A celebration of birding and natural history, generally within a 10 mile radius of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, UK. It would be great if you wanted to share your Ely 10 birding news, experiences, photos, art and video through this blog. Please contact hairyfolkster@gmail.com with your post or to join the authorship, I'll get you on the list quicker than a fly over Alpine Swift.
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Back of the Net
This juvenile Barred Warbler found it's way in to Tony Martin's mist net in his garden close to the Ouse Washes on Monday. There have been 2 other recent Barred Warblers in the Ely10, one in a back garden in Fordham and a bird photographed at the Ouse Washes RSPB visitor centre.
In the past couple of years several Wrynecks and the county's first Little Bunting have also been trapped by Tony in his wonderful wetland project. It just goes to prove what a great bit of habitat he's created and what we're missing moving through the area. I've have taken the liberty of snipping the pics from the Canbridge Bird Club website.