Good experience, very tiring and very exciting. We set the nets up around midnight and caught a few redshank in the early hours but it wasn't until an hour before high tide (around 4am!) that it really produced in numbers, extracting in darkness with nothing but the moonlight was a real challenge.
Redshank
Taking Bio's on Knot
Knot release
Wing measuring Dunlin
Walking on and off the marsh was fun too! good job we put some markers out during daylight.
Ringing Totals:
Redshank 50
Knot 10
Dunlin 17
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