October 26th

We spent the morning ringing at Shuart where we saw 37 Skylarks, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 34 Redwings, 2 Fieldfares, 1 Yellowhammer, 2 Bramblings, 2 Goldcrests, 1 Long-eared Owl, 2 Stonechat, 1 Little Owl, 2 Greylag Geese, 2 Common Buzzards, 1 Curlew, 1 Redpoll, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 25 Reed Buntings, 1 Kestrel, 1 Blackcap, 12 Linnets, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Siskins, 3 Corn Buntings, 12 Meadow Pipits, 2 Little Egrets, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 immature Peregrine, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 House Martins and 2 Swallows. 

We also saw and heard one of the two  Dusky Warblers we first recorded on the 23rd. It was the bird we hadn't ringed.

Birds ringed 23: Reed Bunting 10, Blackcap 1, Blue Tit 1, Robin 1, Stonechat 1, Dunnock 2, Redwing 1, Blackbird 6.

First year female Stonechat

 On July 20th we controlled a Portuguese ringed adult male Reed Warbler at our Reculver ringing site. Today I received its ringing details. It had been ringed as an adult bird at Herdade dos Forninhos, Beja, PORTUGAL on 16th August 2019. Beja is 1,705 km SSW of Reculver.