Up and running at last!!

What a fun and event filled day this has been. For details about some of the birds have a look at Charlie Sargent's blog which is linked below.

http://birdringers.blogspot.co.uk

After a very long and tiring journey yesterday we were all looking forward to a lie in at 06.00 hrs. Unfortunately one member of the team, who shall remain nameless decided to enter the world snoring championships--this is being held in Tokyo at the moment but he wanted to enter from here!! For the rest of the trip he has been confined to a hermetically sealed isolation chamber where Kate stores her dog food.
However, the 03.15 rise did give us time to sort out rings, nets, poles etc even though the pitter patter of rain on the roof clearly meant that we wouldn't be ringing today--or would we??
As soon as we had fed and watered we set off on a mega shopping expedition--stopping for a few lifers for Charlie on the way, and stocked up with lots of food. About midday the rain eased so we decided to set nets and leave open to see what we might catch--result 91 new birds of good quality.
We even had time to have an erection--of the Lavvu that is, which will act as out ringing base from here on. Charlie has spent some time this evening repairing a table to use for ringing which we borrowed from Kate's mum earlier today. Rather embarrassingly it fell apart in our hands as we tried to get it into the minibus--well done Chas.
We have a strategy for what we think will be a big day tomorrow. We have full tums after a spag bol, and a couple of glasses of vino palatico. More news tomorrow, but for now here are a few pics to brighten up your day:

Is it a Lavvu or Col's personal Lavy?

Mum and Dad Red Throated Diver canoodling while baby can't bear to watch.

A young male Merlin just for Glynn.