Swallow
The Swallows were very late coming in and in the end I only counted around 150 flying in to roost. This of course meant that we caught very few and we only ringed 8, with four of these being adults. In addition to the Swallows we ringed three Reed Warblers. A male and female Sparrowhawk came in towards dusk to 'work' both the Swallow and Starling roost. Several thousand Starlings were roosting, but thankfully they stayed well away from our nets!
Reed Warbler
A Little Egret was a nice distraction whilst waiting for the Swallows and 4 House Martins and a single Sand Martin fed over the pools. We will leave it a few days before checking the roost out again prior to another ringing attempt.
2 comments:
It seems so poor, is it ill? How do you catch it? Greetings from China.
Hello There, No the birds aren't ill. We ctach the birds using special nets called 'mist nets' for the purposes of ringing, so we can find out lots of valuable nformation about the birds to aid in their conservation. Thanks for your interest. Cheers, Seumus
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