Rainy day

Today I could not do the standardized session because was raining at dawn. However, we opened some nets during 3 hours, when it was not raining too much, to teach to two Louis's trainees how to extract from nets and handle birds. And we could ring two Marsh warblers, one common Whitethroat, one Willow warbler and two Red-backed Shrikes.

It seems that tomorrow we will get back to normality.

Rubén

Another good day

Today I had a similar day than yesterday but with a little bit less birds and species; with 67 birds from 12 species. The weather has been also foggy and it started to rain at 10:30 so I could not spend more time than the standardized.  I have had more or less the same species than yesterday with another Red-breasted Flycatcher. However, today I ringed 11 Marsh Warbler but any Reed Warbler.

Robin: 2

Thrush Nightingale: 1

Marsh Warbler: 11

Icterine Warbler: 7

Lesser Whitethroat: 3

Common Whitethroat: 13

Garden warbler: 14

Blackcap: 1

Willow Warbler: 10

Spotted Flycatcher:  1

Red-breasted Flycatcher: 1

Red-backed Shrike: 3

Today I want to change and I am going to put a photo of a hedgehog that I found this morning in front of house.

The forecast shows for tomorrow heavy rain, so I am afraid that it will be impossible to do the ringing session.

Rubén

Amazing day

If we compare the session of today with the previous from last weeks, we have a huge difference in number of ringed birds; 114 ringed birds from 18 species. Undoubtedly, has been one of the best spring migration days for passerines.

The highlight bird of the day has been the Willow Warbler with 27 birds. I ringed four species of Sylvia warbler with a total of 39 birds. Also, I have had a good number of Acrocephalus warblers with 21 birds; at early morning I have had mixed Marsh and Reed Warblers, but then after a couple of hours I ringed only Marsh Warblers. And also to highlight the capture of three species of flycatchers.

Tree Pipit: 1

Common Redstart: 3

Whinchat: 1

Blackbird: 1

Marsh Warbler: 15

Reed Warbler:  6

Icterine Warbler: 7

Lesser Whitethroat: 2

Common Whitethroat: 18

Garden warbler: 16

Blackcap: 3

Willow Warbler: 27

Spotted Flycatcher: 3

Red-breasted Flycatcher: 1

Pied Flycatcher: 2

Red-backed Shrike: 6

Tree Sparrow: 1

Linnet: 1

And to finish, a photo of Whinchat that is a new species for the season.

Rubén

The first Rosefinch

After waiting so long we finally had the first capture of rosefinch. There was not an adult male, but I am sure that we will catch one sooner o later.

The day was marked by a bad weather with the presence of clouds, fog and some rain. But as usual from these days there have been a good number of catches with 35 birds ringed in total and with a big diversity of species. To highlight today the abundant captures of Common Whitethroat with a total of 16.

Dunnock: 1

Robin:  1

Common Redstart: 1

Reed Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 2

Lesser Whitethroat: 2

Common Whitethroat: 16

Garden warbler: 5

Blackcap: 1

Chiffchaff: 1

Chaffinch: 1

Common Rosefinch: 1

Yellowhammer: 1

Last Flycatcher to arrive

Today has been a normal day with 20 ringed birds and two new species for the season: the Spotted Flycatcher and the Marsh Warbler.

 The most amazing fact of the day has been the recapture of one Common Whitethroat female ringed the august of 2006 such a 1k.

Dunnock: 5

Marsh Warbler: 1

Icterine Warbler: 1

Common Whitethroat: 2

Garden warbler: 1

Willow Warbler: 1

Spotted Flycatcher: 2

House Sparrow: 1

Chaffinch: 1

Linnet: 2

Golden morning

Actually, the morning was grey with clouds and slightly rain. And again the ringed birds were few, with only 11. But I have had a great capture that gave some colour to the morning.

It is a quite difficult bird to catch and, indeed, this is the 5th ringed Oriol at Gedser. The list of ringed birds is the next:

Dunnock: 1

Icterine Warbler: 1

Common Whitethroat: 3

Garden warbler: 1

Blackcap: 1

Golden Oriol: 1

Chaffinch: 1

Greenfinch: 1

Goldfinch: 1

Rubén