tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875936129745922451.post2003465106710549543..comments2023-09-03T21:28:44.407+01:00Comments on Welcome to North Lancs Ringing Group: Great Tits Prosper but Blue Tits FalterNorth Lancs Ringing Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769828703372360831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875936129745922451.post-63222172891818454182012-11-03T10:59:19.033+00:002012-11-03T10:59:19.033+00:00Not too sure about this title with respect to Heys...Not too sure about this title with respect to Heysham or alternatively there has been even less movement of Great Tits through here than usual. There has also been comparatively little subsequent evidence of the record numbers of nestlings ringed this year at e.g. the feeders<br /><br />Blue Tits did really badly in the nestboxes here this year with just 11 pulli ringed in comparison to 52 Great Tit (and several 'spare boxes' so probably not due to competition with Great Tit)<br /><br />However, only 47 full-grown Great Tit have been ringed this year in comparison with a similarly relatively low 100 full-grown Blue Tit (only 36 during the autumnal time period producing 168 Coal Tit) contrasting with an average number of Long-tailed Tit (52) and record numbers of Coal Tit (180), all but 12 of the latter since September 25th Pete Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461363671751316069noreply@blogger.com