14th July 2015
Staff: JMY, MBR, APN, MMJ, CBS, PBN, TMJ
Weather: Light rain mid morning then cloudy
Projects:Standardised ringing, Great Reed Warblers and Skylarks
Skylarks
JMY continued to search for Skylarks in survey plots, hampered by poor weather and lack of activity she began to collect in marker posts after a good season surveying.
Great reeds
Nest checks around Kvismaren were undertaken, TMJ visited Segesjön with MBR checking nests.
Standardised ringing
Ringing in Vallen was cut short this morning due to rain mid morning.
Thrush Nightingale 1
Sedge Warbler 10
Reed Warbler 11
Willow Warbler 2
Bearded Reedling 1
Blue Tit 1
Great Tit 1
Tree Sparrow 3
Yellowhammer 1
Reed Bunting 8
In the evening the sand martin colony was targeted. With one net CBS, PBN, APN and visiting MCN caught 108 birds, 98 new, 10 recaps.
CBS