It was too windy for the ringing demo on Wednesday, so CL and myself went along to complete the usual monitoring today. We only got 33 birds as the summer migrant species all seem to be well on their way to departing for warmer climes, only 3 Chiffs, 2 Blacas and a Reed Warbler captured.
We got another Marsh Tit for the darvic marked sample and the most interesting aspect of the day was a further 4 Kingfisher captures, two new and two re-trapped, one that had been ringed at Pensthorpe on 26th July. All were juveniles. This takes our Kingfisher total to 10 for the year, 8 of them from Sculthorpe.
Totals: 27 (6)
Blackcap - 2
Blue Tit - 6 (2)
Bullfinch - 3
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 3
Kingfisher - 2 (2)
Reed Warbler - 1
Robin - 2 (1)
Marsh Tit - 1 (1)
Wren - 6