We went ringing on 17 November and caught
53 birds of 11 species including Common Kingfisher, Eurasian (Caspian) Reed
Warbler, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Little Bittern, Graceful
Prinia, Red-spotted Bluethroat, Moustached Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Common
Moorhen and House Sparrow. Common Moorhen was a new species for us at our
ringing site, although birds are common in the area. We set nets in the same
locations each tip with some over water and other over land in rides between
reed beds. We set ten nets this trip (8 x 18 metre and 2 x 15 metre). As
normal, we arrived well before first light and set the nets during the hours of
dark. The best time for catching birds for us are the first couple of hours of
day and this was the case this trip. We retrapped 11 birds including nine Clamorous
Reed Warbler and two Red-spotted Bluethroat. The Clamorous Reed Warblers were
from as early as 9 October 2015 with the Bluethroats only trapped the previous
ringing trip to the site on 3 November.
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| Common Moorhen |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Red-spotted Bluethroat |
