Heather Coats and I joined Chris Newberry at Kenfig hoping for more success on CES 11 than we had at WWT’s CES the previous Monday. The weather was set fair with the promise of sunshine later in the morning. Once … Read More
The last time we visited Crymlyn Bog was early spring. Since then we have been actively involved with our CES sites. Crymlyn Bog managed by CCW is the largest lowland Fen in Wales. The nature reserve is surrounded by an … Read More
A very light south-westerly wind and early cloud at Oxwich presented ideal conditions for ringing during the hour after dawn, but as the sun broke through catches per round steadily declined. The nets were taken down at 09:45. The total … Read More
Chris Newberry, Heather Coats and I once again met for a CES session at Kenfig. We supplemented our six 18 metre nets in the pool ride with thirty metres of mist nets in the scrub. The birds weren’t as obliging … Read More
In order to try and maximise our capture of reedbed warblers at Oxwich, Barry Stewart and I visited Oxwich this morning. Having arrived at around 05:30, we had five sixty-foot nets up by 06:15, allowing us an hour and a half of … Read More
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
Heather, Chris and I made the best of the good weather to undertake the ninth CES – Constant Effort Site – session of 2013 at the Kenfig National Nature Reserve. We decided to supplement the 108 metres of mist-netting in … Read More
Heather Coats and I joined forces for this morning’s CES session at the WWT Llanelli‘s ‘Millennium Wetlands’ site. We were hoping that the 2013 session would provide more than the four birds we amassed the previous year. Thankfully we surpassed … 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
Heather, Charlie, Chris, Aaron and I returned to Margam Country Park armed with a few extra nets and a bundle of home-grown bamboos courtesy of the Park’s Alison Lloyd. … 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