Just a few nets were set in the valley in what proved to be breezier than expected conditions yesterday and while only a few birds were captured at least we’re now under way. Lesser Whitethroat provided a little bit of … Read More
A morning session on 9 September and an evening roost on 10th September. Both were completed in good, relatively still, conditions. The combined catch was as follows: Species New Re-trapped Total Sparrowhawk 0 1 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 0 1 … Read More
note wing moult The final session of the autumn at Llanrhidian (before transferring to Nitten) was a bit of a non-event with just 28 birds being trapped, the only real highlight being a Water Rail which flew into the top … Read More
A dull, overcast, windless but warm start to the day provided ideal conditions for catching birds. Unfortunately no-one told the birds to be in the marsh, and the overall result was similar to recent sessions in terms of numbers, albeit with local … Read More
A very bright and warm day. The wind picked up mid-morning, but had died off by the afternoon. As a result we were able to do both an early session in the scrub, reed bed and fen meadow, and to … Read More
Early mist over the marsh rapidly cleared, and from just after 07:00 the day was warm and sunny. The catch of 91 birds was made up as follows: Species New Re-trapped Total Tree Pipit 3 0 3 Wren 1 2 … Read More
A rather quiet morning with 34 birds trapped, Acro‘s represented by just 7 Reed and 4 Sedge. It seems likely the majority may have moved south during the recent persistent north-westerlies? A rather splendid Treecreeper was perhaps the highlight of … Read More
We managed to complete CES 12 having been rained off last Tuesday. The conditions were good and we had a total of 14 birds, slightly up on last year. Ten of the birds were juveniles including a Blackcap, 2 Chiff … Read More
A gentle westerly breeze, and a damp morning that rapidly became warm and sunny. Due to limited personnel, we only put up nets in two of our normal trapping areas; the reed bed and the ‘fen meadow.’ In total … Read More
Two more Green Sandpipers were netted in the first hour of light today before the rain arrived. juvenile (nice and fresh!) adult (in wing moult) Also an adult male Kingfisher [KF] ringed at Oxwich on the 9th of this month … Read More
This Green Sandpiper was the highlight of the 42 birds trapped on Sunday, bringing the totals for Llanrhidian over the last 4 weeks as follows: New Rec/Con Blackbird 4 1 Blackcap 17 Blue Tit 8 Bullfinch 1 … Read More
A bright sunny morning. Net rounds were excellent until the north-westerly wind picked up at about 09:30, after which it was very slow going. In addition to 520 feet of net in reedbed edge / young willow scrub (160 feet), reedbed … Read More