August 19th

We spent the morning ringing at Shuart where we saw 1 Common Buzzard, 30 Swallows, 12 Whitethroats, 5 Willow Warblers, 3 Green Woodpeckers, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Greenfinches, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets, 1 Hobby, 40 Goldfinches, 16 Sedge Warblers, 35 Reed Warblers, 2 Blackcaps, 6 Cetti's Warblers, 1 Ringed Plover flying over, 2 Ravens, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Greylag Geese, 1 male Marsh Harrier, 1 Jay, 1 Chiffchaff and 1 Sparrowhawk.

Birds ringed 93: Wren 3, Willow Warbler 4, Cetti's Warbler 4, Blackcap 2, Reed Warbler 30, Blue Tit 3, Goldfinch 15, Whitethroat 8, Sedge Warbler 19, Garden Warbler 1, Grasshopper Warbler 1, Chaffinch 1, Greenfinch 1, Blackbird 1. We also controlled a French ringed Reed Warbler.

Grasshopper Warbler