On 4th February, I had a walk around all three reservoirs at Linacre. It was 9 degrees, grey and overcast.
Birds seen/heard were: Song Thrush (4 singing), Raven (1 over, and 4, the highest ever count, were reported on 13/2), Bullfinch (1 female), Grey Wagtail (2, including 1 singing), Great-crested Grebe (1), Little Grebe (2), Goosander (6; 4 females and 2 males), Mallard (102), Tufted Duck (24), Mandarin Duck (7), Moorhen (12), Coot (9) and Black-headed Gull (18).
Last weekend (10th), I was back at Linacre, with Sorby Breck Ringing Group, where we ringed 33 birds of species. Birds ringed were (new/retrap): Blue Tit 7/4, Great Tit 1/3, Coal Tit 1/1, Long-tailed Tit 8/2, Goldcrest 2/0, Robin 2/1 and Treecreeper 1/0.
Most of the retraps were from last year, but we did retrap a Robin first ringed in April 2021 (born in 2020), and two Long-tailed Tits that had been ringed, on site, in October 2022.
Whilst on site I recorded a few new birds for the Year List. The first was a Woodcock (116) that was flushed from the ringing site, followed by Great-spotted Woodpecker (117) and Goldcrest (118).
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