10th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: sunny, no wind.
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
Today we had a quiet morning at Banvallen, with 45 birds caught. Yet again the highlights of the morning were two Red-backed Shrike juveniles, one retrap and one new. Summary of today’s catch below:
9th August 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: Sunny with a light breeze
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Ässön. Sadly we arrived to find one of the elevator poles supports had snapped since we were there yesterday! A steady morning of ringing with a nice variety of species, 3 Lesser Whitethroats were the highlights as the first of the standardised ringing season. Detailed list bellow:
8thAugust 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: sunny and windy quiet
Projects: Ringing, Cranes, maintenance
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Vallen. I am pleased to announce a record for this low season with a total of 83 birds. A noticeable increased in the captures of bearded tit today and the presence now the GRW in our number also helped. However, we still have breeding females with brood patch. Detailed list bellow:
7th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: The morning was sunny and nice weather during the rest of the day.
Projects: Ringing.
Ringing
Ringing took place at Banvallen. A calm morning and the number of captures was not too high. The summary of today’s catch is listed below:
6th August 2015
Staff: MMJ, APN, LDC, HHT
Weather: The morning was one of little wind, nice temperature and no clouds. Around noon a brief shower passed over but the sky fairly quickly cleared up again.
Projects: Ringing.
Ringing
5thAugust 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: Rainy in the early morning, sunny in the afternoon
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance
Standardised ringing
Rain in the early morning did not allow to ring today.
Maintenance
4th August 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: sunny and windy quiet
Projects: Ringing,
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Vallen. 22 nets were set up. That is two less than normal because one pole got broken while setting up nets. The weather was apparently perfect, sunny and warm with no wind, but surprisingly the number of captures was not too high; 43. However, we got the happy surprise of a foreign recapture of a very big Sedge warbler (Wing=72) who came to visit us from Italy. Detailed list bellow:
3rd August 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, , HHT
Weather: Cloudy and wet morning , getting finally sunny .Warm and sunny in the afternoon.
Projects: Ringing, Cranes, Ortolan bunting
Cranes project
86 cranes were counted at Husön at 10:00 after the standardised ringing.
Ortolan bunting
APN observed an unringed female and a juvenile Ortolan bunting at Söroslatten. Unfortunately, they did not fall into the nets. We hope to get them and colour ring them next day.
Standardised ringing
2nd August 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, HAN, Helena
Weather: Overcast morning with sunny spells, warm and sunny in the afternoon with an increasing wind.
Projects: Ringing, Maintenance.
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at Vallen, and was busier than it has been recently. A good number of Sedge Warblers, a male Red-backed Shrike and 3 Great Reed Warblers were the highlights caught. Full totals listed below:
1stAugust 2015
Staff: APN, MMJ, LDC, HAN
Weather: Misty in the early moning and getting finally sunny
Projects: Ringing
Standardised ringing
Ringing took place at BanVallen. High water level caused by the latest rains and a broken pole allowed us to only set up 12 nets. Not too busy morning, but we enjoyed the birds that we got, which included the Icterine warbler in the picture.