Whilst
ringing last weekend we caught a lot of breeding warblers. It was a good days
ringing even though it was summer and the temperature was 42 degrees Celsius.
We caught 43 birds but only five species were involved and out of those five,
two species only had a single bird, Red-backed Shrike and Willow Warbler. Most
birds were Indian (Clamorous) Reed Warblers and Caspian (European) Reed
Warblers with a number of birds having brood patches indicating they are
sitting on eggs. The other species was Graceful Prinia, where a couple of birds
also had brood patches. As it was hot and we needed to check the nets very
frequently we only set seven out of out twelve nets but still managed a very
good total of birds for us. This will be the last mist netting session we have
until late August to early September as the temperature becomes too high to
safety trap birds. Hopefully we will be able to go out a couple of times to try
to trap some specifically identified species but this will depend on conditions
and the birds themselves being present.
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| Caspian Reed Warbler |
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| Caspian Reed Warbler |
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| Indian (Clamorous) Reed Warbler |
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| Graceful Prinia |