This October has been a significant improvement on 2022 in terms of birds ringed and overall species diversity. This despite the weather restricting activities entirely on several days. The totals for this month are 533 individuals ringed of 34 species, compared to 386 individuals of 28 species ringed last year. Some species have been better represented this year than others, we've ringed over twice as many lesser redpolls as last October. Mealy or common redpolls on the other hand haven't even been encountered this month, where we had ringed 2 by the end of October last year.
Despite blackbirds having been thin on the ground all year at Landguard, we ringed the exact same amount as last October, with 3 foreign controls on top of that, from Sweden, Holland and Belgium, quite a return for only 26 birds caught.
Cetti's Warbler numbers have exploded here, with 11 ringed this autumn, 10 of which were this month. We have only ringed 15 Cetti's Warblers here in total in all previous years. It will be interesting to see if they move on or whether some start to hold territory and breed next year.
The yellow-browed warbler and ring ouzel are the first indiviudals of either species to have been ringed for a couple of years.
|
Species |
No. ringed |
|
Lesser Redpoll |
109 |
|
Chiffchaff |
73 |
|
Blackcap |
52 |
|
Goldcrest |
42 |
|
Robin |
32 |
|
Long-tailed Tit |
31 |
|
Blue Tit |
26 |
|
Great Tit |
25 |
|
Blackbird |
23 |
|
Song Thrush |
23 |
|
Dunnock |
11 |
|
Cetti's Warbler |
10 |
|
Redwing |
10 |
|
Wren |
8 |
|
Goldfinch |
7 |
|
Meadow Pipit |
7 |
|
Chaffinch |
7 |
|
Firecrest |
5 |
|
Grey Wagtail |
5 |
|
House Sparrow |
4 |
|
Woodpigeon |
4 |
|
Linnet |
3 |
|
Sparrowhawk |
3 |
|
Brambling |
2 |
|
Pied Wagtail |
2 |
|
Great Spotted woodpecker |
1 |
|
Lesser whitethroat |
1 |
|
Reed Warbler |
1 |
|
Spotted Flycatcher |
1 |
|
Garden Warbler |
1 |
|
Ring Ouzel |
1 |
|
Reed Bunting |
1 |
|
Jay |
1 |
|
Yellow-browed Warbler |
1 |
|
Total |
533 |