Souter Bird Observatory: First day back at Whitburn

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

My first day back at Whitburn was a rather slow afternoon with only two swallows and a single goldcrest and robin ringed.

The weather looks good going easterly for a day or so, fingers crossed for a some good birds this weekend.

Ringing Totals 2012

			Retraps/
	Full grown	Pulli	Recoveries	Total
Storm Petrel	2	0	1	3
Sparrowhawk	6	4	1	11
Kestrel	1	0	0	1
Woodcock	1	0	0	1
Woodpigeon	1	0	0	1
Cuckoo	1	0	0	1
Great Spotted Woodpecker	11	0	0	11
Swallow	3	0	0	3
Meadow Pipit	1	0	0	1
Wren	32	0	17	49
Dunnock	25	0	6	31
Robin	116	0	15	131
Redstart	7	0	0	7
Ring Ouzel	1	0	0	1
Blackbird	146	0	13	159
Fieldfare	3	0	0	3
Song Thrush	64	0	3	67
Redwing	69	0	1	70
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler	1	0	0	1
Sedge Warbler	3	0	0	3
Reed Warbler	1	0	1	2
Barred Warbler	1	0	0	1
Lesser Whitethroat	4	0	0	4
Whitethroat	14	0	3	17
Garden Warbler	10	0	1	11
Blackcap	39	2	5	46
Pallas's Warbler	1	0	0	1
Dusky Warbler	1	0	0	1
Chiffchaff	46	0	3	49
Willow Warbler	27	0	1	28
Goldcrest	127	0	2	129
Spotted Flycatcher	2	0	0	2
Red-breasted Flycatcher	1	0	0	1
Pied Flycatcher	3	0	0	3
Long-tailed Tit	53	0	0	53
Coal Tit	121	0	1	122
Blue Tit	137	0	5	142
Great Tit	102	0	7	109
Treecreeper	1	0	0	1
Carrion Crow	0	3	0	3
Starling	3	0	2	5
House Sparrow	2	1	0	3
Tree Sparrow	2	0	0	2
Chaffinch	45	0	3	48
Brambling	4	0	1	5
Greenfinch	35	0	0	35
Goldfinch	77	5	0	82
Siskin	4	0	0	4
Linnet	6	0	0	6
Common Redpoll	1	0	0	1
Lesser Redpoll	21	0	0	21
Bullfinch	2	0	0	2
Reed Bunting	1	0	0	1
Total:	1388	15	92	1495