At first it seemed as though we wouldn't catch too well this morning as it 'felt' quiet and on the second round (usually the busiest) we only caught a couple of birds. However it picked up and we ringed 43 birds as follows (recaptures in brackets):
Dunnock - 1
Whitethroat - 23 (2)
Reed Warbler - 2 (2)
Blackcap - 1
Robin - 1
Sedge Warbler - 3
Greenfinch - 10
Reed Bunting - 1 (1)
Song Thrush - 1
Greenfinch
Of course the 'nettle creepers' in my title refers to the Whitethroats that we caught and since the 7th July we have ringed 39 Whitethroats at this site!
Whitethroat
From a birding perspective it was fairly quiet and my notebook records four Lapwings, four Linnets, two Sand Martins, a Snipe, a Stock Dove, seven Goldfinches and a Little Egret.
Sedge Warbler
It's looking a tad breezy for some more ringing at the obs tomorrow, other than for Swallows at the roost in the evening, so it will be a look on the sea for me I think.
2 comments:
How does 39 Whitethroats compare to previous years at this time Hairy :-)
It compares very well Warren, although I don't have any figures to hand to give a comparison. For the past couple of years they seem to have been really striggling with teh wet summers but this year the 'heat wave' has been perfect timing for them. We're also getting the impression that it has been a good breeding season for warblers in general and at the end of August I'll have a look at the figures and compare them with previous years.
Cheers,
Seumus
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