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Willow warblers : the invaders !
After a rainy night, I opened the nets under a sky of clouds. As I start the week being the only ringer, I decided to use only 10 nets, and it was more than enough !
Robins have left the site, but the bushes were full of common redstarts and pied flycatchers, there was movements last night ! And quickly, we realized that another wave of willow warblers had arrived at the ringing camp.
So, it was a new great morning : more than 200 captures, half willow warblers, 35 common redstarts, 22 pied flycatchers. I was definitely busy until noon.
At about nine o'clock, we were lucky to see a wryneck very well near the lab. Fourty five minutes later, it was trapped (was it the same ?) ! A captivating species, very appreciate by ringers and birdwatchers.
Others unordinary captures are a breeding female of goldcrest, a redwing, a reed bunting and the second wood warbler of the season.
Birds ringed today :
Vendehals - Wryneck : 1
Rødhals - Robins : 7
Rødstjert - Common Redstart : 35
Sangdrossel - Song Thrush : 2
Vindrossel - Redwing : 1
Gædersanger - Lesser Whitethroat: 13
Tornsanger - Common Whitethroat : 7
Munk - Blackcap : 2
Skovsanger - Wood Warbler : 1
Gransanger - Chiffchaff : 5
Løvsanger - Willow warbler : 108
Fuglekonge - Goldcrest : 1
Broget Fluesnapper - Pied Flycatcher: 22
Tornirisk - Linnet : 1
Gråsisken - Mealy Redpoll : 3
Lille Gråsisken - Lesser Redpoll : 2
Rørspurv - Reed Bunting : 1