Stanwell Moor ringing site - 15 July 2011

Another evening visit with us being joined by Gavin, Sam and Tim. The evening started slowly and it looked like it was be a quite night but from the Starling roost we managed to catch seven and 14 Sand Martins came into the roost. One, L606572 had been rung previously at the site on 6th June and has therefore been in the area for about five weeks. The totals for the night came to 35, but worryingly the number of young Reed Warblers is not showing any sign of improvement:

Sand Martin - 13(1)
Swallow - 1
Wren -1
Dunnock -1
Robin - 1
Blackbird - 1
Reed Warbler - 1(1)
Whitethroat -5
Blackcap -1
Starling -7
Greenfinch -1

Sand Martin (Gavin Bennett)