Cedwyn, Aaron, Ben and I completed CES 10 at WWT Llanelli today. It felt very Autumnal first thing with temperatures around 11 degrees C at 05.30am. Last year CES 10 produced 10 birds and today we caught 15. We had … Read More
Despite some showers around dawn, the weather was good at Oxwich, only becoming breezy at around 09:30. A total of five sixty-foot nets resulted in an overall catch of 40 birds, most of which were trapped in the first couple … Read More
A steady session this morning. Less than thirty birds were caught, but fifteen of these were reed warblers, and there were also three sedge warblers, a whitethroat and two blackcaps. The remainder of the catch comprised wrens, blue tits and … Read More
Recent sessions at Oxwich Marsh have proved relatively productive. Yesterday, despite the wind picking up mid morning, and very bright conditions (resulting in nets being more visible), Keith Vaughton and I caught 35 birds of 11 species. It was nice to catch … Read More
Yesterday I mentioned that a couple of crows had shown interest in the feed I had put out but would not go into the trapping area of the net. Well at 07.30pm this evening two crows wandered in and I … Read More
I had a play around with my new Whoosh Net this morning as well as a 20ft mist nest. A successful result for the Whoosh Net after tweaking the poles and release pins, catching 4 x Blackbird and 1 x … Read More
Cedwyn and I went to do CES 8 today helped by Ben and Hugh. CES 8 on the 20th July last year produced 8 birds of which 6 were juveniles. Today we caught 15 birds of which 13 were juveniles. … Read More
I have just returned from ringing with four friends after spending 3 nights camping on the uninhabited island of Eilean Nan Ron. The last people to live on the island were evacuated in December 1938 because life for the inhabitants … Read More
I was awake quite early this morning so I decided to put up my 20ft net. The Sparrows have had a good breeding season this year and the net was directly in their flight path to the feeders. Watching them … Read More
Today I joined members of the Pembrokeshire ringing group and the Teifi ringing group to ring Puffins on Skokholm island and Shag pulli on Midland island. We landed on Skokholm at about 12.15pm and were greeted by the Wardens Richard … Read More
Heather and I did CES 6 together today. CES1 to 5 have not been brilliant in terms of numbers but we have had some quality birds. Today was not an exception. 20 birds in total, 3 new and 1 retrap … Read More