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Green Wood Ringer: A chat or two...
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sunday, 16 November 2014. A chat or two. For various reasons, I haven't been out ringing in Bedfordshire for 6 weeks, so it was nice to be out again. Quality was the order of the day and it took some patience. At Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, 6 birds were ringed between dawn and 2pm when the rain came. Above and Below: A female Stonechat. Above and Below: A male Stonechat. Above and Below: A Pied Wagtail. The Stonechats and the Pied Wagtail are new species ringed for the site...
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Green Wood Ringer: Wagtail delight
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Wednesday, 24 September 2014. In the period since my last post, I have been busy ringing (and entering data! But the numbers ringed haven't topped the heights of August. However, quality has been in evidence. We are well into peak migration time for our summer breeders. Some species are largely gone already, whilst some are still in full flow and Blackcap migration seems to have peaked already but will continue for a little while yet. And then there's the quality:. The main sp...
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Green Wood Ringer: Priory Country Park
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Priory Country Park is a former gravel pits located on the edge of Bedford next to the River Great Ouse. Ivel Ringing Group records for Priory Country Park go back to 1988. I've been involved with ringing on the site since 2007 and took it on in November 2010, on behalf of the Ivel Ringing Group. In the spring and summer a Constant Effort survey is carried out to help with a national scientific study into the survival and productivity of breeding birds. Woodpigeon 2 (0) NFY 2.
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Green Wood Ringer: Latest news
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Tuesday, 6 August 2013. I'll start with the best bit of news:. The original ringing details for the Siskin I caught in December last year (see here for original blog post. With a Bruxelles ring on it have come through. It was ringed in Wibrin, Luxembourg, Belgium on 24th February 2012 as an adult female (Euring code 6) and was recaptured by me 288 days later (on 08/08/12) at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. A movement of 474km in a WNW direction. I'm pleased with that one. Thanks K...
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Green Wood Ringer: A few wild flowers
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Saturday, 9 November 2013. A few wild flowers. I spend a good deal of my working life working to protect and improve grassland sites for wildflowers (amongst other taxa). They take a lot of looking after as we need to keep nutrient levels low enough for the wildflowers to thrive. We protect and enhance existing meadows by cutting and removing the grass once a year and removing scrub regrowth and we increase grassland areas by removing nutrient loving brambles and scrub. Moving...
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Green Wood Ringer: A tribute
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sunday, 21 July 2013. My dad is pictured here outside his house in the Cotswolds with a Goldfinch I had just ringed. He was always feeding the birds at his house and very much enjoyed watching them. He was particularly interested in the comings and goings (mostly the latter) of the Goldfinches. He died of a heart attack 2 weeks ago today. His funeral was on Wednesday 17th July 2013 at Cheltenham Crematorium where I gave this tribute to him:. He taught me whilst at [Cheltenham]...
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Green Wood Ringer: July 2014
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Monday, 7 July 2014. A year ago to the day. I was ringing at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve and caught 51 birds of 11 species. The standout birds were a single Jackdaw and 16 new Whitethroats. Today (7th July 2014), I set about putting the same nets up in the same places (something I do almost every time I'm there). Today I ended up with 59 birds of 14 species as follows (retraps in brackets):. Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 (1). Sedge Warbler 1 (0). Coal Tit 1 (0). Blue Tit 2 (0).
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Green Wood Ringer: August 2014
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sunday, 17 August 2014. Yesterday, Saturday 16th August, I made a visit to Sandy Smith Nature Reserve - same as I do most weekends. Starting at the crack of dawn, I set up my nets and I was well rewarded for my efforts. Yesterday, the ringing results showed 2 things - no Common Whitethroats (I should still be catching them) and a marked increase in the no. of Blue Tits ringed. This increase is probably as a result of birds from 'further afield' arriving on site. This is a fai...
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Green Wood Ringer: A lengthy round up!
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sunday, 22 September 2013. A lengthy round up! Firstly, a quick note to say sorry about the incorrect formatting on my last post - I don't know what Blogger did, but it certainly wasn't written in one big block! It's been a while since I posted some photogrpahs and accounts of my ringing activities. I have been out ringing, in between scattering my Dad's ashes, dealing with his stuff, bad weather and taking well earned rests! Sunrise at Sandy Smith Nature Reserve, above, on 20...
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Green Wood Ringer: Sandy Smith Nature Reserve
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Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sandy Smith Nature Reserve. Sandy Smith Nature Reserve is about 6 years old, owned and managed by The Greensand Trust. Ringing started in 2009 with 1 ringing demonstration. I started regular ringing there in 2010. Totals are expressed in the following format: New (retraps) and NFY (New For Year). 2014 so far (up to date 18/04/14):. Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 (7) NFY = 6. Wren 2 (3) NFY = 4. Dunnock 0 (5) NFY = 4. Robin 0 (1) NFY = 1. Blackbird 1 (0) NFY = 1. Jay 1 (0) NFY = 1.
