Bird Ringing session at Storton’s on Thursday 24th October .
A small band of multi layered ringers rolled up just before dawn. Well insulated for a typical October day, but by mid-morning layers were being discarded as the weather was more Spanish than St James.
A total of 58 birds were processed, of 14 different species. Most of the summer migrants have now departed and the mixture of birds was typical of an Autumn/Winters day ringing.
Greenfinch have been having a tough time of late, but on site during the breeding season there was quite a vocal presence of calling males. Today’s Greenfinch’s were all born this year, which could be a sign of a good local breeding season for this finch.
Details of birds
New Retraps
WREN 4
GOLDCREST 4
CHIFFCHAFF 3
BLUETIT 7 9
REED BUNTING 1
GOLDFINCH 6
ROBIN 2 1
BLACKCAP 1
DUNNOCK 4
GREAT TIT 2 7
GREENFINCH 3
CETTI’S WARBLER 1
MOORHEN 1
WATER RAIL 2
TOTAL OF 58 BIRDS 14 SPECIES
We also colour ringed our first Moorhen as part of the National Moorhen colour ringing project. The project is led by PhD student Aurora Gonzalo-Tarodo for the Waterbird Colour-Marking Group.
Despite being common, widespread, and familiar the Moorhen is an understudied species in Britain and Ireland. There is limited information available on its movements at local, national and international levels.
To address these gaps in knowledge, the National Moorhen Colour-ringing Project is coordinating efforts among a team of ringers and independent ringing groups to mark birds across Britain and Ireland.
By increasing the number of birds ringed and the number of recoveries and sightings, the project aims to discover the seasonal movements of Moorhen, including local dispersal, spring and/or autumn migration within the UK and overseas and other aspects of their lifecycle such as site fidelity and survival.
processed as an Adult female.
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