Ringstone edge blogg finished

After 3 years of blogging about ringstone edge reservoir , i no longer have the time to update as am busy with other things. I will keep it as it is , so you can look back at months to see what is due in from year to year . It is all very similar accept the odd rarity that tunes up.

THE END

3PM

A quick visit this afternoon to fill up the feeders after the hurricane winds of late. Nice to see 2Male 2 Female Goosanders and 2 Wigeon + 200 Common Gulls 70 Pink Footed Geese flew over Stainland Dean heading West towards Ringstone at 12 10 today.

Happy New year to you All

RING-stone edge

Started Ringing at Ringstone feeding station yesterday afternoon. Put two nets up 1 20ft net in Dr Clogher's yards and 1 40ft 2 Shelve net next to feeding station.
1 Starling and 1 Greenfinch was the total for the hour i spent there.
Today put the 30ft net by the feeders and the 2 shelve in the yard
3 Starlings, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Dunnock, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch and 1 Robin.

Other birds about 120 Golden Plover

9 Teal

4Goosander

Pink footed geese

14:00>1500 -1

9 Teal on reservoir

2 Pink footed geese

4 Mallard

- 4 degrees and busy

Over 40 birds on feeders today with 17 Chaffinch , Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reedbunting, Blackbirds, Blue Tits, Gt Tit, Robin, Wren, Dunnock and Pied Wagtail. 200+ Golden Plover 8 Teal ,4 Mallard 48 Lapwing 2 Stonechat and 1 Sparrow Hawk. Half the reservoir was frozen as well.

Shoveler Duck

A Phone call from John Watson at 08:00 telling me there were 3 Male Shoveler ducks on ringstone . Got up there for 08:10 and they were quite close in . A Nice record for December.

The rest of the week has seen the feeders busy with all the usual and the bossy Pied Wagtail is back chasing all the chaffinches away. Stonechats still about all week sometimes in the willows on North Shore sometimes up near the Keepers House. 9 Golden Plover Yesterday with 100s of Bh Gulls and Common Gulls. Up to 8 Goosander in the evenings numbers down on the 35 we were getting last December.

Awful weather

The week has been awful with gale force winds every day, Gull Numbers are still in the 100s as most of them sit in the West field. Today 21 Mallard on the reservoir with 32 Canada Geese.

8 Golden Plover in the North Field, the feeders are still quite busy with the birds hanging on for grim death. Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Reed Buntings, Dunnock, Robins , Blackbird and Pied Wagtail.