17th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Mainly clear, wind increasing from mid-morning.
Projects: Ringing
Standardised Ringing
Standardised ringing took place in Vallen with a typically nice mix of species and some good birding along with it. We also had a recapture Reed Warbler with a ring from Belgium – always nice to get a foreign recapture! Totals were as follows, with recaptures in brackets:
16th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Sunny
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Banvallen. Numbers are not increasing neither, but we had a great diversity of interesting species.
15th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Cloudy and windy. Sunny the rest of the day
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing
APN, LDC ,MMJ, HHT went to ring to Ässön today, having a slow morning with only 13 birds Lets hope for better numbers later in the season.
14th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Cloudy in the morning, sunny later on.
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing and extra ringing
Standardised ringing took place in Vallen and, in the afternoon, a few Marsh Tits were caught at Ängfallet, one of which was a second calendar year, ringed in 2014, and the other two juveniles. Totals were as follows, with recaptures in brackets:
13th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Cloudy with sunny spells
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing
Ringing was conducted at Banvallen. Totals of new birds were as follows:
12th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Cloudy at the morning and sunny the rest of the day
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing
APN, LDC and HHT went to ring to Ässön today, having a slow morning with only with 17 despite of the use of recordings of different species. One of the species ringed was the white wagtail, which is not common to ring at the others ringing place. Lets hope for better numbers later in the season.
11th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: Cloudy and warm but rainy until noon.
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
We had a cloudy and warm morning until 6.30 where started to pouring. We took down the nets and close the ringing day. Summary of today’s catch below:
Reed Warbler 2
Greenfinch 1
Maintenance
In the afternoon, nets were mended and a metallic cord were replaced at Ässön.
LDC
10th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: sunny, no wind.
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
Today we had a quiet morning at Banvallen, with 45 birds caught. Yet again the highlights of the morning were two Red-backed Shrike juveniles, one retrap and one new. Summary of today’s catch below:
9th August 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: Sunny with a light breeze
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Ässön. Sadly we arrived to find one of the elevator poles supports had snapped since we were there yesterday! A steady morning of ringing with a nice variety of species, 3 Lesser Whitethroats were the highlights as the first of the standardised ringing season. Detailed list bellow:
8thAugust 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: sunny and windy quiet
Projects: Ringing, Cranes, maintenance
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Vallen. I am pleased to announce a record for this low season with a total of 83 birds. A noticeable increased in the captures of bearded tit today and the presence now the GRW in our number also helped. However, we still have breeding females with brood patch. Detailed list bellow: