Colour ringed Tree Sparrow

Although it was quieter today, we did have a couple birds of interest. The first of these was a juvenile Jay that was a ringing tick for me - a vicious bird that managed to take a chunk out of Dave’s finger as he removed it from the net.

Jay ringed on 11 October 2009 (A Smith)

Our second bird of interest was a control Tree Sparrow with a metal ring on its right leg and light blue colour ring on the left. Does anybody know what project this was?

Tree Sparrow (A Smith)

75 Birds ringed in total. Wren (2), Dunnock (1), Robin (2), Blackbird (3), Song Thrush (5), Blackcap (6), Coal Tit (1), Blue Tit (6), Jay (1), Tree Sparrow (12), Chaffinch (4), Goldfinch (25), Lesser Redpoll (4), Bullfinch (3).