SISKIN downpour

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andy leach
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SISKIN downpour

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Yesterday morning (friday) there was a brief weather window am as forecast so the net went up in the garden for an hour and half before work the trees in the wood at the rear of the garden were thronging with siskins at one point I counted 40+. Anyway in the hour and half 23 siskin were caught and ringed along with single bullfinch and single long tail tit. No sign of brambling or chiff chaff although the male blackcap paid a visit after the net was taken down. Allso up to 30 siskin in the garden this pm in the rain :( allso 6 bullfinch 11 goldfinch 5chaffinch 4 blackbird 2 nuthatch 2 collared dove and 7 long tailed tits
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