Halswell Quarry Wed 22 July a good steady morning

We had a session at the Quarry this morning, and with some late additions to the team it proved to be a successful one. I had been expecting a smaller group so hadn't feed as much as normal so was pleased with the result.

Thirty four birds of 6 species were processed with 27 new and 7 recaps. Species caught were (recaps in brackets)
Blackbird - 1 (0)
Dunnock - 0 (1) it was banded at the same site just over a year ago as a first year bird.

The recap Dunnock now in its second year

House Sparrow - 4 (0)
Chaffinch - 2 (0)
Greenfinch - 1 (0)
Silvereye - 18 (5) as we were using the same net site as recent sessions birds have become a little net shy. Two of the recaps were banded in 2018 the rest more recently.
Bellbird - 2 (1) The recap was banded on our first session after lockdown back in May at a fruiting Arbutus tree about 500m away.

The Bellbird recap about to be released

Ruud with "his" Bellbird proudly displaying his red badge of honour.