On Friday, 3 members of the Group set up 5 nets in the vicinity of the Discovery Hut. It was a pretty quiet session as we only managed to catch 24 birds. It was also a fairly painful session due to some rampant & ferocious nettles & brambles in the net rides. We had a nice variety of birds, with 13 different species, although unlike the last session, we had a fairly even split of adults and juveniles.
It was great to catch a juvenile Sedge Warbler, the Group's first this year. All Sedge Warblers undergo a complete moult in their wintering quarters in Africa, so an adult bird would look very worn, having had its feathers for well over 6 months, in comparison to the new feathers of a recently fledged bird. A juvenile also usually has a 'necklace' of dark spots around it's breast.
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| Juvenile Sedge Warbler |
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| Sedge Warbler showing 'necklace' of dark spots |
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| Nice fresh wing of the Sedge Warbler, with buffy edges to the Tertials. |
Ringed | Re-trapped | |
Blackbird | 2 | |
Blackcap | 1 | |
Blue Tit | 3 | |
Cetti’s Warbler | 2 | |
Chiffchaff | 3 | |
Dunnock | 3 | 1 |
Goldcrest | 1 | |
Great Tit | 1 | |
Greenfinch | 1 | |
Robin | 1 | |
Sedge Warbler | 1 | |
Song Thrush | 2 | |
Wren | 1 | 1 |
22 | 2 |
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| AERG stand at the Axe Vale Wildlife Day |
