Thursday 19th June 2014

A red letter day with the star attraction being the first White-throated Sparrow to be recorded at the Observatory, after it was ringed it was released by the Mine Station, this was the last thing on our minds today with clear skies over night and few birds about. Other birds of note today was the young Skylark that has been about found a net (this was the first ringed since 1997), the first young Little Owl of the year put in an appearance and a female Great Spotted Woodpecker paid a brief visit to the site.

14 Birds ringed; 3 Blackbird, 2 Linnet, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Starling, 1 Dunnock, 1 Skylark, 1 White-throated Sparrow.