A quite thick and wet fog welcomed me when I sat foot out of the house this morning, and showers were expected from the weather forecast,  allowing me to open only half of the nets as a precaution. There was no wind and the weather stayed quite unpredictable. In the end, the whole ringing session turned out alright but the garden was really quiet. Yellowhammer and skylarks were singing, tits, trush and chaffinches were calling in the early morning but then it almost went silent. Only blackbirds seemed to be around. I caught only 4 though but I have a plausible explanation for that: I saw a hare walking quietly in the net´s spans and I suspect it to free the birds from the nets and exchange that service against eggs for easter...

In the end, I managed to keep nets open until 12 and ring 16 new birds. Among which, a firecrest whose crest was really bright fire-like orange and I couldn't resist to take picture of this little fellow ( unfortunately the orange doesn't come up as bright!)

Wren - Gærdesmutte: 2
Dunnock - Jernspurv: 2
Solsort - Blackbird: 4
Sangdrossel - SOng Trush: 1
Chiffchaff - Gransanger: 2
Firecrest - Rødtoppet Fuglekon: 1
Tree sparrow - Skovspurv: 1
Chaffinch - Bogfinke: 3