House Sparrow is a species that I don't ring very often (my last was in August 2013), so I was very pleased when one turned up in the nets whilst out ringing with
The Group this morning at our private garden site in Sheffield.
House Sparrow
The bird in question was a bird born this year, which was going through it's "post juvenile moult". In the picture below, you can see that it has dropped all its greater coverts. These will regrow over the next week or so, and will become indistinguishable from an adult bird.
House Sparrow in moult
In addition to the House Sparrow, we also ringed a couple of Blackbirds, a Treecreeper, Great and Blue Tits, 2 Goldcrests, along with several Dunnocks and Robins.
There were a few other species around the site, including a singing Chiffchaff, 4 Mistle Thrushes, 4 Swallows and several Jays.
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