After a few weeks without a ringing session it was really nice to get out and about again today. I spent 3 and a half hours out with 4 other members of the
Sorby Breck Ringing Group at the
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust's Avenue Washlands in Chesterfield. We had a quiet session with just 17 birds ringed, but the total did include our first summer migrants of the year; 3
Chiffchaffs and a single, female
Blackcap.
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Today's totals were (new/retrap):
Chiffchaff 3/0,
Blackcap 1/0,
Blackbird 1/0,
Blue Tit 0/1 ,
Great Tit 0/2,
Long-tailed Tit 0/1,
Dunnock 1/1,
Robin 1/2,
Wren 0/1,
Bullfinch 1/0 and
Reed Bunting 1/0.
During net rounds we also recorded these birds:
Sparrowhawk,
Green Woodpecker (year tick),
Linnets,
Yellowhammers,
Goldfinch,
Canada Geese and
Mute Swans.
Year List update:
117 - Green Woodpecker
118 - Raven (1 over Sudbury Hall, Derby, this afternoon)
119 - Shoveler (1 male on Sudbury Hall lake).
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