An
early morning ringing session was highlighted by a large catch of Whitethroats
and they were all this
years birds. As with other species of Warblers they seemed to have had a bumper
breeding season.
Whitethroat
Offshore
56 Common Scoters west, 4 Manx Shearwaters west, 8 Gannets west, 4 Knot west, 5
Kittiwakes east, 4 Common Terns east and 11 Sandwich Terns.
Visible
Migration
26 Black-tailed Godwits east, 3 Swifts east and 6 Swallows
south.
Others
1
Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 11 Ringed Plovers, 1 Golden Plover, 120 Lapwings, 17
Sanderlings, 27 Dunlins, 3 Snipe, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 270 Curlews, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1
Greenshank, 1
adult Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Sand Martins.
Golden Plover
Ringing
23 Whitethroats, 1 Blackcap, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Reed Warblers, 1 Song Thrush, 1
Dunnock, 1
Robin, 10 Greenfinch and 1 Reed Bunting.
Whitethroat
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