JUNE RINGING TOTALS

 

155 birds of 20 species is in many respects a similar year to 2024 albeit 11 birds less. Cetti's Warbler have bred again for a second year running and have seen success on at least 2 broods so far. The Tits both Blue and Great have managed to carry the ringing total this month as we ringed less than half our usual Linnets. Not so many young House Sparrows around either which was expected with less adults being observed. Blackbird is another species which seems to have had an abysmal breeding year but there is still time. 

Species	No. Ringed
Blackbird	4
Blackcap	4
Blue Tit	22
Cetti's Warbler	5
Chiffchaff	9
Coal Tit	2
Dunnock	14
Goldfinch	2
Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Great Tit	33
Grey Wagtail	2
House Sparrow	3
Lesser Whitethroat	6
Linnet	15
Reed Warbler	6
Robin	6
Starling	2
Whitethroat	5
Woodpigeon	2
Wren	12
Total	155

Monday 30th June 2025

Hot & humid start. A dispersing juvenile Wheatear near the point will have been bred not far away so good to know a pair has churned a brood out somewhere up the coast. An adult Lapwing on the reserve will be a post-breeder coming into the country to moult, probably from the Low Countries. Finally another Great Spot visited. 

In the evening around 250 Starling were feeding not far from the point and a single Shelduck possibly the last of the year yet to depart. 

Gypsonoma minutana is a nationally scarce species living here on the Poplars.

Ringing: 1 Woodpigeon.

Sunday 29th June 2025

 

Plenty of day flying insects in this soporific heat including Six-spot Burnet.

Southbound 36 Sand Martin, 5 Barwit & 5 Swallow. A Reed Warbler was singing along View Point Road. 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker paid a visit together with the number of recent records hopefully suggesting that they have had a reasonable breeding season. A Red-veined Darter was the first for 8 years.

Moth traps fairly busy in this heat & humidity with several infrequent visitors from inland including Suspected, a species we have only had a couple of times previously with worn examples like this easily overlooked.

Ringing: nil.