Ringing Report 11- 12 September 2025
The weather was mostly dry but very breezy which made it more difficult to catch birds.
Migration is in full flow at present as can be seen by the number of Chiffchaffs that were caught. Some of the birds were local birds, represented by the re-traps and some that were in moult. Others were in their new feathers having completed their post juvenile moult, so the flimsy feathers they were fledged with have been replaced by more robust feathers. These will see them through the first migration cycle.
Blackcaps were similarly mostly migrants, but the Reed Warblers were still fledglings from this area, being re-traps. It was nice to find some Willow Warblers that were passing through.
While we were ringing we heard Cetti’s Warblers twice in different areas of the Nature Reserve and saw a Kite flying over.
Photos: Julian Limentani
Left, adult Willow Warbler: below, juvenile Blackcap
