Song Thrush

Today I had the opportunity to be involved in bird ringing! Under super vision of my Biology lecturers at university, mist nets were used to capture specimens, which were bagged and quickly ringed. As students, we were taught the 'ringers grip' (a safe, un-harmful way to handle birds). All ringing was done under the BTO Licence, and no birds were harmed. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get a photo of Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) that was caught! Fantastic to see, but no photos to show for it.