Occasionally, Mark Breaks, a qualified ringer with loads of experience at some prime migration hot-spots, comes round to ring birds in my garden that backs onto open countryside and a wooded clough. We've set up various net positions and regularly catch several common species but especially Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch and Goldfinch are of interest.
Some birds from Oct/Nov 2010
Here are a few snaps of birds that have been ringed in the garden these past couple of winters (2008/9 and 09/10).
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| Male Bullfinch |
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| Top net in back garden |
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| Ringing hut! |
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| Nets down 'the dip' |
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| Measuring a Redpoll's wing length |
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| Collared Dove |
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| Rounded tail feathers indicate an adult bird in the finch family. Juveniles are more pointed. |
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| Adult male Lesser Redpoll |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Male Greenfinch |
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| Male Greenfinch wing |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Magpie |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Lesser Redpoll |
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| Bullfinch - female |
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| Goldfinch - female |
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| Grey Wagtail - 1st winter male |
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| Grey Wagtail |
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| Siskin |
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| Bullfinch |
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| Goldcrest |
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| Mark doing the ringing stuff |
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| Blackbird |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Treecreeper |
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| Reed Bunting |
Gorgeous photography. All the birds are amazing; I especially like that magpie!
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