Friday 11 June 2021

June 11th

We spent the morning ringing at Shuart where the morning began cloudy but with the sun coming out later. Birds we saw included 2 Red-legged Partridges, 1 Jay, 3 Mistle Thrushes, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Whitethroats, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Mallard, 2 Lesser Whitethroats, 4 Cetti's Warblers, 2 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Blackcaps, 4 Common Buzzards, 12 Goldfinches, 4 Little Egrets, 3 Kestrels, 4 Grey Herons, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 Sedge Warblers, 16 Reed Warblers, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Red Kites flying W, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Turtle Dove and 8 Lapwings.

Birds ringed 27: Sedge Warbler 2, Reed Warbler 11, Robin 2, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Cetti's Warbler 1, Reed Bunting 2, Whitethroat 3, Goldfinch 1, Greenfinch 1, Dunnock 1, Blackbird 1.

Lesser Whitethroat

We have already received information concerning the ringing details of a female Cetti's Warbler we caught at Shuart this morning. It had originally been ringed at Icklesham, East Sussex on 14th September 2020 and had flown 67 km NE to reach Shuart.

Cetti's Warbler

 

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