A mixed month of weather this month with some scorching still hot days and plenty of miserable windy and sometimes wet ones as well.
The majority of species ringed this month, as to be expected, are locally bred juveniles, dispersing young and failed adult breeders
A Common Rosefinch was the star bird of the month. It was tempted into the Heligoland with the sparrows to dine on the sunflower feeder early on in the month.
Other notable species ringed include a Nightingale, 4 juvenile Coal Tits and a late Willow Warbler seemingly still on its way north.
In total 190 birds of 26 species were caught this month:
Linnet | 41 |
House Sparrow | 33 |
Blue Tit | 18 |
Dunnock | 16 |
Great Tit | 15 |
Blackcap | 6 |
Goldfinch | 6 |
Wren | 6 |
Wood Pigeon | 6 |
Lesser Whitethroat | 5 |
Whitethroat | 5 |
Blackbird | 4 |
Coal Tit | 4 |
Robin | 4 |
Starling | 4 |
Magpie | 3 |
Pied Wagtail | 3 |
Chiffchaff | 2 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 |
Carrion Crow | 1 |
Chaffinch | 1 |
Common Rosefinch | 1 |
Nightingale | 1 |
Song Thrush | 1 |
Spotted Flycatcher | 1 |
Willow Warbler | 1 |