Birdfair

An immediate break in the promised Freaks series from me I'm afraid!

We went to the Birdfair at Hopetoun House today. It was great fun. We spoke to lots of people, picked up lots of leaflets, donated to various wildlife charities, went to a couple of talks by wildlife photographers and generally had a lovely time.

Here a female Chaffinch is being weighed as part of a ringing demonstration. Yes, that is a little bird head down in that thing! They also get their feathers examined for age and their wings measured.