20/12/11 - Duff Rewards

Early this morning Mike & Craig headed to Wheldrake, it was completely frozen & the traps were empty. On to Duffield next and one of the poles for the new whoosh net had fallen over! Meaning they couldn’t take a catch which was frustrating as there were lots of Wigeon milling about on the river infront of the area! The Top Pond was frozen but a Wigeon & Mallard had made their way into the duck trap.

Today whilst working down at Duffield we decided to try the new feeding station which was put in place a few weeks ago. Two nets were put up by the feeders whilst we worked nearby, a good catch was had, 34 birds over a couple of hours, the highlights being a Fieldfare & Great Spotted Woodpecker!

 

Fieldfare  

                                            Great Spotted Woodpecker

Total catch:

Blackbird 4

Blue Tit 3

Chaffinch 3

Dunnock 2

Fieldfare 1

Goldfinch 7

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Great Tit 1

Greenfinch 8

Reed Bunting 1

Robin 1

Tree Sparrow 2