling meant the the nets were finally up at 06:30. You'd think taking the nets down would have been easy, but no, it was all complicated by the fact that dragonflies had decided to take up residence. They are not easy to remove (not in one piece anyway) and it took quite a while to achieve. Wayne is expecting to receive a Gold Award from the RSPCD (if such an organisation exists) for the expert removal.
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| Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata - about to be released. |
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| Tragopogon pratensis |
Some interesting plants were spotted along with a number of butterflies including Dark Green Fritillary, but they are far too difficult to photograph with a phone and when you are supposed to be ringing.
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| Euphrasia sp. |
Oh! what about the ringing?
Things were an improvement over the last few sessions although the number of migrants was rather poor. The morning's catch was bolstered by a family of Great Tits in the additional nets (WPS) and a family of Long Tail Tits in the CES ride.
The day ended with us listening to a Cuckoo in the vicinity of the CES ride.
Totals for the Day:
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