Post date: Sep 12, 2015 12:09:16 AM
It has been a nice week during which I carried out three ringing session with the help of my trainee TVN. The diversity has been very high: on the first session we trapped 48 birds of 22 species, which may be a record (of species in a single session) for the site, even though the total number of birds is rather low, as we only used 2x15m nests, 4 singles and 4 doubles. Unfortunately, only one acrola was caught, but we entertained ourselves with wryneck, whinchat, nightingale, flycatchers etc! There was the expected increase in Cetti's Warbler, who move to the reeds/marsh at this time of the year, as well as of bluethroats.
The totals for all three sessions were the following:
Acrocephalus arundinaceus (1)
ACROLA 1
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13 (2, including one with a ring from Belgium)
Acrocephalus scirpaceus 10 (3)
Alcedo atthis 1
Anthus trivialis 10
Cettia cetti 9 (1)
Cisticola juncidis 3
Emberiza schoeniclus 1
Estrilda astrild 1
Euplectes afer 7 (2)
Ficedula hypoleuca 5
Jynx torquilla 1
Locustella luscinioides (4)
Locustella naevia 3
Luscinia megharhynchus 1
Luscinia svecica 6 (1)
Motacilla flava 1
Muscicapa striata 2
Parus caeruleus 5
Parus major 5
Phylloscopus trochilus 9 (1)
Saxicola rubetra 1
Saxicola rubicola 2
Sylvia atricapilla 2
Sylvia borin 1
Sylvia communis 7
Sylvia melanocephala 1
Turdus merula 2
A young Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), with a suspicious look!
The acrola of the week, also a young bird.
There is still plenty of time to catch acrolas, and I'm also planning a session to catch waders and another for Yellow Wagtails and Swallows (as soon as I get rid of my grant applications!).
Till then...
JMN