Ringing at
Alba Marsh has produced the normal birds with a few Bluethroats still being
caught. We caught an adult male on 6th December, with a ring that
had been put on it on 12th December 2011. This shows this bird is
site faithful for its wintering area and has travelled from Bahrain to its
breeding grounds and back since we last caught it. It would be very interesting
to know where the bird travelled to, to breed. We also caught two first calendar year females where you can see the difference in the amount
of colour on the throat area of all three birds. Bluethroats winter in good
numbers in the region and Alba Marsh is a good site to see and catch them.
