It was slightly raining this morning when we woke up this morning. This probably settled the birds on the spot. There were plenty of blackbirds in the garden but as they are big birds, many escaped from the nets and although we got a fair amount of them (32) it was not a huge number.

However the hightlight of the day for me was definitely the hawfinch we got in the middle of the morning.

This has been my cursed species for a while. I have had much trouble to see it at home, even when it was feeding in my garden! As for ringing, it has been trapped in many stations I visited but always one day before or after my stay! So you can imagine my enthousiasm even thought this particular individual was a young male moulting and definitely not the prettiest hawfinch you can get. Hopefully, now that the curse is broken, I'll get a pretty male next time?