Ringing at the weekend provided a
good catch of birds, particularly taking into account the relatively strong
wind that was blowing. We set all our nets before first light and were rewarded
for our persistence with 42 birds of 13 species caught that included the
following:
1 Bluethroat L. s. magna
1 European Bee-eater
4 Indian (Clamorous) Reed Warblers
15 Caspian Reed Warblers
5 Sedge Warblers
1 Common Blackcap
4 Willow Warblers
1 Eurasian Wryneck
5 Tree Pipits
1 Barn Swallow
1 Turkestan Shrike
2 Great Reed Warblers
1 Common Redstart
Most birds, totaling 19, were
caught on the first net round just after first light and showed the value of
putting the nets up early. We then caught steadily until around lunchtime when
the wind became too strong and we had to take all the nets down. We now have
set places for our nets and are subsequently catching more birds each trip as
we have, hopefully, identified the best locations for them. The weather has not
been good for ringing this year with unusually strong winds preventing setting
nets on quite a few days already this year. Soon the temperatures will be
getting too hot to ring as well so ringing will stop for the summer by the end
of next month.
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Common Blackcap - male |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Indian (Clamorous) Reed Warbler |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Turkestan Shrike |
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| Turkestan Shrike |
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| Willow Warbler |