Tuesday 5 October 2021

Bird ringing report Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August

 Hi all,

Saturday

It was a warm and muggy 17°C when I arrived onsite at 04:30am to open the nets. With heavy showers forecast from 10am onwards, I was eager to make the most of the time we had available and it certainly wasn't a wasted effort. We managed to process 116 birds of 23 species, 105 of which were newly ringed before the rain stopped play.

It was another warbler fest  with blackcap numbers significantly up on recent sessions, 22 individuals were processed along with 11 reed warblers, 5 garden warblers, 11 chiffchaffs, 9 willow warblers, a cetti's warbler, a whitethroat, all topped off with 2 lesser whitethroats which are quite scarce at Linford with only 2 previous ringing records.

Other notable birds were 3 new kingfishers, an impressive and noisy 5 new great spotted woodpeckers, and a magpie. A very feisty juvenile male sparrowhawk was a strong contender for bird of the day but he was pipped at the post (or perhaps pippited at the post...)  by a very smart tree pipit which was a new species for Linford.


KINGF 3
REEWA 10 (1)
ROBIN 7 (2)
BLACA 22 (2)
DUNNO 3
GARWA 5
BLABI 2
CHIFF 11
WILWA 9
GRSWO 5
CETWA (1)
LESWH 2
GRETI 2
WREN 2 (1)
MAGPI 1
GREFI 2
BLUTI 15
TREEC (1)
LOTTI (3)
TREPI 1
GOLDF 1
SPARR 1
WHITE 1


Sunday

The predicted thunderstorms finally rumbled through in the early hours this morning, allowing me an extra hour in bed while I waited for the rain to stop and proving the old adage that every cloud has a silver lining...

As far as the ringing was concerned, it was a much more sedate affair compared to yesterday's frantic antics, with a further 41 birds processed of 16 species, 34 of which were newly ringed.

Notable birds included 4 chiffchaffs, 3 garden warblers, 5 reed warblers, 3 blackcaps, 4 willow warblers and another new lesser whitethroat.

Incredibly, another 2 tree pipits were ringed (you wait 7 years for one and then....), and out of 2 marsh tits seen, one found the net making it the 3rd to be ringed at Linford.

Cheers!

Kenny

CHIFF 4
LOTTI (1)
GARWA 3
REEWA 4 (1)
DUNNO 1
BLACA 2 (1)
WILWA 4
TREPI 2
BLUTI 6 (3)
GRSWO 1
GRETI 3
KINGF (1)
LESWH 1
MARTI 1
BLABI 1
GOLDF 1

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