Sunday, 13 February 2011

Lesser redpoll

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Following on with the recent theme of few photographs and fewer words, another image from a recent ringing session - this time of a first-winter male lesser redpoll Carduelis cabaret. This, along with a Cetti's warbler, was the highlight of a quiet morning. I'm getting to that point where a day's trudging in the middle of nowhere is called for...

Saturday, 5 February 2011

Siskin

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Another quiet morning's ringing, with small numbers of great and blue tits, a couple of reed buntings, and this first winter male siskin.