RINGING SESSION 15 - 2012

 05/09/2012  Our first grasshopper warblers of the season were caught this morning. Peak passage is usually during September and we're hoping for lots more this month to make up for the dismal summer. Our best year for this species was 2001 when we caught 39.
 

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER


Today's totals (ringed and retraps) were:  

blackcap (9,2)
blue tit (1,0)
chiffchaff (4,1)
grasshopper warbler (3,0)
long-tailed tit (4,1)
reed warbler (2,0)
robin (1,0)
sedge warbler (5,0)
song thrush (1,0)
whitethroat (1,0)
willow warbler (8,0)

DAY TOTALS: 39 ringed (11 species), 4 retraps
NEW SPECIES: grasshopper warbler

OBS: buzzard, roe deer fawn