My first January as a C ringer resulted in 9 mist net sessions of a couple of hours each - split 50:50 or there abouts between the farm at Kingston Maurward and the Martinstown Allotment.
Ringing at the farm centred on the maize silage clamp which acted as a magnet to birds during the harsher weather. 44 birds caught of 9 species; meadow pipit 1, wren 2, dunnock 2, robin 7, backbird 7, great tit 1, starling 7, house sparrow 3 and chaffinch 14.
The allotment catch never ceases to amaze and surprise, 62 birds of 10 species; dunnock 6, blackbird 6, redwing 1, blue tit1, house sparrow 6, chaffinch 14, greenfinch 9, goldfinch 6, bullfinch 1 and yellowhammer 4.
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