Sunday, 25 August 2019

Wintersett + VisMig + Ringing 25.08.19

A very hot 22 - 27 degrees with 2/8 cloud and a light south easterly.
Anglers CP VisMig : 2 juvenile Common Gulls and 2 Swallows  went south. A Meadow Pipit went north!.
Wintersett Res: A Greenshank flew over south west at 09.55hrs..  7 Ringed Plover flew over south at 15:20, our largest flock since 2010!
72 birds were ringed this morning: Highlights were 11 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler,  13 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Willow Warbler and 20 Chiffchaff.  A 1st year female Cetti's Warbler, ringed here 29/06/19 was retrapped. 
Lepidoptera: Speckled Wood,  Painted Lady, 5 Red Admiral,  Small Copper,  1 male Brimstone,  Peacock,  Small Tortoiseshell,  Small White, Large White Meadow Brown.
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1st year female Cetti's Warbler retrapped  WRes   RBailey

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