Whilst ringing at Sabkhat Al Fasl on 8
January I trapped and ringed a good number of birds of various different
species considering it is the middle of winter. Species trapped included Jack
Snipe, Spanish Sparrow, Indian Reed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Red-spotted
Bluethroat, Common Kingfisher, Graceful Prinia and Little Bittern. A couple of
species that are normally seen in good numbers around the ringing site but
rarely get caught, Water Pipit and White Wagtail, were only seen in ones and
twos. Winter is, as would be expected, the quietest time for ringing with fewer
species and less numbers of each trapped and ringed that at any other time of
year (we do not ring in the summer as the temperatures are too high and it would
be dangerous for the birds).
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| Bluethroat |
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| Graceful Prinia |
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| Indian Reed Warbler |
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| Indian Reed Warbler |
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| Little Bitterns |
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| Little Bittern |