Captured!

I had my first attempt at ringing in my new garden today. It started well, with three birds in the net within 15 minutes, but that was the lot and I caught nothing else before finally giving up around lunchtime.

Great Tit: quizzical

Coal Tit: innocent

Blue Tit: "Grrrrr"

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640

The leaves of Beeston

and, er, a flag

photos taken with iPhone and Hipstamatic app

Leaves at The Lodge

photos taken with iPhone and Hipstamatic app

Birds I haven't ringed lately

Whoa! Firecrest!

Firecrest (left) and Goldcrest (right). They're actually the same size

Whoa! A massive bird of prey!

Er, no, not really. Just a little male Sparrowhawk hatched this year

Sadly, I didn't get to ring either the Firecrest or the Sparrowhawk, though I have done both before so it was only fair that someone else had a turn (grits teeth).

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640

Last few of the year?

photos taken with iPhone and Hipstamatic app

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves, a photo by Katie Fuller on Flickr.

Lepidoptera

 

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

Baby owls!

 

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D and 50mm lens

Lady Hawker

 

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

I have punted on the Cam

 

 ... not very far, admittedly - I prefer to leave it to those who know what they're doing ;o)

Been busy...

Wednesday dawn

*Only* one Wryneck this year...

When a man (or woman) is tired of Wrynecks, he is tired of life

Ringing tick - a Greenland Wheatear. Big bugger

Kingfisher...

One of three Water Rails, this one hatched earlier this year

And another the same age

Female Mallard

Wing of male Mallard

And a female Blackcap with funny wings. New feathers growing seemed OK though

Rings around the world

Well... rings that have travelled from one part of Bedfordshire to another.

Reed Warbler, ringed at Willington last year, caught near Sandy this year

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, which won't have travelled anywhere

Turtle Dove nest - empty now, but did contain two chicks (they were eaten)

Pliers

The ringing book. 'DUNNO' is for Dunnock, not... 'dunno...'

Ruler and callipers

Fat reserves for ringers