Halswell Quarry - Sat 20 June

We had planned to have a session at the Quarry last Thursday but persistent rain put a stop to that. The rain continued on Friday but appeared to have stopped on Saturday morning. A couple of us decided to give it a go and managed to get a net up for an hour or so before precipitation again started.

By the time we had the single 9m net up there were already half a dozen Silvereyes in it. It was a hectic time with Silvereyes constantly attempting to get caught and even though we set the banding table only a few meters from the net they kept coming. We ended up with a total of 41 birds. 3 new House Sparrows and 34 new Silvereyes and 7 Recaps. There were plenty of other birds about but with someone constantly at the net they didn't have a chance to get in. The oldest recap was banded Jan 2018 and it now our oldest recap at this site.

We caught a Silvereye with what I am calling "Scaly Foot" I am not sure what the cause of this is but hopefully we can find out soon. We have now had about 6 examples of this condition.