December - week one and 2 more Canada Geese recoveries

On Mon 1st, Jerry and Leanne had another quiet session, and even though they put up a net at the nyger feeder, only 9 + (6) caught, incl 3 Blackbird and 2 + (2) Goldfinch. On Thurs 4th, Jerry and Andy tried at the Pennorth feeders, for a much busier few hours. One 30' net was furled while processing, and (in total) must have been set for less than an hour, the caught a total of 41 + (13) birds comprised mainly Blue Tits (of which a high proportion were adult, and of those sexed, a high proportion were female). Three Great Spotted Woodpecker were also visiting the feeders, and two were caught. On Sat 6th, George and Jeremy had a variety of nets up (gn3a, gn3b, gn4-7 and sg40), for a catch of 14 + (19). They stayed until dark, in the hope of a Redwing roost, but were disappointed. The three sessions give an excellent start to the month, with a total of 102 birds - made up of 2 Grswo, 1 + (5) Robin, (1) Dunno, 4 + (2) Blabi, (1) Goldc, 1 Coati, 5 + (6) Greti, 32 + (17) Bluti, (1) Treec, 3 + (1) Chaff, 3 Bullf, 4 Lesre, 3 + (4) Goldf, 4 Grefi, 2 Housp,

Two of our Canada Geese have been caught at the RSPB roundup at Bowness-on-Windemere on 28 June 2014, and are now sporting red colour rings. One was from our 2006 roundup, and has had RW(BANV) added (interval 2918 days). The other has been caught at Windemere for a second time, having had its colour ring RW(AAKC) fitted in July 2013, it was then resighted back at Llangorse Lake on 20th Nov (ringing to current record interval 1091 days). In May of this year, a number of Canada Geese were shot near Monmouth (for crop protection), which included one of "our" birds, but also four others (with red rings), that had been ringed at Windemere. Llangorse is 274 km south of Windemere, and these records might suggest a regular exchange of birds is now taking place between SE Wales and Cumbria.