Last weekend (26th and 27th November) I had a couple of visits to Linacre. On Saturday, I walked around all three reservoirs for this month's WeBS walk. On Sunday I was down again for a few hours ringing, with 3 members of Sorby Breck Ringing Group.
The WeBS walk was fantastic with the highest counts of the year for Mallard (201), Mandarin Duck (185) and Tufted Duck (87). Other species seen were: Moorhen (13; 12 adults and 1 juvenile), Coot (10 adults), Grey Wagtail (2), Pied Wagtail (1), Little Grebe (1) and Great-crested Grebe (2). Another highlight of the walk was the amazing sight of approximately 4-500 Jackdaws that were flying around the middle reservoir in a Starling-like murmuration just before dawn!
The ringing session on Sunday was very good as well, with 50 birds of 10 species ringed (new/re trap): Robin 0/2, Redwing 5/0, Great Tit 12/2, Blue Tit 9/6, Coal Tit 5/1, Goldcrest 1/1, Lesser Redpoll 2/0, Magpie 1/0, Dunnock 1/1 and Blackbird 0/1.
The Blackbird was a great re trap, having been ringed, by me, in August 2016, as a 3 (born that year), making it 6 and a half years old! It was also really good to catch the first Redwing of the winter and the Lesser Redpolls.
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