Hello
Kenny Cramer and a small team enjoyed a quality ringing session yesterday (Saturday) at Linford Lakes, Milton Keynes which included plenty of juvenile birds. However the first mist net round was the best when three large birds in one net proved to be two re-trapped Cuckoos and a Hobby! The Hobby was a new species ringed for the site which is no surprise as they rarely end up in mist nets! The Cuckoos were a female first ringed there last year and the second bird was a male that was originally ringed way back in 2017 and is at least eight years old - and old for a Cuckoo! He has been encountered at Linford in 2021 and 2022 which proves great site fidelity and if paths cross again next year is set to break the British longevity record. He was also the very first Cuckoo to be caught and ringed at Linford.
Other birds processed included a Song Thrush, Blackcaps, Garden Warblers, Common Whitethroats, Reed Warblers, six Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler, a Cetti's Warbler, a Starling, a Treecreeper and two Kingfishers.
Regards
Neil M
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| Blackcap. |
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| Blue Tit. |
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| Cuckoo. |
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| Hobby. Images courtesy of Kenny Cramer. |
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