Making the most of the beautiful spring weather, we worked three doubles at the moor. Only 10 birds, not a surprise with most summer migrants yet to arrive. Chiffchaffs, however, were very much in evidence with a lot of singing from the tall trees. We only got three new one but the retraps included a bird ringed as an adult in 2023 that we've not captured since and one of the big catch we had at the same net run on August 14th last year, a juvenile birds that's been all the way to its wintering grounds to arrive back at the moor with the first of the returners.
We also ringed a Reed Bunting, including a darvic for that project and a Marsh Tit also freshly ringed and fitted with a darvic code.
Total: 7 (3)
Chiffchaff - 3 (3)
Marsh Tit - 1
Reed Bunting - 1
Robin - 1
Wren - 1
We went on to check the scrape for darvic carrying birds, seeing a Black-headed gull with a red darvic that we couldn't read. The swan nest was also checked, but the bird present remained firmly on the nest and we couldn't get that code either.