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A dull, cloudy and breezy start to the day which then gave way to strong sunshine and high temperatures.
A ringing session took place at Harrington Airfield this morning and with the social distance rules it meant just a single ringer on-site which also means that just four mist nets were deployed. The catch was a modest forty-eight birds of seventeen species, thirteen of these were birds previously ringed on-site. The total was made up of a Woodpigeon, two female Green Woodpeckers, two Blackbirds, a Song Thrush, three Long-tailed Tits, a Blue Tit, two Great Tits, three Willow Warblers, a Blackcap, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Common Whitethroat, a Robin, a Dunnock, two Goldfinches, two Linnets, twenty-three Yellowhammers and a Tree Sparrow.
Two of the Willow Warblers were returning birds from 2018 and 2019, the Common Whitethroat from last year and one of the Linnets was a returning male from 2017.
Two Grasshopper Warblers were 'reeling' there (one for only a short time) and butterflies included Orange-tip, Small Heath and Common Blue.
Elsewhere and Bob Bullock watched a Marsh Harrier overfly Summer Leys this morning and another Grasshopper Warbler was singing in the Nene Valley between Ecton SF and Whiston Locks.
Regards
Neil M
A dull, cloudy and breezy start to the day which then gave way to strong sunshine and high temperatures.
A ringing session took place at Harrington Airfield this morning and with the social distance rules it meant just a single ringer on-site which also means that just four mist nets were deployed. The catch was a modest forty-eight birds of seventeen species, thirteen of these were birds previously ringed on-site. The total was made up of a Woodpigeon, two female Green Woodpeckers, two Blackbirds, a Song Thrush, three Long-tailed Tits, a Blue Tit, two Great Tits, three Willow Warblers, a Blackcap, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Common Whitethroat, a Robin, a Dunnock, two Goldfinches, two Linnets, twenty-three Yellowhammers and a Tree Sparrow.
Two of the Willow Warblers were returning birds from 2018 and 2019, the Common Whitethroat from last year and one of the Linnets was a returning male from 2017.
Two Grasshopper Warblers were 'reeling' there (one for only a short time) and butterflies included Orange-tip, Small Heath and Common Blue.
Elsewhere and Bob Bullock watched a Marsh Harrier overfly Summer Leys this morning and another Grasshopper Warbler was singing in the Nene Valley between Ecton SF and Whiston Locks.
Regards
Neil M
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| Grasshopper Warbler courtesy of Dave Jackson. |
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| Yellowhammer courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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| Tiger Cranefly sp courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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