Sunday, 16 September 2012

RINGING SESSION 18 - 2012

16/09/2012  Our first jay of the year this morning was a bit of a handful. Technically a 'songbird', a jay can weigh in at up to 200 grams, which is the equivalent of 40 goldcrests!

JAY

Today's totals (ringed and retraps) were:  

blackbird (1,2)
blackcap (20,0)
blue tit (2,3)
bullfinch (1,2)
chiffchaff (7,1)
great tit (0,2)
jay (1,0)
long-tailed tit (5,7)
robin (2,0)
wren (1,1)

DAY TOTALS: 40 ringed (9 species), 18 retraps
NEW SPECIES: jay

OBS: migrant hawker

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