Ringing at Stortons Pits

Hello

A team of ringers completed some assessment work at Stortons Pits today which resulted in the temporary capture and processing of forty-eight birds of eleven species. The star bird was a Reed Bunting first ringed in 2015 and not heard of again until this morning making it at least eight years old, very good going for this species and as a small bird in general. Six other Reed Buntings were caught and two Jays provided the glamour with other interesting species including two Cetti's Warblers, five Chiffchaffs, another local high catch of eight Dunnocks and a Song Thrush.

Regards

Neil M

The rather ancient Reed Bunting
courtesy of Tony Stanford.

Cetti's Warbler courtesy
of Chris Payne.

Jay courtesy of
Chris Payne.