Sunday 18th December 2011:
Joe, James and Dave braving the cold - c 3 degrees - last day of recent cold snap.
Birds caught: 27 Reed Bunting, 10 Great Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 7 Greenfinch, 2 Blackbird, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Dunnock, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Waterrail AND .... 1 Chiffchaff !!! Good luck to it - but clearly has survived bitter cold of the last week or so. It was an adult and in good health - 8.8g. First such record at Chelmarsh !
Waterrail was a bird first ringed in 2007 and subsequently captured again in 08, 09, 10 ... Happily it survived both 09-10 and 10-11 winters - when caught in the former it was about half its normal body weight !
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