A small group of us had a session in the middle car park area of the Quarry this morning. There was Laura and I both L3 banders, later we were joined by Andrew a L2 and also Jan before and after an appointment she had. With the experienced personnel my morning was made much easier. There was a steady flow of birds although it did slow down mid-morning. In all 31 birds of 6 species were processed with 23 birds of 4 species banded and 8 recaps of 4 species made.
Species caught were - (recaps in brackets)
Blackbird - 0 (1) a bit disappointing with breeding appearing to be late with no juveniles about. The bird we did catch is the oldest bird we have recaptured. Banded 25 May 2018 it is now at 1643 days from banding
Silvereye - 0 (2) very unusual to get 2 recaps and no new birds.
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| The Silvereys had obviously been feeding on flowering Flax. |
Greenfinch - 2 (0)
Chaffinch - 2 (0)
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| One of the Chaffinch gave Laura a fond farewell nip. It had an extremely tatty tail for some reason. |
Dunnock - 1 (1)
House Sparrow - 18 (4) Included in the recaps was one banded 7 June 2018 which is now at 1643 days from banding our oldest House Sparrow recaptured. Another banded 23 Sept 2018 is not far behind at 1539 days.
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| Although having been worn for several years the bands on the Sparrows were still in good condition. |
We have also received notification from the Banding Office of a recovery of a House Sparrow at the Quarry. It had been banded March 2019. For all 3 of these older Sparrows it was our first encounter since they were banded.
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