Friday 22 July 2011

Stanwell Moor ringing site - 21 July 2011

Tonight's visit with Eleanor was a bit of a gamble, would it rain all night? Thankfully not, but the site was very wet and though not overly busy, a run of Starlings at the end of the night made the evening interesting and worth while. We also managed two 3J Reed Warblers and two of the adults had fat of 3 suggesting either the birds on the move or fattening up to move on. Total birds in the catch was 22:

Dunnock - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Reed Warbler - 5
Whitethroat - 2 (1)
Garden Warbler - 3
Blackcap - 1
Chiff-chaff - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 1
Starling - 6