Flooded watermeadow morning |
Flooded watermeadow morning |
Setting the net |
Inverted Cyanistes caeruleus - Blue Tit |
Releasing Blue Tit from mist net |
Freed Blue Tit |
Swan rings, and assorted smaller rings |
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Note its seed-eating beak |
Padus major |
Measuring wing length - from scapular to tip of primaries |
Colour of coverts indicates age |
Indignant Cyanistes caeruleus - Blue Tit |
Holding both feet between fingers and thumb |
An old film capsule is ideal for weighing this size of bird |
This Cyanistes caeruleus weighed 10.01 grams |
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Parus ater - Coal Tit |
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Parus major - Great Tit |
Releasing Parus major - Great Tit |