This June was, somewhat surprisingly, significantly better for birds ringed than 2022. This despite the fact that juvenile wrens and coal tits have been fairly non existent (for now) and the numbers of blackbirds and robin juveniles have been incredibly low. This shortfall was made up for by a large number of freshly fledged linnets and goldfinches, and a higher diversity of species, 27 over last years 24. Starlings have yet to really come to the observatory, and house sparrows seem to have had a slower start. We've had some notable scarcities this month, continuing the reasonable run we've had, though the difference is we actually caught the greenish and Blyth's reed warbler, whereas the previous good birds have been observations only. 7 reed warblers is significantly up from last year, a firecrest in late June was unexpected, and a single spotted flycatcher and black redstart added to the years pretty poor total (under 4 individuals) ringed this year for both species.
Despite lower numbers almost across the board, we still finished the month almost 70 birds above June 2022, and the higher diversity made for a more interesting month, especially as we expect this to be the month for juvenile birds and not much else.
|
Linnet |
108 |
|
Goldfinch |
31 |
|
Blue Tit |
16 |
|
House Sparrow |
14 |
|
Great Tit |
12 |
|
Dunnock |
9 |
|
Blackbird |
8 |
|
Reed Warbler |
7 |
|
Chiffchaff |
7 |
|
Whitethroat |
6 |
|
Starling |
6 |
|
Woodpigeon |
5 |
|
Robin |
5 |
|
Lesser Whitethroat |
5 |
|
Greenfinch |
4 |
|
Blackcap |
3 |
|
Wren |
1 |
|
Willow Warbler |
1 |
|
Spotted Flycatcher |
2 |
|
Song Thrush |
1 |
|
Nightingale |
1 |
|
Greenish Warbler |
1 |
|
Firecrest |
1 |
|
Coal Tit |
1 |
|
Chaffinch |
1 |
|
Blyth's Reed Warbler |
1 |
|
Black Redstart |
1 |
|
Total |
257 |