A window of opportunity before the wind and rain resumes, no trainees available unfortunately to help with the 92 birds captured today. Reed Bunting was the leading species and we were very pleased to recatch a bird that we ringed at the Ingoldisthorpe site as a 3J in the middle of August earlier this year. Many of the REEBUs were colour ringed for the project. Yellowhammer was the second most frequently captured with a few tits, Robins, Dunnocks, Wrens and Blackbirds making up the numbers.
Adult male Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer juvenile (above) and adult (below) tails for comparison.
In addition to the retrices shape on these two males, note extent of white and shape of the dark pigment along the feather shaft.
The wild bird seed crop is doing well this winter.
Observation of a Woodcock in the access track on the way out.
Totals: 85 (7)
Blackbird - 2
Blue Tit - 8 (2)
Dunnock - 2
Great Tit - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 13 (2)
Reed Bunting - 31 (3)
Robin - 3
Wren - 4
Yellowhammer - 21