Ringing in the east scrub from 05:am-09:am birds caught- 1 Nightingale,1 Chaffinch,3 Blackbirds,1 Song Thrush,1 Wren,1 Chiffchaff,1 Willow Warbler,1 Lesser Whitethroat,1Reed Warbler,1 Greenfinch,1 Bullfinch,4 Common Whitethroat and 10 L T Tits,2 of which were retraps,one was ringed in the east scrub on the 28 o8 08 and the other on the 16 09 08.
L T Tits are highly sedentary mainly moving short distances in loose flocks.In some years birds of the race coudatus occur in Britain (white headed birds).The oldest bird I have on record is 7 years (ringed at Eccles on the 18 04 81 and retrapped at Aylesford on the 24 01 88 and the longest distance was of a bird ringed at Cliffe Woods,Rochester on the 20 08 83 and controlled at New Hythe on the 06 04 85.(15 Km S).
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