Back to the tits

I know this probably sounds strange, but having lived on remote Scottish islands for the last two years, there are a lot of common garden birds that I haven't seen, let along ringed, in all that time.

So, today I opened a net in my garden in Wales for the first time since we got here a month ago. Nice to remind myself how much Blue Tits nip, and to get down to some simple ageing and sexing of common birds.

Nothing fancy caught and ringed, just the following:

Blue Tit (10)
Great Tit (3)
Coal Tit (1) - lovely birds!
Starling (1)

Now I've got that off my chest I'll be targeting more sensible species, such as the Fieldfare flock that is hanging around here, and the huge Starling roost too.

Watch this space...