25th July 2016
Staff: LAR, LST, AJA, KLE
Weather: Calm, Sunny morning, heavy rain in the evening
Projects: Standardised Ringing
The busiest day of the year ringing wise at Vallen this morning, with some 154 new birds ringed! These included the 3rd Scarlet Rosefinch of the season, a juvenile, 2 Red-Backed Shrikes and 26 Bearded Reedling, just showing how good of a breeding season these birds have had..
In the afternoon we dropped off assistant Anna at the train station, leaving just 3 of us an Ångfallet until Friday!
LAR and KLE attempted to catch a female GRW at Öby Madden however the nest had been predated and a thunderstorm started while we were in the middle of the lake…
Ringing Summary
Thrush Nightingale 1
Sedge Warbler 35
Marsh Warbler 3
European Reed Warbler 31
Garden Warbler 3
Willow Warbler 19
Bearded Reedling 26
Blue Tit 6
Red-backed Shrike 2
Goldfinch 2
Scarlet Rosefinch 1
Reed Bunting 25
KLE