Spent last night trying some petrel ringing on the patch for the first time. Managed to catch a few stormies (a full fat patch tick no less!) and rather unexpectedly 8 bats of three species, including a couple of Natterer's (a new bat for me) and rather randomly a long-eared bat (nowhere near a single tree) and some pips. The first time I've ever been ringing and caught more bats than birds!
Not to worry, the stormies and a redshank the other day put me nicely on 89.42 and slips into second place.
Happy days
Bushveld
