A fascinating morning with Mark Grantham and his bird ringing team at  a patch of farmland at St. Allen which is north of Truro. The meeting was organised as a field meeting for the Cornwal Bird Watching and Preservation Society.
It was an early start on a frosty morning but the opportunity to see birds close up and in the hand was irresistible.
A total of 43 birds were trapped in the 4 hours and the species caught were Robin, Greenfinch, Wren, Blackbird, Dunnock and Starling.

 

Ringing a Robin                                      Blowing on the breast

                                                                 to assess muscle and fat

 

Weighing                                                  Ready for release

 

Chaffinch                                                   and  Dunnock

 

 Song Thrush                                                 and Wren

 

Starling 

 

 

Tending the mist net