GOOD FENCES - Copeland Island (Part 3)

In this post which is from the Copeland Islands, I have included 2 methods we use to catching and then ringing birds although as I said yesterday, that actually didn’t happen last weekend due to bad weather so the mist nets was furled and then taken down before leaving.  

There are probably about 50 Wren on the Island and they were making  a lot of noise over the weekend.

I saw a flock of Meadow Pipits (6)  and like the Wren above all where photographed through the kitchen window due to the bad weather.

Mist nets are typically made of nylon mesh suspended between two poles.  When properly deployed, the nets are virtually invisible. The grid size of the mesh netting varies according to the size of the species targeted for capture. Net dimensions are approximately 1–2 m high by 6–15 m long. The use of mist nets usually require specific permits specified by country specific wildlife protection legislations. Mist net handling requires training and skill to avoid injury to the captured birds or bats. A 2011 research survey found them to have a low rate of injury while providing high scientific value. 

Funnel traps have a narrow entrance into which birds may be lured or driven and the entrance typically leads to larger holding pen or corral (which also gives them the name of corral trap). Funnel traps can be very large and a particularly well-known large scale form was devised in the German bird observatory at Heligoland and are termed as a Heligoland trap.

The Pheasant  was in the Heligoand trap but as it was not set it was able to walk out again.

On Sunday morning we woke up to heavy rain and a lot of wind however by 11.30am the rain stopped and the other 2 people that were with me on the island decided to do some work on one of the traps that needed repaired while I washed all the dishes we had used over the weekend and cleaned all the rooms in the house. 

This is David, the Duty officer and his son Phillip working on the the trap.  

Can you see the start of a fence in this shot?  

There is a small area fenced off and I think it is to protect Orchids that are growing there so these are some close up shots.

I am sure you can see in the shot above with the white ship in the distance, well I have a closer shot of it below probably going over to Liverpool or Cairnyan.

The land in the distance is Scotland and if you look very carefully on the far left you can see a wind farm.  Of course there is a round fence at the top of Mew Lighthouse.  A blogger asked if they had Mew Gulls on Mew Island, well in the UK we call a Mew Gull a Common Gull and these Gulls nest mainly on Lighthouse Island.(the island I was staying on which is one of the three Copeland Islands.

I hope you enjoyed seeing more of the Copeland Island and tomorrow I will show you shots taken of the only pond on the island.

I am linking this post with GOOD FENCES.

Many thanks for your visit and also to all who comments.