On Thursday morning we had a session at Ruud's place on Kennedys Bush Rd. This is just outside the Halswell Quarry boundary and very close to Jan's, where we have recently had a couple of banding sessions. Initially we were delayed by a period of light rain but once that cleared we had good conditions, very little wind and cloud cover.
We processed 29 birds of 5 species with 25 new and 4 recaps. Species caught were -
House Sparrows - 17 (2) both the recaps were banded at Jan's over the last couple of months.
Blackbird - 3 (1) The recap was banded at this site in July last year.
Greenfinch - 3 (1) the recap was originally banded in the Conservation area of the Quarry in Sept 2019, it was recaptured at Jan's July 2020 and now at Ruud's.
Dunnock & Chaffinch 1 new bird of each.
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| Today's team Left to Right - Alice who is expecting a new arrival in a few weeks. Ruud chief coffee maker and Host for the day, Jan - chief assistant, Helen first time with us but a pretty experienced bander and Della. |
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