A couple of fairly busy session at Oxwich, with almost 450 birds captured. The breakdown was as follows: Species Name Ringed Recapt Total Blackbird 5 2 7 Blackcap 9 9 Blue Tit 43 36 79 Bullfinch 2 2 Cetti’s Warbler … Read More
A poor forecast, so we decided against Oxwich and headed to High Pennard, a far more sheltered site. The weather was in fact far worse than had been predicted the night before, with periods of light rain and the odd … Read More
A relatively calm morning with occasional short-lived showers and variable cloud cover. We put up a total of 880 feet of net in a mixture of habitats including reed bed, fen meadow and scrub habitats. The catch was as follows: … Read More
A gentle south-easterly wind and open skies at Oxwich this Saturday. We had a relatively small team, and only put up limited nets. Ninety-three birds was therefore a good return. The catch broke down as follows: Species Name Ringed Recaptured … Read More
Settled weather for some time now, enabling the group to keep up to speed with our Constant Effort Site at WWT Penclacwydd, the long term Retrapping Adults for Survival Project on pied flycatcher at Cwm Clydach, and to continue to … Read More
A light northerly wind and open skies greeted us on 18 May. The weather remained good for the remainder of the morning, resulting in a steady session. We are in the period of the year when local breeding birds dominate … Read More
A quiet session at Oxwich. Eighty-six birds were processed, of which sixty were recaptures. The high proportion of recaptured birds is typical of the time of year. The breakdown was as follows: Species New Recapture Total Blackbird 3 3 Blackcap … Read More
On 6th May we ran a ringing session in a garden in Crynant. We had only eleven birds, however two were controls, that is birds first ringed elsewhere. A male Lesser Redpoll had been ringed in France and this was … Read More
Late March and early April can be relatively slow, particularly at Oxwich, where we see a high ratio of recaptured to newly ringed birds and a limited range of species recorded. We get some good data on survival, but few … Read More
It has been another rain and wind affected couple of weeks. During this time we have managed to get three sessions in, two of which have been significantly wind affected, while during the other we suffered from a general lack … Read More
A great piece of recent news was the securing of a Gower Society Grant for a fifth consecutive year. This will substantially cover our ringing costs at Oxwich over the next twelve months, and help us to maintain our levels … Read More
Due to the size of the ringing group we have been looking for another site that will give us a range of species that complements what we capture at Oxwich during winter and passage periods. The idea would be that … Read More