Managed to spring trap two craking Male Wheatears at the point of Ayre this morning.
Other birds about
9 Sandwich Terns
50+ Gannets
flock of 16 Linnets
3 Wheaters
20+ Razorbills flypast
8 Shelduck
9 Eider
More Warblers
Another Morning spent at Port Lawague with a few more Blackcaps, Willow Warblers and Goldcrest.
BLACA BLACA DUNNO WILWA GOLDC GOLDC WILWA GREFI COATI BLABI BLABI WILWA BLACA DUNNO
Also Grasshopper Warbler reeling
Port Lewaigue
At Last i have had time to get out just round the corner from where i now live thanks to Manx Bird Life for getting me permission to ring here.
Port Lawaigue a small bay just down from Ramsey with some nice scrub and willows and gorse.
Set up at 1330 today as i was busy this morning .
1 30ft net and 1 60ft net
In 2 hours
3 Chiffchaff
3 Willow Warbler
2 Male Blackcaps
3 Blackbirds 1 male 2 females both with Brood Patches
1 Goldcrest Male
1 Goldfinch
1 Chaffinch female
1 Coal Tit retrap rang in my garden in august last year.
Reports from back in Yorkshire
Andy and Ian were out this weekend checking the Tawny Boxes for this year.
4 pairs of Tawnys today in boxes. They will check a few of them again in a week or two 3 pairs of goosanders in boxes so far - one a retrap from two years ago at leathley (bred last year in a box at swinsty). one of the Tawnys was ringed in the same box last year. also Petes up to 7 Tawnys, with Kites and Buzzard nest as well.
Good going lads
Colour Ringed Coots
Coots Kane has been colour ringing are turning up all over another one was spotted by Ian Court at Skipton Sewage works.
nice one Ian , a friend of ours who is a ringer with East Dale ringing group and has ringed Nightjar with Andy and Twite with me
Kane tells me i ringed this one at Southport back in January this year a distance of 73 KM and 87 days ago.
A great Project
Darvic first Herring Gull today
Things still a bit hectic with the house but we are almost finished now. Weather the last week has been windy but today i caught the first Herring Gull of 2010 in my garden and have started putting Darvic rings on the left leg with the BTO on the right.
Also another 14 birds ringed in garden
2 Blue Tits
4 Chaffinch
4 Goldfinch
1 Starling a cracking Male
1 Blackbird
1 Long Tailed Tit
