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Been confined to the house with a nasty sickness bug for the last two days, so managed to do a bit of ringing in my garden.
Caught and ringed: Chaffinch (male and 2 females), Great Tit (male), Blue Tit (1 male and 3 females) and a Dunnock! Hopefully the rain will hold off so i can do a few more tomorrow.

Sorry to hear you've been ill. How do you catch the birds? You've managed to get quite a few in two days!

That was just in one day. I have a 30ft mist net set up at a feeding station in my garden. Just put it up again now, so see what i get. Its a bit breezy here today though.

Only caught a single Blue Tit yesterday! No chance today its blowing a gale down here!!

What birds do you usually get on an average day in your garden?

Have you not started a thread called that already??

Hope your feeling better Paul...lot of it about.
Iv always been interested in bird ringing, is there some form of training and courses you have to attend?

Yes. If you contact the BTO they will let you know who your local trainer is. Then you can arrange to go out with them and see if you like it. If you do, you can then apply for your training permit (T permit). It can then take a while to get your 'C' Permit so that you can ring on your own. Click on the BTO link, it will take you to their ringing page.

Thanks Paul i will give it a look, something i wouldnt mind training up for.

Yes, i posted the reply, then decided to make a thread on the subject

Okay.

I will be covering my Garden ringing in my Blog from now on.

Oh good. I would love to hear also if any of the birds you have ringed have ever returned to your garden or not.

Yes they do. Blue tits and Sparrows mainly from the last two years.

Have done some bird ringing in the past. Very rewarding and hugely satisfying. Not to mention vastly important. Must get back into it again.