tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67771592024-03-07T04:24:53.684+00:00bogbumpernature photography and arty stuff by Katie FullerKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.comBlogger1122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-71792004472758868992014-04-27T17:49:00.002+01:002014-04-27T17:49:45.270+01:00Boops boops<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I was feeling sad until I found out that there's a fish with the Latin name Boops boops</p>— Amy Schwartz (@lizardschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizardschwartz/statuses/460139201502011393">April 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2284859 -0.2660690000000158826.706451400000002 -41.574663000000015 77.7505204 41.042524999999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-84527283987690083302014-02-22T13:45:00.000+00:002014-03-25T13:32:41.821+00:00Yellow eyesWe went back to Paxton Pits to do a bit more pruning around our net rides. While we were working in one area of the site, we set a couple of nets in a quieter part. We only caught 10 birds, but this young male Sparrowhawk (hatched last year) was one of them!<br />
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We also caught a few Long-tailed Tits, including a bird first ringed in autumn 2009, so it's now in at least its sixth calendar year (as a minimum). Not bad for a little bird that's been through some hard winters.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.245973 -0.2680629999999837326.7239385 -41.576656999999983 77.7680075 41.040531000000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-34676997690893591202014-02-15T13:40:00.000+00:002014-03-25T13:33:56.216+00:00Sawn offTime for a bit of brush-cutting, tree-chopping and bush-bashing at Paxton Pits before the start of the 2014 ringing season...<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.245973 -0.2680629999999837326.7239385 -41.576656999999983 77.7680075 41.040531000000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-26585546278283829232014-02-02T13:49:00.000+00:002014-03-25T13:35:36.471+00:00World Wetlands DayOn <a href="http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-activities-wwds/main/ramsar/1-63-78_4000_0__">World Wetlands Day</a> I was busy doing a bit of preparation on my new [wetland] ringing site. It was a lovely day for it.<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2284859 -0.2660690000000158826.706451400000002 -41.574663000000015 77.7505204 41.042524999999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-39483601661572517192014-02-01T12:59:00.001+00:002014-02-01T13:31:25.340+00:00#birdperday: 1. HoopoeI've decided to start a thing: <a href="https://twitter.com/bogbumper">tweet</a> a link to a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> photo of a different bird species every day. With c10,000 species (and counting), it should be good for the next 27 years or so...
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So here's my 1st <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23birdperday&src=hash">#birdperday</a>, hurtling magnificently through the air... Hoopoe! <a href="http://t.co/TpCpbDiBAp">http://t.co/TpCpbDiBAp</a><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2284859 -0.2660690000000158852.2284859 -0.26606900000001588 52.2284859 -0.26606900000001588tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-67676857046699384532013-12-31T13:52:00.000+00:002014-03-25T13:37:18.529+00:00The end of 2013<div style="text-align: center;">
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2284859 -0.2660690000000158826.706451400000002 -41.574663000000015 77.7505204 41.042524999999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-18840386502842486512013-12-06T23:07:00.000+00:002013-12-13T23:08:18.951+00:00Blossom in December<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/11233475906" title="Blossom in December by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/11233475906_e3a56d5a30_c.jpg" width="700" alt="Blossom in December"></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.213674 -0.2885569999999688752.1942175 -0.32889749999996887 52.233130499999994 -0.24821649999996886tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-44656845916126430272013-11-26T11:21:00.000+00:002013-12-14T11:21:59.445+00:00The Great Ouse<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/11084034746" title="River Great Ouse by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="River Great Ouse" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/11084034746_8c3b30c9da_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2280945 -0.2715215000000625952.1891895 -0.35220250000006259 52.2669995 -0.19084050000006259tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-23013080337837657292013-11-24T11:18:00.000+00:002013-12-14T11:22:39.693+00:00Cygnets<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/11084044116" title="Mute Swans by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Mute Swans" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/11084044116_3cd7239059_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Saint Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.2280945 -0.2715215000000625952.1891895 -0.35220250000006259 52.2669995 -0.19084050000006259tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-34124810328393612742013-11-13T11:23:00.000+00:002013-12-14T11:23:53.645+00:00Frosted leaves<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/10909332586" title="Frosted leaves by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2891/10909332586_aedd1fe27c_c.jpg" width="700" alt="Frosted leaves"></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-25802061189095376132013-10-18T11:24:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:25:04.252+00:00Fly Agarics<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/10345718745" title="Fly Agarics by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Fly Agarics" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/10345718745_ccb6f7da62_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-64129940240264877992013-10-09T11:26:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:27:13.132+00:00Sweet Chestnuts<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/10190721876" title="Sweet Chestnuts by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Sweet Chestnuts" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2877/10190721876_db269bf207_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-85107162265932423542013-09-30T11:27:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:28:26.302+00:00Parasol mushroom<div style="text-align: center;">
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-77163472466770618742013-09-28T13:48:00.000+01:002013-12-13T23:02:59.408+00:00Comma feasting on blackberries<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9979957876/" title="Comma on blackberries by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Comma on blackberries" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/9979957876_005d702311_z.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire PE19, UK52.251648231448108 -0.2483219416503743652.241927231448109 -0.26849194165037438 52.261369231448107 -0.22815194165037436tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-60743326302436787942013-09-18T11:30:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:32:15.608+00:00My good deed for the day<div style="text-align: center;">
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Rescuing a green-veined white from the pond. Found some thyme flowers for it to fuel up with and put it in the sun to warm.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Sandy SG19, UK52.1379812 -0.204347299999994951.9820797 -0.52707079999999484 52.2938827 0.11837620000000509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-66558647653314368102013-09-12T13:52:00.000+01:002013-12-13T23:05:47.480+00:00Ripening acorns<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9730062043" title="Acorns by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/9730062043_05ee2ff755_c.jpg" width="700" alt="Acorns"></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-28427327503939691882013-09-12T11:33:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:33:32.178+00:00Elderberries<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9729206307" title="Elderberries by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Elderberries" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/9729206307_c3264fd5d8_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Sandy SG19, UK52.1379812 -0.204347299999994951.9820797 -0.52707079999999484 52.2938827 0.11837620000000509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-16179152027044278642013-09-06T11:34:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:34:41.543+00:00Parasol<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9689092606" title="Parasol mushroom by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Parasol mushroom" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9689092606_fa18464e73_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Sandy SG19, UK52.1379812 -0.204347299999994951.9820797 -0.52707079999999484 52.2938827 0.11837620000000509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-75466500350397751762013-09-02T11:37:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:38:14.139+00:00Snail in the garden<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9655790144" title="The Lodge gardens by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="The Lodge gardens" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5321/9655790144_f08255a57e_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-18567315161697426052013-09-02T11:36:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:37:13.628+00:00In the shade<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9680933842" title="In the shade by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="In the shade" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/9680933842_9e27ab284b_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-54265148948430265522013-08-16T11:41:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:42:57.872+00:00Small Tortoiseshell<div style="text-align: center;">
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Central Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK52.1160343 -0.2650208000000020552.0965338 -0.30536130000000206 52.1355348 -0.22468030000000205tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-78368032215746288112013-08-11T11:43:00.000+01:002013-12-14T11:44:11.645+00:00Seedy<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/9502494142" title="Seeds by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Seeds" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2816/9502494142_780c8b9852_c.jpg" width="700" /></a>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10879532278303837175noreply@blogger.com0Sandy SG19, UK52.1379812 -0.204347299999994951.9820797 -0.52707079999999484 52.2938827 0.11837620000000509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777159.post-58961072326141325512013-07-17T14:21:00.004+01:002013-11-06T14:00:05.002+00:00Where do birds come from?<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bogbumper/8665190540/" title="Chiffchaff 'control' by Katie Fuller, on Flickr"><img alt="Chiffchaff 'control'" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8665190540_33c0109949_c.jpg" width="700" /></a><br />
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Well, the obvious answer is 'eggs', of course. But after 18 months of <a href="http://www.bto.org/ringing">bird ringing</a> at home, I'm starting to get some interesting results - from birds I've ringed and which have then gone elsewhere ('controls'), or birds ringed elsewhere which I've then caught at a later date ('recoveries').<br />
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Before I went off to <a href="http://bogbumper.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/my-canadian-beach-holiday.html">Canada</a>, I managed to catch some warblers in a net over a ditch. Two of them were controls and another produced a recovery, which is pretty good going.<br />
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I caught a Chiffchaff which had been ringed as a young bird at <a href="http://www.rmrg.org.uk/">Rye Meads</a> the previous autumn, as well as the <a href="http://bogbumper.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/long-distance-clara.html">Whitethroat</a> I mentioned in a previous post.<br />
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And I just heard about one of the Blackcaps I caught on 20 April. It had reached <a href="http://www.rutlandwater.org.uk/bird-ringing/">Rutland Water</a> six days later, and they caught it again four days after that, by which time it had lost a couple of grams in weight so is probably breeding there. Fat is migration fuel, and there's no point carrying it around if you've arrived at your destination!<br />
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A couple of other birds have been less fortunate. A female Siskin ended up in the jaws of a cat in Sandy a few weeks later, while a Song Thrush lasted for another seven months before dying in unknown circumstances, also in Sandy.<br />
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Here's a map with the best bits so far.
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