Ffynnon Finch Fest

The latest ringing session in my Garden at Ffynnon Gro yesterday produced four species of Finch. It was mild and warm with hardly any wind at all until about midday when the weather changed. In the ringing session I caught 48 birds of 4 species of Finch

Species	New	Re-trap	Control	Totals
Siskin	19	2	1	22
Lesser Redpoll	4	1		5
Chaffinch	1			1
Goldfinch	16	4		20
Totals	40	7	1	48

In the last week the numbers of Siskin on my feeders have increased significantly and whilst Goldfinch have been around for a while their numbers have also increased

This adult male Siskin is the control subject to confirmation. One of the Re-traps was first caught in my garden on 30/05/2013.
The last Siskin to be processed before departing in 2014 was 11th July and the first bird returning this year was 22/01/2015. A six month period without any at all.

This female Goldfinch has a slightly extended upper bill.

Male Lesser Redpoll first caught on 22/01/2015 in my garden.

The chart below are the numbers processed last year in total by species.

Species 2014	New	Re-trap	Control	Totals
Siskin	163	52	9	224
Lesser Redpoll	5	6		11
Chaffinch	58	5		63
Goldfinch	100	22		122