Winter Sun

Sunday, December 9th 2018

Members of the Swaledale Ringing Team took advantage of the calm, sunny weather and carried out a visit to Bellflask Fishery early this morning. There was some discussion amongst the bird ringers as to whether it was warmer or cooler inside the shed compared to outside!

Bellflask

The team was kept busy with a steady catch of birds.

Shed

Mainly common garden birds were caught such as this beautiful juvenile Robin.

Robin

Blue tits were high on the list of species ringed. However, Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Dunnock, Great tit, Wren and even a Moorhen were also ringed.

blue tit

Meanwhile, swans were busy feeding on the lake, they appeared to be enjoying the winter sun!

Swans

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