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Secondly, if I was asked to name the bird I thought was the most festive of all then it may surprise some of you.

Redpoll are fresh on my mind due to having a couple visiting my niger seed feeder over the past week and a half. This follows up the first Redpoll I ever had last year and hopefully these birds will become a regular winter visitor now.
Even the visit of the local Sparrowhawk who spent a good few minutes trying to chase House Sparrows through the hedge didn't put them off and they kept coming back for a few days after.
I got back to ringing this weekend too, going out on a cold but sunny morning. We caught about 20 birds (only 2 of which didn't already have rings on) but the highlight has to be the Redpoll that was caught. His colours and patterns looked splendid in the rising morning sun with a yellow peak and spots of red and pink. It was one of the birds already ringed but not with a ring number of our local group so fingers crossed he's a nice control!
Redpolls on Christmas cards. You heard it here first.
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