With the winds southeast to east 2-3 I met up with Phil my trainee at 8 oclock
and went to a new site behind the track at an old green house site we put up two
18 metre mist nets in two hours we caught 7 birds before the wind became 3-4
and with strong sun light I decided to close the nets the birds we caught 2 Great tit 2 Robins

1 Black bird 1Wren 1 Song thrush

With this year starting like 2012 finish it was good to do some gulls at Chouet Landfill at
the weekend with Paul, With 19 new Herring gulls rung and Four re-traps, One off witch was
rung in Jersey in June 1998. And two GBBG, It was good to get 2013 season under way.



         My Totals For 2012

  common scater        1           whitethrout           10

  marsh harrier           3          garden warbler        3
  sparrowhawk           2          black cap               72
  kestrel                      3          chiffchaff              46
  barn owl                   4         willow warbler      68
  swift                         1         gold crest               24
  sand martins             5         fire crest                12
  swallow                344         long tailed tit           3
 grey wagtail               1        chaffinch                10 
 wren                         22        green finch               6
 dunnock                   10        goldfinch                15
 robin                         33        linnet                      27
 black bird                 25        bullfinch                   1
 song thrush                 8
 red wing                     6
 sedge warbler           63
 reed   warbler            71

With heavy rain and strong winds November was a dead loss, With only 54 birds rung
in five sessions . It was not quiet as bad as last year as from November the 12th last year
I did not ring at Jerbourg again until April due to weather conditions today the 1st of December
we managed to ring for about 3 hours only catching 7 birds witch were
1 Blackbird      , 1 Goldfinch   ,1 Wren   ,1 Chaffinch   ,1 Blue tit   ,1 Blackcap  ,1 Robin
with 2 re trapped Firecrest   Novembers totals were

 Wren                 1

 Robin                8

 Blackbirds       11

 Redwing            8

 Garden warbler  1

 Chiffchaff          1

 Goldcrest           9

 Firecrest            5

 Blue tit              2

Great tit             3

Chaffinsh          1

Com scoter       1

With a another quit day that Jerbourg, I met Phil at 7.00 am and opened seven nets. The wind was
from the N to NE 1/2.
We managed to ring fourteen birds,and one control Dunnock AK2335 that was rung on the 8/11/2011
at Jerbourg as a first year bird. Other birds rung 5 Black Birds 4 Chaffinch's 2 Fire crest 1 Gold crest
1 Great tit 1 Robin. With winds of force 5/6 forced this coming week, I suppose I will have to go to work?

Todays Blue tits female on the left male on the right 17/11/12

It was a very quit morning at Jerbourg today with no birds moving we opened 7 nets
the wind was from SW to W force 2/3 and dieing dawn to 1/2 from the W to NW by 10.00am.
I decided to closed the nets we did mange to trap and ring eleven birds 2 goldcrest 3 robins
2 firecrest 2 blue tits 1 great tit 1 black bird. With wind being N to NE tomorrow i am hopeing for a better day NOTE THAT ALL DIED BIRDS FOUND WITH RINGS  OR TAGS ON THEM SHOULD BE REPORTED TO RICH OR MARGARET AUSTIN CHANNEL ISLAND RINGING
COORDINATORS. TEL O1481 721915 OR EMAIL  richmond.austin43@gmail.con

With the winds SE to S force 3/4, I met Phil at Jerbourg at 7.00 am and open 5 nets
We rung Twelve new birds in three hour 4 Redwing 2 Goldcrest 1 Firecrest 2 Robins 1 Great tit
1 Black bird 1 ChiffChaff  Pictures of Firecrest and Goldcrest
and yesterdays Garden Warbler

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