We had a wonderful and highly educational afternoon with the Fair Isle Bird Obs ornithology team this week. As part of our session organised by Carla, the wonderful ranger, we were invited to join the team on a “trap round” and see what birds had been caught. It was a beautiful afternoon as we set off wandering and learned all about how the traps work, how the birds are looked after and how it is so important for the scientific work the Bird Obs does to track, monitor and ring them so their details can be shared with other teams in the U.K and across the world. We discovered how the rings are put on the birds, how they are checked carefully by the ornithology team to see how healthy they are and even how they are weighed (upside down in a little tube). The team even let us release some in outside the ringing room. Chiffchaffs, blackcaps and a sedge warbler were all spotted. A huge thank you to the team for giving us a glimpse into the fascinating work they do.