April Ends

 Another Month ends and quite a poor month for migrant birds no Acrocephalus warblers ringed or heard as yet and the weather for the last week and today is awful, wind and rain. The whoosh site at the Point of Ayre has not been used the last few weeks as there is a major tipping operation going on. I set up a small site at Smeale in the mean time and that has produced 45 new Linnets (75 for the month) and 1 Skylark plus 3 Pied Wagtails and 2 White Wagtails. Kev ringed a brood of 5 Pied Wagtails last week as well.

8 more Wheatear in April all Males i have not seen any females this month, the same can be said for Blackcaps just males singing on territory. Hopefully they will all arrive very soon.

Ringing 1 Yellowhammer and finding a site where there are a few was encouraging, i went up this morning and placed more food down and saw 3.

Again the wind and the tide and moon phases in April where not ideal for Dazzling, this week last year Kev and i dazzled 9 Whimbrel,  this year just the 1 so far.

2 Shag were ringed a first for the group and a full grown Woodcock

another first for the group as a chick was ringed back in 2002

We got to ring at a new feeder site out at East Jurby thanks to Mr and Mrs Kneale

110 birds ringed here this month with a nice mix of Finches and House Sparrow

also the site at Sulby Glen is starting to attract Lesser Redpoll with 21 being ringed.

Totals for April 

Shag 2

Turnstone 2

Whimbrel 1

Woodcock  1

Herring Gull  5

Collard dove 2

Skylark  1

Meadow Pipit 1

Pied Wagtail  8

White Wagtail 2

Dunnock     7

Robin         6

Wheatear    9

Blackbird     9

Song Thrush 1

Blackcap 3

Coal Tit 5

Blue Tit 30

Gt Tit      20

Rook 6

House Sparrow 41

Chaffinch    29

Greenfinch  11

Goldfinch 32

Siskin 6

Linnet 76

Twite  1

Lesser Redpoll 21

Yellowhammer 1

339 new birds ringed

The month ended with a newly fledged Siskin ringed in the garden yesterday

so things can only get better if this wind ever stops