Saturday, 25 February 2012

A Touch Too Much

This morning Craig and I went ringing to our feeding station on Rawcliffe Moss but the wind was just that little bit too much and it had a detrimental affect on our catch. We processed 8 new birds as follows (recaptures in brackets):

Great Tit - 2 (1)
Blue Tit - 3 (4)
Yellowhammer - 1 (1)
Chaffinch - 1
Tree Sparrow - 1 (2)
Dunnock - (1)

As we were putting the nets up in the half light a male Tawny Owl called from Curlew Wood and later male Great Spotted Woodpeckers drummed from Tree Sparrow Wood and the L Wood. The female Hen Harrier gave us a great display this morning as she spent a good hour or so close to us giving stonking views as she 'quartered' her patch. At one stage she had a half-hearted go at some Corn Buntings!

We had very little else other than 35 Linnets over and a group of 16 Snipe. Back home I checked my 'empty' moth trap and then got on with building some boxes. See pictures below.

Marked and ready for cutting

Cut up into nest box 'kits'

Assembly begins
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6 comments:

  1. theconstantwalker25 February 2012 at 23:16

    It's wonderful to see all your nest boxes..
    A big pat on the back from me.

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  2. Nikola D.A.26 February 2012 at 08:54

    What kinds of birds nest in those nest boxes ?

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  3. Millhouse Photography26 February 2012 at 10:07

    That some assembly line - well done and thanks for doing it, on behalf of the birds.

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  4. The Hairy Birder26 February 2012 at 19:22

    Thanks Chaps! I put the boxes up in two different locations. The first in an upland wooded river valley for Pied Flycatchers and the second on a mixed lowland farm for Tree Sparrows.

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  5. Nikola D.A.27 February 2012 at 07:46

    Are there many loirs invading the nest boxes ?

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  6. The Hairy Birder27 February 2012 at 09:34

    Hello L.P., I think a Loir is a Door Mouse? If so, no we don't get Door Mice this far north. Although, they do nfrequently use nest boxes in the south of England. Cheers, Seumus

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