Staff: Carlos, Bruno, Helena, Kieran, Antoine and Hannes.
Weather: Calm and cloudy, with morning mist lingering, though not particularly cold. Mostly sunny from noon and throughout the afternoon.
Projects: CES-ringing at Banvallen. This was Kieran's first morning as an assistant ringer. A total of 76 birds were caught, 55 being new ringings and 21 retraps. The highlight of today was without question the young Wryneck, which, true to its name put on a real show!
Summary of birds caught:
Species: New Retraps Total
Wryneck 1 0 1
Tree Pipit 1 0 1
Song Thrush 2 0 2
Redwing 0 1 1
Robin 2 0 2
Thrush Nightingale 0 2 2
Blackcap 4 0 4
Garden Warbler 4 0 4
Common Whitethroat 1 0 1
Sedge Warbler 18 7 25
Reed Warbler 4 0 4
Willow Warbler 8 4 12
Great Tit 3 3 6
Blue Tit 3 1 4
Marsh Tit 0 1 1
Pied Flycatcher 2 0 2
Chaffinch 0 1 1
Greenfinch 1 0 1
Yellowhammer 1 1 2
Sum: 55 21 76 birds of 19 species
In the afternoon, Helena and Kieran strimmed the net rides at Banvallen, and Carlos put together a chart of the total numbers of each species caught so far this season, including numbers for each day.
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HAN