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Sunday 14 November – Pop-up Hide

Following on from my last blog, I wanted to add a bit of detail on my pop-up hide and the results from using it in the garden. Basically, it’s a camp chair with a camouflage cover which comes up and over – rather like a large old-fashioned pram hood. There are several zipped openings althoughContinue reading “Sunday 14 November – Pop-up Hide”

Monday 8 November

Up and about before daybreak today and had a Barn Owl fly right past me, the first in flight sighting this year, so the day was off to a great start. We were ringing for a few hours, and it was fairly quiet. Six Chiffchaff and one had very dull colouring – possibly abietinus whichContinue reading “Monday 8 November”

Sunday 24 October

We’ve just completed a year of bird ringing at Le Chateau des Marais with 99 ringing days between 16 October 2020 and 15 October 2021. I’ll be creating a separate page for this constant effort site. Yesterday finished on a high with a handsome pair of Siskin, Carduelis spinus. A flock flew across our mainContinue reading “Sunday 24 October”