Stanwell Moor ringing site - 9 September 2011

The usual evening roost visit with Tim from Reading produced the usual crop of birds, the roost again was difficult to pull in due to SW winds and the planes taking off on the southern runway at Heathrow causing a fair amount of noise disturbance, plus the presence of a Hobby for about an hour also will not have helped. We did get a small roost in but only caught a couple. No Yellow Wagtails were seen unfortunately. Sixteen new birds were caught including four Starlings from the roost, which all had just about finished their primary moult. One had one potential control - DTJ291, a Chiff-chaff, but as we already have had DTJ285 we suspect they might be from Hersham RG at Queen Mary Res.

Chiff-chaff 3, fairly bright green compared to our usual dull versions.

Totals:

Kingfisher - 0 (1) 

Sand Martin - 1

Swallow - 1

Robin - 0 (1)

Chiff-chaff - 6 (1 - control)

Blue Tit - 1

Long-tailed - 4 (1)

Starling - 3

Reed Bunting - 0 (1)