August 23rd

We spent a pleasant morning ringing at one of our sites at Shuart where we saw 2 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Corn Bunting, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 4 Ring-necked Parakeets, 20 Blackcaps, 30 Whitethroats, 30 Reed Warblers, 20 Sedge Warblers, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Kestrel, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Hobby, 2 Jays, 2 Common Buzzards, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Tree Pipit W, 1 Garden Warbler and 12 Swallows.

Birds ringed 112: Willow Warbler 2, Sedge Warbler 18, Whitethroat 26, Blackcap 18, Reed Warbler 28, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Blue Tit 6, Robin 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Goldfinch 5, Cetti's Warbler 1, Great Tit 1, Garden Warbler 1. Dunnock 2.

Grasshopper Warbler

 

Garden Warbler