Staff: Kieran, Carlos, Bruno, Helena, Hannes and Antoine
Weather: A nice day with a slight breeze (1.5m/s), very sunny with no clouds. Temperature of around 30 degrees Celsius after the morning cold.
CES-ringing: The first day of the season at Ässon today went very steadily with a constant stream of birds, tailing off towards the end. The highlight came in the form of the first Lesser Whitethroat of the season, hopefully a lot more to come.
A summary of today’s catch is as follows:
Species new retrap total
Great Tit 11 0 11
Garden Warbler 2 0 2
Nuthatch 2 0 2
Sedge Warbler 38 1 39
Reed Warbler 25 2 27
Willow Warbler 20 0 20
Robin 4 0 4
Reed Bunting 25 0 25
Blue Tit 38 0 38
Lesser Whitethroat 1 0 1
Marsh Warbler 1 0 1
Swallow 2 0 2
White Wagtail 4 0 4
Goldrest 1 0 1
Pied Flycatcher 1 0 1
Sum: 175 3 178
A total of 178birds including just 3 retraps, probably due to us just starting at the site this year. However there was one more significant retrap involving a Belgian ringed Reed Warbler, a very scruffy 2cy+ bird.
The afternoon consisted of mostly data input, especially for myself as I had a lie in due to my injured arm.
Until tomorrow,
KLE