Saturday 5th January 2013:
A net was put up in Chris' garden around feeders, close to the bird hide.
Lots of common species about and some interest from the general public enjoying a morning's walk or cycle on the Edge.
22 Blue Tit, 10 Great Tit, 5 Marsh Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 5 Nuthatch
Other species about - Fieldfare, G-S Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Chaffinch,
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
New Year netting in garden
Tuesday 1st January 2013:
At last the rain has relented. Pond net and bottom of garden by shed. Helped by William.
4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch
Also around: Rooks, single Lesser Redpoll on feeders, Buzzard, Yellowhammer ( at least 3 ) feeding under main feeders
1515: temperature 6.3C with windchill 4.2C ; humidity 55% ; barometer 1008.0 mb ; wind speed 3.9 mps bearing 264Westerly
At last the rain has relented. Pond net and bottom of garden by shed. Helped by William.
4 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 House Sparrow, 2 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch
Also around: Rooks, single Lesser Redpoll on feeders, Buzzard, Yellowhammer ( at least 3 ) feeding under main feeders
1515: temperature 6.3C with windchill 4.2C ; humidity 55% ; barometer 1008.0 mb ; wind speed 3.9 mps bearing 264Westerly
Friday, 28 December 2012
Back garden ringing
Sunday 23rd December 2012:
Single net up by the main pond. Help from William.
7 Blue Tit, 7 Long tailed-tit ( flock included two retraps DXH487 and DXH488 from start of year ), 2 Coal Tit ( one retrap from Nov 2011 ), 5 Great Tit, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Robin ( retrap from Oct 2010 )
Single net up by the main pond. Help from William.
7 Blue Tit, 7 Long tailed-tit ( flock included two retraps DXH487 and DXH488 from start of year ), 2 Coal Tit ( one retrap from Nov 2011 ), 5 Great Tit, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Robin ( retrap from Oct 2010 )
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Severn Valley short netting session
Sunday 15th December 2012:
Two nets by feeders. End of a week-long cold snap.
8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Song Thrush
Also about: Kingfisher, Siskin, 1 stoat trying in vain to get on feeder trays
Two nets by feeders. End of a week-long cold snap.
8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 2 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Song Thrush
Also about: Kingfisher, Siskin, 1 stoat trying in vain to get on feeder trays
Monday, 3 December 2012
Severn Valley morning net session
Sunday 2nd December 2012 :
Linda and I put up a couple of nets at the feeding station.
Good birds about - flock of Siskin above in the alder ... Grey Wagtail on the pool / mud.
31 Blue Tit ( including birds ringed in December 2008 and 2009 ), 14 Great Tit, 1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Siskin, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Robin, 1 Greenfinch
Linda and I put up a couple of nets at the feeding station.
Good birds about - flock of Siskin above in the alder ... Grey Wagtail on the pool / mud.
31 Blue Tit ( including birds ringed in December 2008 and 2009 ), 14 Great Tit, 1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Siskin, 2 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Robin, 1 Greenfinch
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Monday, 19 November 2012
Wenlock Edge Nest Box Report 2012
Better late than never !?
Comparisons between 2011 and 2012:
Numbers of boxes used 2011 - 56 2012 - 62
Numbers ringed 2011 - 412 2012 - 263
Numbers fledged 2011 - 405 2012 - 293
Nests by species
2012: 20 Great Tit ( 2011 : 17 ) 4 Pied Flycatcher ( 1 ) 34 Blue Tit ( 31 ) 1 Redstart ( 1 ) ( same nest box ) 1 Marsh Tit ( 3 ) 2 Nuthatch ( 3 )
Sadly the Marsh Tit nest was predated just before fledging. One of the Pied Flycatcher nests was washed out, along with a number of the late broods for tits. Lilleshall was the poorest location with only 76% of eggs hatching and only 63% of hatched eggs surviving to fledge.
A poor season with smaller broods, some tits with one or two eggs, many chicks dead in nest. Dry spring, wettest early summer in c 100 years. Cold too.
Egg to fledge by site totals:
Lilleshall 2011 : 65 % 2012 : 48 %
Roman Bank 2011 : 94 % 2012 : 81 %
Wenlock FS 2011 : 81 % 2012 : 67 %
Wenlock NB 2011 : 90 % 2012 : 71 %
Comparisons between 2011 and 2012:
Numbers of boxes used 2011 - 56 2012 - 62
Numbers ringed 2011 - 412 2012 - 263
Numbers fledged 2011 - 405 2012 - 293
Nests by species
2012: 20 Great Tit ( 2011 : 17 ) 4 Pied Flycatcher ( 1 ) 34 Blue Tit ( 31 ) 1 Redstart ( 1 ) ( same nest box ) 1 Marsh Tit ( 3 ) 2 Nuthatch ( 3 )
Sadly the Marsh Tit nest was predated just before fledging. One of the Pied Flycatcher nests was washed out, along with a number of the late broods for tits. Lilleshall was the poorest location with only 76% of eggs hatching and only 63% of hatched eggs surviving to fledge.
A poor season with smaller broods, some tits with one or two eggs, many chicks dead in nest. Dry spring, wettest early summer in c 100 years. Cold too.
Egg to fledge by site totals:
Lilleshall 2011 : 65 % 2012 : 48 %
Roman Bank 2011 : 94 % 2012 : 81 %
Wenlock FS 2011 : 81 % 2012 : 67 %
Wenlock NB 2011 : 90 % 2012 : 71 %
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