Gadwall - female with 5 new young Middleton
Little Grebe - pair but behaviour suggests nest failure
Mallard with two large chicks
No coastal coverage but the seagulls should be building up now - await some Meds!
Sunday, 3 June 2018
2nd June belated warblers
The only coverage today was a ringing session in our usual Middleton western marsh sites which was a bit of a revelation, with the absence of the Subalpine Warbler replaced by a perfectly acceptable Plan B
Eight new for year Sedge Warblers were caught (three with last year's rings) and all seemingly wandering males or females without brood patches. Mid-month there was just one singing male Sedge Warbler in the trapping area! Three unringed male Whitethroat were also caught, unringed Dunnock, Goldfinch, Blackbird and Robin, the 'ahhh' factor a baby Robin and the pain factor a Great-spotted Woodpecker
Two singing male Cetti's Warblers in the central marsh - one intermittent and the other sounding like it was unpaired
Eight new for year Sedge Warblers were caught (three with last year's rings) and all seemingly wandering males or females without brood patches. Mid-month there was just one singing male Sedge Warbler in the trapping area! Three unringed male Whitethroat were also caught, unringed Dunnock, Goldfinch, Blackbird and Robin, the 'ahhh' factor a baby Robin and the pain factor a Great-spotted Woodpecker
Two singing male Cetti's Warblers in the central marsh - one intermittent and the other sounding like it was unpaired
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)