A sunny day with only a small hand full of migrants about apart from 8 Arctic Tern north and 31 Swallows & a House Martin south. On the butterfly front there was at least 5 Green Hairstreaks about and our first Small Copper of the year.
7 Birds ringed; One each of Blackbird, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Linnet, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat & Greenfinch.
Sunday 4th May 2014
A clear night and a bright sunny day resulted in only a hand full of warblers and a few Swallows passing through. Also a total of 121 Barnacle Geese headed north over the reserve early on.
10 Birds ringed; 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackbird, 2 Starling and single Greenfinch, Whitethroat & Blackcap.
10 Birds ringed; 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackbird, 2 Starling and single Greenfinch, Whitethroat & Blackcap.
Saturday 3rd May 2014
The north-westerlies continue to blow resulting in few new birds arriving on site. The only birds of note today were a Reed Warbler that was singing on Icky Ridge, 14 Wheatear on the reserve, 3 Common & 2 Little Terns heading south and a Sandwich Tern heading north offshore.
6 Birds Ringed; 2 Blackbird, 2 Linnet , 1 Chiffchaff & 1 Willow Warbler.
6 Birds Ringed; 2 Blackbird, 2 Linnet , 1 Chiffchaff & 1 Willow Warbler.
Friday 2nd May 2014
An overcast morning with a north-westerly wind. Very quiet again and apart from a Yellow Wagtail, 14 Wheatear, 4 Stock Dove south, and 9 Common Tern offshore there was little about.
Ringing; single Woodpigeon & Chiffchaff.
Ringing; single Woodpigeon & Chiffchaff.
Thursday 1st May 2014
A light southerly breeze first thing but rain had arrived by mid morning. Very few migrants in this morning with 18 Wheatear, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat and single Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler & Willow Warbler. Overhead 11 Swallow and single Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail & our first Swift of the year all flew south. Offshore 133 Barnacle Geese and 2 Sanderling headed south.
10 Birds ringed; 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet and single Magpie, Blackbird, Wheatear & Lesser Whitethroat.
10 Birds ringed; 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Linnet and single Magpie, Blackbird, Wheatear & Lesser Whitethroat.
April Ringing Totals
The low numbers of migrants during the month is reflected in the totals with only 264 of 31 species being ringed.
| Sparrowhawk | 2 | Song Thrush | 8 |
| Woodpigeon | 1 | Redwing | 3 |
| Collared Dove | 1 | Robin | 9 |
| Magpie | 1 | Nightingale | 2 |
| Firecrest | 2 | Black Redstart | 2 |
| Great Tit | 2 | Redstart | 2 |
| Swallow | 1 | Wheatear | 11 |
| Chiffchaff | 66 | Dunnock | 2 |
| Willow Warbler | 33 | Chaffinch | 2 |
| Blackcap | 48 | Brambling | 1 |
| Garden Warbler | 2 | Greenfinch | 2 |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 15 | Goldfinch | 1 |
| Whitethroat | 7 | Siskin | 1 |
| Reed Warbler | 1 | Linnet | 20 |
| Wren | 7 | Common Redpoll | 1 |
| Blackbird | 8 |
Wednesday 30th April 2014
A nice calm misty start to the day. A nice selection of migrants had arrived overnight with the highlight being a Hawfinch that unfortunately did not stick around, other birds new in included 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler, 23 Wheatear, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Whitethroat, a Female Redstart, a White Wagtail and a Blue-headed Wagtail. Overhead 30 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 3 House Martin & 2 Yellow Wagtail flew south.
Non-avian species of note were our first records of the year of Green Hairstreak, Brown Argus & Large Red Damselfly.
18 Birds Ringed; 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear and single Robin, Blackbird & Linnet.
Non-avian species of note were our first records of the year of Green Hairstreak, Brown Argus & Large Red Damselfly.
18 Birds Ringed; 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wheatear and single Robin, Blackbird & Linnet.
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