It was great to do a regular ringing session at one of our core sites today. The warm weather felt extremely spring like and it was wonderful to see our first Swallow of the season also an Oystercatcher was another fly over.
We put up 6 nets to the sound of Chiffchaff singing all around. We also heard two Willow Warbler.
The morning was quite cold with a light frost so started early with a Blackbird and Song Thrush. Some migrants made their way into the nets, but the most frequently caught birds were Blackcap.
We also observed that the Mute Swan 4ERB that had been on Staines Moor was on the River Colne that runs along the boundary of this site today.
Total: 16 (2)
Blackbird - 1
Song Thrush - 1
Wren - 1 (1)
Robin - 1
Dunnock- 0 (1)
Blackcap - 6
Chiffchaff - 4
Willow Warbler - 1
Long-tailed Tit - 1