Thursday 21 July 2011

Stanwell Moor ringing site - 19 July 2011

We did a quick visit on our own fairly late in the evening simply to see if anything roosted. The weather was rather overcast which we hoped might have caused some Hirundines to be low over the site - there were none. A few Sand Martins, about six came over and disappeared. The site was suffering from the effects of the heavy rain we had with the ride becoming muddy and many of the vegetation having become pushed down over the open ride area making some maintenance necessary for the next visit. We only caught seven birds but we were only on site for just over an hour and a half.

Robin -1
Whitethroat - 1
Garden Warbler - 1(1)
Starling - 2
Reed Bunting - (1)

juvenile Starling with adult body feathers moulting through