If At First You Don't Succeed ........

After months of trying, i finally got my rewards? I have set potter traps in various different locations around Woolston but only came up with Magpies. A new location at the end of one of the net rides was looking promising with a brief glimpse of a Water Rail last week. I set the trap with the familiar squeals coming from within the phragmites so was feeling slightly optimistic. I checked the trap on my next net round to find it had fired but the door had only dropped halfway and got stuck, arrrghh! So i set it again and checked the door would drop, thankfully the rail came back and this time couldn't get away. One of the birds i wanted to ring this year had fallen and what a stunning bird. Hopefully a few more set around the bed and we should catch some more.