This post will cover another 3 sessions.....
On Sunday 22/6/25 a team of 4 put up 4 nets in the reed bed in front of the Discovery Hut. We caught 23 birds, including a Reed Warbler originally ringed as an adult on 9/5/19, making it at least 6 years old. The typical life expectancy is 2 years, but it still has a long way to go to reach the oldest known bird of 12 years, 11 months & 21 days.
Ringed | Re-trapped | |
Blackcap | 1 | |
Cetti’s Warbler | 1 (9/1/25) | |
Chiffchaff | 3 | |
Reed Warbler | 15 | 1 (9/5/19) |
Robin | 1 | |
Sand Martin | 1 | |
21 | 2 |
Endoscoping the young Sand Martins |
On Sunday 29/6/25, another session took place at the back of the Sand Martin cliff. It was a busy session with 13 nest boxes being checked, and 11 broods ringed, the remaining 2 broods being too small to ring. We then checked out the condition of the Abberton duck trap which had been removed from the scrape behind the Discovery Hut whilst it was dredged. The trap requires some attention, but hopefully it will be back in operation soon.
Assessing the 'flat-packed' Abberton duck trap....modifications are needed as the water is now deeper. |
A young Song Thrush....we caught 3 |
The wing of a young Song Thrush |
Comparison of Reed Warbler wings: pristine juvenile top, worn adult below |
1st Sedge Warbler of the year...a juvenile as shown by the spotty 'necklace' |
Pristine wing of the juvenile Sedge Warbler |
Juvenile Greenfinch |
Wing of the Greenfinch. The thickness of the yellow on the primaries indicates that it's a male. |
Ringed | Re-trapped | |
Blackbird | 1 | |
Blackcap | 4 | |
Blue Tit | 1 | |
Cettis’ Warbler | 1 | |
Chiffchaff | 3 | |
Great Tit | 1 | |
Greenfinch | 1 | |
Reed Warbler | 10 | 2 (17/6/25 x 2) |
Robin | 1 | |
Sand Martin | 4 | 1 (19/6/25) |
Sedge Warbler | 1 | |
Song Thrush | 3 | |
Wren | 3 | 1 |
34 | 1 |