The weekend catch

A gentle weekend. Saturday started with some ringing with some duck ringing with the Radiploe Ringing Group, Terry had set the aberton trap (this probably has a DT2 post code!) and 4 mallards were processed, 2 were retraps from the summer. It certainly helps knowing the age when ageing mallards at this time of year! ww.radipoleringinggroup.co.uk

Sunday was a busy day with the mini-diiger working all day as we prepare for more vegetables this year. The mist net catch suffered from all the activity but 3 new robins were a nice surprise  there have been no new robins since the begining of November - are these local birds or is this the start of returning birds for the spring.

Chaffinch

Taken with the new camera!