tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43394499253643596992024-03-21T03:51:47.874+00:00Craig BirdingCraig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-52379634237425047422014-06-27T23:39:00.000+01:002014-06-27T23:39:43.512+01:00Listen to the SedgiesFor a long time I've wanted to post about this, and now with a little time, I hope I can enthuse you all to really listen to songs and decipher what's really going on...<br />
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Sedge warbler are a pretty common bird in Northern Europe, often heard and seldom seen well these beautiful sub-Saharan migrants certainly have a song which packs a punch, but what makes their songs so interesting?<br />
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Whilst working at Kvismaren bird observatory in Sweden, I paid great attention to the sounds of all birds around me, I'm a firm believer that time in the field and first hand experience of sights and songs is the only real way to learn something, tapes and books can only get you so far, field craft and patience fill the gaps. Back to it then, often hearing more sounds than I could identify I put a great deal of time into splitting songs up, listening to different intros, tones, flow of songs the speed etc. I found this satisfying and was able to learn a great deal. One particular part of our work in the Spring was to paddle down the Kvismare canal recording all singing <i>Acrocephalus</i> and <i>Locustella </i>warblers, typically on the reserve you can record Reed, Great Reed, Sedge, Marsh, Grasshopper, Savi's and River Warbler. Paddling along the canal on these surveys I came to notice something that I have read about with Sedge warblers; they are very good at imitation. Not only this, but I realised that as we passed through differing habitats alongside the canal, the repertoires changed. As we passed through dense reed-bed, the sedgies sang their disjointed cacophony of reed dwelling species, bearded tit, reed warbler, chiffchaff, even coot were imitated by the sedgies, all mixed in to make an almost flowing song. As we approached the marshes the sedgies would imitate greenshank, spotted redshank, spotted crake and wagtails. As we passed the bridge where swallows nested this theme continued, and the sedge warblers often incorporated swallow calls and even song into their own song. It became apparent that these birds were listening to those around them and gaining knowledge of their songs.<br />
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A term often used by sound recordists is platification of song, this refers to the learning period in a birds life when the bird is still perfecting it's song, often practice singing half heartedly to master the difficult notes or clean up the song. This plastification period is normally undertaken up until the first breeding season. The males hoping to sing a great song and show their prowess in a competitive environment when males sing full, loud songs to show their strength and condition, often the best delivered song winning the females and gaining the chance to breed.<br />
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With sedgies then, the plastification period may be longer than your average bird, learning to imitate birds wherever they come into contact with them and learning the calls well. This in theory increases repertoires and becomes a fuller (more impressive song). I have come to write this blog after listening to a sedgie on my local patch. Marton mere in Blackpool is your average reed bed nature reserve, certainly nothing super special, no breeding bitterns or locked gates, no wardens overseeing a strict management plan, no buffer zones or properly restricted access, just your regular slightly out of town reserve. Whilst listening to this sedgie half-heartedly I began to hear some strange calls. Whimbrel and Spotted crake were heard as clear as day. Those seven whistles had me scanning the skies and the dripping tap had me thinking the early morning had got to me, then I realised, sedgie!<br />
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Although disappointed at the lack of scarcity for the patch, this provided more questions than answers, where had this sedgie learnt these calls and why was it bringing them up into song now if those species imitated are nowhere to be seen (or heard). It makes me wonder two things, firstly has this sedgie heard these birds elsewhere on migration and remembered them (to add them into a song later in life) - Increased repertoire = increased breeding success? or has this sedgie heard these birds hear, on the mere and decided to imitate them off the top of his head? either way it seems beneficial for him to sing others songs, otherwise, why would he bother?<br />
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Does this mean then that if you hear sedgies singing other species' songs that they have been in direct contact with that species, the answer is probably. I've not heard of any studies on heritability of song within sedge warblers and I can only imagine that due to their prolonged plastification period (if in fact it ever ends) they only inherit their typical chundering song as an innate trait and then build their own song through experience and learning off their neighbours.<br />
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I wanted to include a whole host of sedge warbler songs that I had recorded myself into this post, but unfortunately I only have one <a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/178218" target="_blank">http://www.xeno-canto.org/178218</a> (you'll need headphones for it I suspect). In this recording you should be able to decipher at least 3 distinct imitations; Yellow wag, Whitethroat and Swallow - interestingly all these species were present in the immediate area of where this recording was taken in Nottinghamshire.<br />
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So, my advice, rather than spend hours inside this summer moaning about how little can be seen at this time of year (unless you're cleaning up on passage waders or raptors), go out and listen to your local sedgies, try to pick apart their songs and see if there is anything interesting within the repertoires.<br />
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Personally I've heard sedgies imitate over 20 species. From Grey Heron, through Greenshanks and Bearded Tit to Spotted crake and Thrush Nightingale. They truly are immense at imitation and the more recordings gained from them, the more we will learn. Just leave your mobile voice recording and wander off, you may be surprised at the results.<br />
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Thanks for sticking with this, if you got this far. As always, apologies for the lack of postings.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-25449624318803140392014-05-07T23:07:00.000+01:002014-05-07T23:07:09.540+01:00Langford SpoonbillOn Sunday 4th May, me and Rob decided we'd have a proper look around RSPB's newest reserve - <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/langfordlowfields/" target="_blank">Langford Lowfields</a>; Rob has been volunteering at the site through the autumn and spring and I must say I do envy him, it's quite a site.<br />
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Lying just north of Newark-on-Trent and a little outside the village of Langford, the new rspb site is made up of a mosaic of habitats. Woodland, farmland, mature hedgerows, wet ditches, reed bed, open water, wet and dry grassland, scrub-land all this dissected by the picturesque Trent running alongside the reserve. Originally working gravel pits, major restoration work has gone on over the past 25 years and finally the end is in sight. The official opening for Langford is coming up, but public access is already available and I urge people to take a look at it. In just a few hours on Sunday morning we recorded 70 Species of bird. We also enjoyed fantastic views of Foxes and Hares.<br />
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Highlights of the morning were Common Tern, Cuckoo, Whimbrel, Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler and a surprise in the form of a Spoonbill that dropped in briefly onto phase one pit in front of the beach hut. The bird was in view for less than 5 minutes 06:35-06:40 before being flushed by a resident Coot. The bird flew onto another nearby pool before the resident mutes scared it once more. The Spoonbill was lost to view at around 06:45, though seemed to remain on site within a heavily reeded area.<br />
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With relatively poor light and the a flighty Spoonbill to deal with myself and Rob reeled off some record shots, Rob using a handheld camera and me phone-scoping without any adapters. The results surprisingly good and we are therefore able to age the bird properly.<br />
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Below are a couple of shots from myself and Rob of the Langford bird, followed by a brief look at aging second and third calendar year birds against adults. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Calendar year Spoonbill <i>- </i><span class="st"><i>Platalea leucorodia</i></span>. Photo: Rob Werran.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd Calendar year Spoonbill - <i><span class="st">Platalea leucorodia</span></i>. Photo: Craig Brookes.</td></tr>
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The below pictures were nabbed off the interweb and used here after I annotated them.<br />
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A look at second calendar years then. The pictures below show defining factors in which the age of these birds can be clinched. The first shot shows clearly the dark edging on the outer webs of all primary feathers with particularly noticeable dark wedges to P7, extending more on P8 and further to an almost entirely dark P9. Notice here that the birds outer primary coverts are also fringed dark, these markings are juvenile and will be lost in the birds second summer, therefore absent on third calendar years. Dark markings can also be seen tipping all of the secondary flight feathers here. In second cal's, head plumes are absent in most instances, though early brooded birds may show some signs of growth, a little tuft reminiscent of adults in winter may appear; though combining the head plumes with wing patterns, aging should be doable. <br />
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The yellow breast band of adults is absent in second calendar years'. This is moulted through in the second summer and continues developing during the third calendar year moult also; where the birds begin to develop their full breeding plumage. The tri-coloured throat patch is also absent in second years', becoming more conspicuous in the third calendar year as birds reach sexual maturity. Second year birds show little or no breast band and normally have a mucky appearance to the neck, the lores and head are clean white. The picture below shows the extent of dark on the under-wing, this can clearly be picked out in flight given good views.<br />
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Spoonbill second summer moult is rather variable, though some factors seem more or less consistent. This is the moult where all remaining juvenile features should be lost and the elaborate breeding plumage begins to appear. The most noticeable change here is the loss of conspicuous dark wedges on the outer wing (through P7-P9). Dark tips do remain though they can be very hard to detect. The breast band begins to appear in the autumn (after moult) for a second calendar year and so is a good indicator of age. The tri-coloured throat patch may also be evident here, though this varies betweens individuals. Secondaries at this stage (on the majority of birds) have lost their dark tips, giving an almost adult appearance. Head plumes should be evident, though not extensive as in breeding adults.</div>
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The transition is completed in the third calendar year during the autumn moult, dark tips to all flight feathers are lost, elaborate head plumes are acquired, a stunning creamy-yellow breast band appear and the throat patch gains magnificent colour. The bill's bi-colour appearance is finalised as clear yellow running straight into black. The eye at this stage is also blood red. See below.</div>
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To briefly conclude, the Spoonbill which flew through Langford on Sunday was a second calendar year bird. An extensive search of the site throughout the morning showed no sign of the Spoonbill and with a bird flying through Long Eaton at 8am or just after, it seems likely that this was our bird. It would be great to hear from the Long Eaton finders as to whether the age of their bird was noted. There was one further sighting of the Spoonbill at Langford on Sunday, in the afternoon, by one observer, I believe. A little odd given the amount of coverage at the site throughout the day. I must also give thanks to the unwitting photographers whose pictures have been grabbed off google and a source couldn't be found. Also, thanks to Rob Werran for his flight shot of the Langford bird, without this pic none of this would be possible.<br />
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-87217641831690529402014-05-02T00:58:00.002+01:002014-05-02T00:58:15.649+01:00Hotting up.First year at Uni is quickly coming to an end. It's been quite a few months. Meeting some lifelong friends along the way, this academic year has been an amazing journey. Learning so much and gathering invaluable skill sets throughout. <br />
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Coming to Uni was a big thing for me, I've seen Shaun (my older brother) through a degree and also a lot of friends back home and abroad have also studied. Coming out of the other end, everybody just seems that little bit more worldly. Things don't surprise then, they've seen it or they understand it. They may not have all enjoyed Uni, but it certainly molded them into different people. Me on the other hand, I'm here to enjoy it and take everything that I can from it. Jumping at opportunities and putting time and effort in around these parts seems to be paying off.<br />
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Me, Rob Werran and Nick Shimwell have been attempting to find as many species of flora and fauna on our campus as possible. We're motivated by the 1000 species in 1km challenge. We know we won't get anywhere near this, not only due to lack of time spent on campus, but also lack of knowledge when it comes to the creepy crawlies and plants. We're trying though, using various methods.<br />
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We've joined hedgehog trackers, torched and seen bottle trapping of newts, sweep netted for inverts, traced foxes, we're operating a moth trap when possible and we're always looking and listening for birds. The latest count of species is around 225 for the year, many of which are lifers for all of us. We've recorded 83 Species of bird. Highlights including Goosander, Red Kite, Raven, Golden Plover, Glossy Ibis and Kingfisher.<br />
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Below are some of the moth highlights thus far.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muslin moth, Brackenhurst campus 2014. Craig Brookes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swallow Prominent, Brackenhurst campus 2014. Craig Brookes</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Aside from the Brackenhurst 1000 in a 1km, birding has been decent elsewhere too. A visit home in early April produced Osprey on the Mere along with the Arctic Skuas past Rossall, Sherwood forest has been nice with Crossbills and Siskins everywhere. Grizedale was nice too with Raven, Crossbills, Marsh Tit and Willow warbs en masse.<br />
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This last weekend things were pretty good. With a blocking pressure to the south lifting migration seemed to flow a little better. Little gulls and waders were picked up elsewhere in Notts in the morning and after a brief shower around midday my mind was made up, it was time to go birding.<br />
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Hoveringham railway pits was the first port of call. Me and Rob left Nick revising and arrived at the pit, leaving the car I could hear Whitethroats everywhere, maybe a small fall was happening. We ambled along the pit scanning and counting the ducks as always. Yellow Wags called from the nearby fields (which reminded me more of Sweden than England, up North they're not that common). Scanning through the Black-head colony hoping for a Med gull or a little gull when I saw a Black tern bobbing in the background. Stunning birds as always and a scarce inland passage bird, it felt like justice after hours of lifeless birding and whacking of bushes. News was put out to local birders and all the patch guys got it, which was nice. We exchanged niceties with the patchers, discussed the sailing pits (where they had been all morning) and decided we'd have a quick look there before beating a hasty retreat to get some reading done, serious students us you know.<br />
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Arriving at the sailing pit common terns where displaying and I had a
very brief scan to try and pick out an Arctic which had been there
moments before, as is often the case with migration, the tern had left.
Probably following the Trent, as many birds do. A tiny white tern was
fighting the wind out there though, just as Pete (a patcher) was about
to leave, I got it in the bins. LITTLE TERN. Not a mega by any stretch
of the imagination, go to any breeding colony on a beach and you'll
surely have great views, but for a patcher, and I consider Hoveringham
my patch down in Notts, they really are a special bird. Below are a few
record shots of the Little tern and a Google maps image of Hoveringham
pits in relation to the coast (43 miles at it's closest point). <br />
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I can't wait to see what May has in store, other than end of year exams. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little tern (sterna albifrons), Hovering sailing pit 26th April 2014. Craig Brookes</td></tr>
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-68941675754443975612014-03-02T20:25:00.001+00:002014-03-02T20:25:29.553+00:00The futureGrowing up and birding a coastal town, Blackpool, meant that my bird watching was able to be very varied as a youngster. I found my feet birding around the Fylde, in local bird groups and often traveled on organised trips out to various locations. Networking naturally came as part of these events and I came to meet some fascinating people in my local area.<br />
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I was taken under the wing of my local ringing group in 2007. <a href="http://www.fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Seumus</a> and <a href="http://anotherbirdblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Phil </a>were my newly adopted family, enthralled by bird ringing and migration, my interest manifested. Birding became a really worthwhile part of my life, I began to take notes and I started to feel really confident with my personal reliable records. I started to bird a patch, Marton mere LNR and kept religious notes. My findings were interesting, thought provoking, fluctuations in numbers and species were always noted, even no data collected is good data. I was introduced to Birdtrack and thoroughly enjoyed recording the daily comings and goings in my garden, patch or wherever.<br />
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By 2010 I was a fully licensed C permit holder for the BTO allowing me to live capture, mark and release birds in the UK, by 2011 I had landed myself a job in Sweden heading up survey work and leading an international team of bird ringers at a site called <a href="http://www.kvismaren.org/" target="_blank">Kvismaren Fågelstation</a>. I also travelled and worked in <a href="http://www.falsterbofagelstation.se/index_e.html" target="_blank">Falsterbo</a> during the autumn of 2011 and finally ran ringing studies down in Southeast Denmark at <a href="http://gedserfuglestation.dk/" target="_blank">Gedser Fuglestation</a>. In 2012 I repeated the process and in 2013 I worked only at Gedser and only for 6 weeks (early autumn). My time out in Scandinavia was incredible, I was lucky enough to meet and work with some great people. I learnt so much about migration, behaviour, pressures on birds etc. My passion for birds has grown into an insatiable thirst for knowledge, everything we see can pose questions, results from bird ringing recoveries for example, answer one question, leave many others unanswered.<br />
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My passion for data collection is astonishing, clean data sets encourage me to gather more and more info, 'citizen science' seems the buzz word nowadays and I not only love to contribute to my own notes but data can also be important on a national or international scale, so join in, submit your sightings, enthrall and enjoy yourselves.<br />
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The reason for this post is not only to promote the ease of citizen science websites such as Birdtrack, but to inform that my blog will be changing slightly as I look to answer more questions or ask more questions regarding bird behaviour, migration, breeding stategies. I will also look into the fact that migration never stops, it only slows.<br />
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I would like to thank all the people that have played a huge role in making me into the birder and data cruncher that I am now, particularly the following few.<br />
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Seumus Eaves, Phil Slade, Ian Gardner, Kane Brides, Steve Christmas, Bo Nielsen, Magnus Persson, Martin Carlsson, Jan Sondell and last but not least Louis Hansen. Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-2175856030218755562014-02-27T07:50:00.001+00:002014-02-27T07:50:36.775+00:00A summary of 2013Last year saw some big changes in my life, new projects, ambitions,
friends, birds, jobs etc. After working away for 2 whole summers in
2011/12, I decided this year I would work the majority of the summer in
Blackpool, start a trial CES at my local nature Marton Mere and just
enjoy the British summer. The CES went quite well with nothing
unexpected other than a Cannabis farm to show for the long hours of bush
whacking. Fewer birds than expected were caught due to poor weather
presumably not aiding the breeding season whatsoever.<br />
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Below is a table of what the CES sessions yielded.<br />
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mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-priority:39;
mso-style-unhide:no;
border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;
mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;
mso-para-margin:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: -7.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Species</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">April</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">May</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">June</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">July</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Total</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Great Spotted Woodpecker</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Wren</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">4</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">7</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Dunnock</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">4</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">7</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Robin</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Blackbird</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">4</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">8</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Cetti's Warbler</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Sedge Warbler</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">12</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">5</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">20</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Reed
Warbler</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">11</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">10</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">6</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">27</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Lesser
Whitethroat</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Whitethroat</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Blackcap</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">5</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">8</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Chiffchaff</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">8</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Long-tailed
Tit</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">5</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">3</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">8</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Blue
Tit</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">2</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Great
Tit</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.15pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.85pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.95pt;" valign="top" width="208">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Chaffinch</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 51.05pt;" width="68">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.75pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">0</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 53.8pt;" width="72">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">1</span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Greenfinch</span></b></div>
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Worryingly small numbers of common birds were caught during the season and maybe that can be placed down to the net placings or a bad breeding season? Or is the site struggling under lack of management and over disturbance? At this stage we can only guess, but future observations will certainly help in pulling together a better picture of the sites diversity and I am looking forwards to carry on working the site. <br />
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Fylde Ringing group efforts for the year were great considering the amount of hindrance from the weather and wind. The group ringed 3245 individuals of 62 Species. Noteworthy amongst them were Shelduck (<span class="st"><em>Tadorna tadorna</em>)</span> (Ian chasing one into a wetland I believe.) 761 Swallow (<i>Hirundo rustica</i>) (Mainly taken at roost, though with increased man power we believe this number could have improved.) 100 Sedgies (<span class="st"><em>Acrocephalus schoenobaenus</em></span>), 108 Reed Warbler (<i>Acrocephalus <i>scirpaceus</i>)</i>, 132 Willow Warbler (<span class="st"><em>Phylloscopus trochilus)</em></span> *. 56 Brambling (<span class="st"><em>Fringilla montifringilla</em></span>) due to a huge effort by <a href="http://www.anotherbirdblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/more-orange-things.html" target="_blank">Phil Slade</a> at the farm during a bumper Autumn/winter for the Northern finches. 79 Redpoll (<i><span class="st">Carduelis flammea</span></i>) and 33 Siskin (<i>Carduelis spinus</i>)were also captured during the year but the undoubted species of the year comes in the form of a Little Bunting (<i>Emberiza pusilla</i>). The Turnstone (<i>Arenaria interpres</i>) project was carried on and colour-rings began to be re-sighted, thus far they seem to be all from the Fylde coast during the winter, but I expect some Inuit post box somewhere is full of sightings waiting to be delivered.<br />
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The autumn after Gedser was a no go for me as I started Nottingham Trent University in October (Studying Wildlife Conservation Bsc) and my thoughts mainly involved beer and accruing debt. 5 Months on and I am loving it, the course is increasing in pace and beginning to flow really nicely. With the spring and exam period just around the corner it's time to bird really hard and revise just enough, my parents might argue the toss, but hey-ho. <br />
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2013 was good to me on a whole. 2014 is shaping up to be a decent year too, all that needs to happen now is for a Summer job to fall into place. In the mean time, I'll keep me fingers crossed and me bins on. <br />
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* 132 Willow warblers is a fantastic total given the lack of breeding evident in the Northwest. <a href="http://www.fleetwoodbirdobs.blogspot.co.uk/2013_04_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Fleetwood Bird Obs</a> recorded a great spring passage during April.<br />
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My bird of the year, caught at <a href="http://www.gedserfuglestation.blogspot.dk/" target="_blank">Gedser fuglestation</a> in September 2013, during a mega migration week which I was able to share with great friends and birders. Louis and Gert. The below, Red-breasted Flycatcher (<i>Ficedula parva</i>). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-breasted Flycatcher (<span class="st"><em>Ficedula parva) - </em>Adult Female. Photo: Craig Brookes</span></td></tr>
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Thanks for reading, I'll hope to update my blog fortnightly if not more often, please check back.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-3808709139147994532013-08-30T07:10:00.000+01:002013-08-30T07:10:29.928+01:00Back in Gedser2013 has been a relatively slow year, ringing wise. I've ringed little of interest and therefore haven't updated the blog. Now however, I'm back in Gedser, Denmark; where I have now work for a few weeks. I'll return home shortly and attend University (Nottingham Trent) in late September.<br />
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So Gedser, I arrived 31st July to a very hot, humid and green Gedser, it was a shock to the system having spent two autumns down here, often in sub zero conditions. The birds are obviously much different too. Autumn migration has been evident throughout my stay and continues to gather pace as millions of birds are funneled through the South of Scandinavia on their way to wintering quarters. Daily highlights in the beginning were 1000+ Crossbills, Swift and smaller number of terns moving. The focus has shifted now as Crossbills fall away and the Swifts have migrated, trickles of hirundines pass through daily with increasing numbers of waders and raptors beginning their autumnal passage. Warblers were evident on the ground throughout early August and after a few weeks of wrong winds,the floodgates opened for Marsh, Reed, Willow and Garden Warblers to pour South. Along with the 'common migrants' so far this season, we have recorded some nice scarcities.<br />
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Long-tailed Skua's, White-winged Tern (amongst the countless Black Terns), Ortolan Bunting, Spotted Crake, Montagu's and Hen Harrier, Merlin, Honey Buzzard and Osprey. Two-barred Crossbill and Red-throated Pipit have also been seen along the peninsular.<br />
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We've ringed a couple of thousand birds throughout August. Mainly warblers, Reed, Marsh,Willow,Wood, Garden and Icterine. Also Blackcap, White and Lesser Whitethroat also help make the bulk.<br />
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Ringing highlights have been few and far between this year, but Short-toed Treecreeper, Black Redstart, Wood Warbler, Rosefinch, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Firecrest and Thrush Nightingale along with the countless Marsh Warbler and Iccy's would all be great birds to catch back home. <br />
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I'll try to update my blog more often as I catch myself coming backwards with things to do after starting Uni, until then, here are some photos of the 'goodies' - don't worry, no Bill Oddie shots here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-breasted Flycatcher (<i>Ficedula parva</i>) 2CY+ female</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short-toed Treecreeper (<span class="st"><i>Certhia brachydactyla</i>) 1st CY.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wryneck (<i>Jynx torquilla)</i> 1st CY.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosefinch (<span class="st"><i>Carpodacus erythrinus</i>) 1st CY</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">River Warbler (<i><span class="st">Locustella fluviatilis</span></i><span class="st">)</span></td></tr>
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-53441313032848956212012-12-31T20:09:00.001+00:002012-12-31T20:09:28.785+00:00A fantastic year. <br />
As 2012 comes to a close, I look back on what has been an absolutely mega year for me; birding and bird ringing. I began to keep more detailed field notes and have recorded new behaviours in birds. Seen and ringed new birds including a couple of great "self finds" - Lesser Spotted Eagle in Sweden being the highlight.<br />
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A seven month trip to Scandinavia was awesome and along with a few friends we ringed over 11'000 birds of more than 110 Species and processed many more. Whilst back in the UK the weather hasn't been great but still we've managed to get a few birds ringed. The official Fylde Ringing group totals aren't about as yet and I can only take minimal credit for my input to the totals. However the effort by <a href="http://fleetwoodbirdobs.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Ian</a> and <a href="http://anotherbirdblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Phil</a> in particular has been great and between them they ring on an almost daily basis.<br />
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We
have started a new project leg flagging Turnstones at a winter feeding
station and so far around 30 birds have been marked, though we expect
this number to double or maybe treble by the spring migration period.
These Turnstones are marked with a green colour ring below the knee on
the right leg (Tibia) and a Black flag with White encryption of the left
leg; above knee (Tarsus). Any sightings of these birds would be greatly
appreciated and a full history of sightings/re-sightings will be sent
back in return for any information. If you happen to see any flagged
Turnstones please inform us Via nwturnstones"@"gmail.com<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leg Flagged (Ruddy) Turnstone - <i>Arenaria interpres</i> Photo: Ian Gardener.</td></tr>
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We have also joined forces with <a href="http://www.manxringer.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kev</a> and <a href="http://training-to-ring-birds.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sean</a> on the Isle of man and hope we catch catch and colour ring a few more large Gulls as the winter draws on! These birds will be fitted with Black colour rings with Yellow encryption. Any sightings of these birds would be greatly appreciated too and as before a full history will be supplied on submission of a sighting. <br />
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It's been a pretty hectic year really. Some fantastic birds caught, some amazing places visited and spending it all with some amazing friends to make some great memories! 2012 has been a tremendous year and hopefully 2013 will be another great one; though with no continental visits planned and probably another wet summer in the UK our work is most definitely, cut out!<br />
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Below are the combined totals of <a href="http://www.kvismaren.org/" target="_blank">Kvismaren (Sweden)</a> and <a href="http://www.gedserfuglestation.dk/" target="_blank">Gedser (Denmark)</a><br />
Kvismaren totals represent all the birds ringed where as Denmark is just personal totals.<br />
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<b>Kvismaren / Gedser</b><br />
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<b>Greylag Goose 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Barnacle Goose 0 / 1</b><br />
<b>Teal 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Sparrowhawk 1 / 39</b><br />
<b>Kestrel 8 / 1</b><br />
<b>L Ringed Plover 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Ringed Plover 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>Lapwing 8 / 0</b><br />
<b>Knot 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Curlew Sand 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Dunlin 3 / 0</b><br />
<b>Ruff 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>Snipe 5 / 0</b><br />
<b>Wood Sand 20 / 0</b><br />
<b>Common Sand 6 / 0</b><br />
<b>Woodcock 0 / 1 </b><br />
<b>Black-head Gull 35 / 0</b><br />
<b>Herring Gull 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Common Tern 13 / 0</b><br />
<b>Black Tern 10 / 0</b><br />
<b>Wood Pigeon 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Long-eared Owl 3 /2</b><br />
<b>Tengmalm's Owl 0 / 6</b><br />
<b>Swift 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>Sand Martin 57 / 0</b><br />
<b>Swallow 912 / 0</b><br />
<b>House Martin 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Tree Pipit 61 / 0</b><br />
<b>Yellow Wag 6 / 0</b><br />
<b>Grey Wag 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>White Wag 78 / 0</b><br />
<b>Waxwing 0 / 14</b><br />
<b>Wren 27 / 113</b><br />
<b>Dunnock 14 / 104</b><br />
<b>Robin 250 / 318</b><br />
<b>Thrush Nightingale 56 / 0</b><br />
<b>Bluethroat 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Black Redstart 0 / 1</b><br />
<b>Redstart 5 / 11</b><br />
<b>Whinchat 7 / 0</b><br />
<b>Wheatear 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>Ring Ouzel 0 / 1</b><br />
<b>Blackbird 36 / 52</b><br />
<b>Fieldfare 23 / 7</b><br />
<b>Song Thrush 18 / 68</b><br />
<b>Redwing 3 / 21</b><br />
<b>Grasshopper Warbler 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>River Warbler 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Savi's Warbler 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Sedge Warbler 259 / 0</b><br />
<b>Marsh Warbler 19 / 0</b><br />
<b>Reed Warbler 818 / 1</b><br />
<b>Great Reed Warbler 149 / 0</b><br />
<b>Icterine Warbler 7 / 0</b><br />
<b>Barred Warbler 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Lesser Whitethroat 12 / 0</b><br />
<b>Whitethroat 36 / 1</b><br />
<b>Garden Warbler 106 / 0</b><br />
<b>Blackcap 104 / 19</b><br />
<b>Wood Warbler 2 / 0</b><br />
<b>Chiffchaff 15 / 206</b><br />
<b>Willow Warbler 607 / 1</b><br />
<b>Goldcrest 322 / 463</b><br />
<b>Firecrest 0 / 2</b><br />
<b>Spot Fly 29 / 0</b><br />
<b>Pied Fly 119 / 0</b><br />
<b>Bearded Tit 52 / 0</b><br />
<b>Long-Tailed Tit 25 / 12</b><br />
<b>Coal Tit 95 / 13</b><br />
<b>Blue Tit 590 / 1342</b><br />
<b>Great Tit 362 / 166</b><br />
<b>Nuthatch 30 / 0</b><br />
<b>Treecreeper 8 / 0</b><br />
<b>Penduline Tit 17 / 0</b><br />
<b>Red-backed Shrike 5 / 0</b><br />
<b>Great-grey Shrike 0 / 1</b><br />
<b>Magpie 4 / 0</b><br />
<b>Jay 0 / 4</b><br />
<b>Jackdaw 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Starling 269 / 0</b><br />
<b>Tree Sparrow 60 / 12</b><br />
<b>Chaffinch 135 / 83</b><br />
<b>Brambling 22 /10</b><br />
<b>Greenfinch 41 / 7</b><br />
<b>Goldfinch 4 / 4</b><br />
<b>Siskin 20 / 8</b><br />
<b>Redpoll 0 / 4</b><br />
<b>Linnet 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Bullfinch 0 / 12</b><br />
<b>Rosefinch 1 / 0</b><br />
<b>Yellowhammer 25 / 0</b><br />
<b>Ortolan Bunting 11 / 0</b><br />
<b>Reed Bunting 281 / 16</b><br />
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<b> Totals 6397 / 3147 </b><br />
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The UK totals will shortly be available on <a href="http://www.fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Seumus' Blog</a> no doubt. Though as previously stated the guys in the ringing group must take the lion share of the credit, their perseverance through the atrocious weather has most certainly paid off. <br />
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Below are some of the highlights of 2012 for me!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-eared Owls adults. (Male left, Female right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Tern, Fledgling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Redstart 1cy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curlew Sandpiper 2cy +</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m4TFChJ5XCHPI5HHnE0AtAKY_bt6WzZ6dG2LqE24OZVNJpbM3wstUOqmTnL3-DmwXJ7xVeInkz8z27sgbTp6ti8KTv-i6PWK-UAeaxnzdaWiNNJNau-NnlGycZr8RRyaoOOnlYWw-YU/s1600/Denmark+2012+137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_m4TFChJ5XCHPI5HHnE0AtAKY_bt6WzZ6dG2LqE24OZVNJpbM3wstUOqmTnL3-DmwXJ7xVeInkz8z27sgbTp6ti8KTv-i6PWK-UAeaxnzdaWiNNJNau-NnlGycZr8RRyaoOOnlYWw-YU/s320/Denmark+2012+137.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mug shot and Barnacle Goose </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdzGKXJyg9kpa40fmkAEzyonCKNPoQkU7np7H9bp0u_iKZWSY3pN7WPo6v9Q8eDAbeSM3PgPEkd4uCCm9dbSuWXoSqQgxMprkohqFYE2J-33rsivbpAi3juJUBMX09GrxhJY7YGt8TSw/s1600/Ort+Bunt+1cy+after+post+juv+moult.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdzGKXJyg9kpa40fmkAEzyonCKNPoQkU7np7H9bp0u_iKZWSY3pN7WPo6v9Q8eDAbeSM3PgPEkd4uCCm9dbSuWXoSqQgxMprkohqFYE2J-33rsivbpAi3juJUBMX09GrxhJY7YGt8TSw/s320/Ort+Bunt+1cy+after+post+juv+moult.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ortolan Bunting 1cy (photo Zac Hinchcliffe)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink-footed Goose 2cy+</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk 1cy Male</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tengmalm's Owl </td></tr>
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Thanks to you all for reading throughout 2012 and I hope you all have a fantastic, bird filled 2013. All the best.<br />
<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-69757929012933999362012-11-25T21:58:00.000+00:002012-11-25T21:58:55.577+00:00Returning home and recent recoveries.This week I returned home from my 7 Month long Scandinavian adventure! In short, it was awesome. Handling well over 10'000 birds of more than 100 species is pretty special!<br />
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The last week at Gedser was hit and miss, not so many birds ringed but we did get some quality ones. The highlight being another dose of Waxwings, a Black Redstart and on the last night 2 Long-eared Owls. We also caught an "Eastern type" Chiffchaff; in my book a pale Abietinus. Not brown enough for fulvescens/tristis.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Eastern type" Chiffchaff - pale <i>abietinus?</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Redstart 1cy - <i><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=664&q=%22black+redstart%22+%22scientific+name%22+%22phoenicurus+ochruros%22&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDAz8HsxKnfq6-gWFSblKlA2MH6ysfFq_px4QcZ2vpr1HKnLiHYQsAN-t4qSwAAAA">Phoenicurus ochruros</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-eared Owls (Male and Female) - <i>Asio otus</i></td></tr>
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Returning home late Monday night it was a lot of seeing the family and catching up to be done. Tuesday however I was out with my bins and managed to locate an old friend, JHZ2. I also managed to grab and ring 2 juvenile Herring Gulls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herring Gull 1cy - <span class="st"><em>Larus</em> argentatus <em>argenteus</em></span></td></tr>
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JHZ2 was originally marked in Breiavatnat, Stavanger in Norway 25th March 2011, he stayed there until the end of March before disappearing. He was next seen on a local saline lake near to me; Fairhaven lake 12th November 2011 (792 Km from original ringing site) where he was seen on and off until 22nd Feb 2012. He returned to his original marking place by 28th March where he presumably stayed to breed nearby and was seen until Late June. I recorded him for the first time back at Fairhaven Lake 20th November 2012. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-headed Gull "JHZ2" - <i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus</i></td></tr>
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The above photo was taken last February, just before he returned to Norway; hence the moulting into breeding plumage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of Black-headed Gull JHZ2's Movements</td></tr>
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I also received a batch of Blue Tit recoveries from Gedser where I had controlled some Swedish ringed birds back in October. It turns out all 7 of them were from Falsterbo and had each travelled 106Km in times ranging between 12 and 24 days; mean being 17.14 days. All were 1st year birds and 6 of the 7 were sexed as females, (might sound obvious, but )the last was sexed as a male; sometimes birds are left unsexed. These birds were sexed based on plumage and measurements combined and if there was any uncertainty I would have left them unsexed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Tit movements between Falsterbo, Sweden and Gedser bird obs, Denmark.</td></tr>
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All of these Blue Tit were recovered on October 19th or before and this correlates nicely with the peak passage of Blue Tits over Falsterbo October 2nd, if the birds were on average to take 17 days. Interestingly not all of these birds moved at the same speed as of the three birds ringed on 25th September at Falsterbo, two birds were the fastest recoveries; 12 and 13 days and the last was the slowest (24 days).<br />
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As you can see above, it's really easy to get out and read rings on some birds. If you do happen to notice any birds with rings on whilst out and about please report them to <a href="http://www.ring.ac/">www.ring.ac</a> and remember to always check any dead birds for rings. <br />
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Chiffchaff picture - Troels Eske Ortvad Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-54245637566864015032012-11-15T22:15:00.001+00:002012-11-15T22:16:11.240+00:00Standardised ends.Having been at Gedser for a little over 6 weeks now, the autumn standardised ringing season has just finished! The autumn season ran from 20th until today and over 11,500 birds were ringed in this time. I was only here for the last 6 weeks however. We have managed to ring just under 5000 since October 1st. Some niceties have also been caught, Firecrests, Waxwings and a Woodcock. Long-eared and Tengmalm's Owls and many Sparrowhawks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tengmalm's Owl - <i><span class="st">Aegolius funereus 2cy</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-eared Owl - <i>Asio otus</i> female</td></tr>
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The finer points of a Woodcock 1cy, <i>scolopax rusticola </i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus 1cy male (light rufous type)</td></tr>
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The birding has been great at times with very heavy migration; over 50'000 birds moving on some days! This week the birding has been fairly quiet though. Long-tailed Ducks, Common and Velvet Scoters, increasing numbers of Red-throated Divers (Ca80 this week) and an occasional Black-Throated too.<br />
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Waxwings and Goldfinches seem to be the dominant passerine migrants at the minute with a few hundred of each moving this week, supported by a few dozen Yellowhammer and Reed Bunts! Another (late) Serin has been hanging around but returned again after a second migration attempt. <br />
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I received news this week of a Sparrowhawk ringed back in October which had flown 270Km in 5 days before slamming into a window in Hannover, Germany. (See map below)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sparrowhawk Movement, 270km in 5days; hit window.</td></tr>
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We are trying to catch some more owls tonight, though the weather isn't on our side it seems. Check back soon to see how it's been.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-8568216442025100962012-11-11T10:05:00.000+00:002012-11-11T10:05:01.477+00:00A fantastic weekThe weather picked up a bit this week and made for some nice days birding and ringing. Migration seemed to pick up mid week and saw decent numbers of Waxwings arriving too. We ringed somewhere near a hundred birds though I won't mention full totals. Highlights included 2 Firecrests and 3 Waxwings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing 2cy+ female -<i> Bombycilla garrulus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firecrest - <i>Regulus ignicapillus</i> - 1cy Male</td></tr>
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We also caught OK numbers of Thrushes, some Blackbirds, Redwings and Fieldfares; few Redwings.<br />
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<u><b>Migrants this week </b></u><br />
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Whooper Swan - 5<br />
Mute Swan - 3<br />
Rough-legged Buzzard - 3<br />
Red Kite - 2<br />
Buzzard - 10<br />
Sparrowhawk - 9<br />
Merlin - 1<br />
Peregrine - 1<br />
Kestrel - 1<br />
Rook - 49<br />
Long-tailed duck - 46<br />
Velvet Scoter - 6<br />
Common Scoter - 82<br />
Eider - 1800+<br />
Red-throated Diver - 40<br />
Black-Throated Diver - 1<br />
Scaup - 12<br />
Little Gull -5<br />
Waxwing - 1320<br />
Fieldfare - 840<br />
Starling - 55<br />
Redwing - 350<br />
Goldfinch - 00's<br />
Chaffinch/Brambling - 00's<br />
Greenfinch - 00's<br />
Siskin - 00's<br />
Redpoll - 200+<br />
Linnet - 25 <br />
Twite - 80 <br />
Bullfinch - 40<br />
Yellowhammer - 75<br />
Reed Bunting - 13<br />
Snow Bunting - 6<br />
Woodlark - 5<br />
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Again, migrant numbers are minimums as I can't watch all day, everyday!<br />
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<u><b>Recent recoveries</b></u><br />
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I also received news of some recoveries of recently ringed birds. A Song Thrush I ringed in October was found freshly dead having been killed by a cat; though it did travel 511km in 154days before hand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Song Thrush movement, 511km in 15 days</td></tr>
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Another, 'better' recovery was the finding of a Blue Tit ringed October 3rd which traveled 548km in 19days and was caught and released by a ringer in the Netherlands. This recovery was actually the furthest Southerly recovery of a Danish ringed Blue Tit, ever. (See map below.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Tit movement, 548km in 19days.</td></tr>
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<br />I also have some findings of birds controlled here to report so maybe over the next few weeks we will find out some more interesting data. In fact I caught 5 Long-tailed Tits from Sweden with consecutive ring numbers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-tailed Tits (3 types) - Heather McGinty</td></tr>
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The picture above shows 3 types of Long-tailed tit. The left 2 and the far right are the northern <span class="st">Aegithalos C. </span>Caudatus. The 3rd from left and 2 inside right birds are of europeus ssp. The central bird is somewhere inbetween. Apologies for the mixing up, but if you kept up you did well. Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-34245702926394939232012-11-04T19:13:00.001+00:002012-11-04T22:47:07.908+00:00Migration ebbsApologies for no recent posts. I now plan on posting at least weekly with updates.<br />
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Weather here in Gedser has been quite poor recently. I've only managed to ring around 25 birds in a week due to high winds or rain and so I have tried to watch visible migration when I have had time. It's getting to the time of season when the finch migration is drying out, most finches have passed South earlier in the season where they will stay for the winter in warmer climes. Still though, late birds trickle through daily. Raptors are also fizzling down to zero apart from a few Rough-legged Buzzards which I expect to keep passing for a week or two. Ducks are arriving in the Baltic for the winter and I plan on talking a little more about this later.<br />
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A brief summary of this weeks migration highlights. Combined totals of birds migrating this week, in no particular order are.<br />
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Eider 400 <br />
Fieldfare 1200<br />
Purple Sandpiper 1<br />
Parrot Crossbill 18<br />
Crossbill 4<br />
Serin 1<br />
Red-throated diver 26<br />
Black-throated Diver 5<br />
Common Scoter 184<br />
Velvet Scoter 3<br />
Waxwing 22<br />
Scaup 3<br />
Little Gull 8<br />
Peregrine 1<br />
Red kite 14<br />
Sparrowhawk 8<br />
Buzzard 8<br />
Snow Bunting 2 (Resting)<br />
Chaffinch/Brambling 450<br />
Greenfinch 600<br />
Siskin 800<br />
Redpoll 450<br />
Tundra Bean Geese 5<br />
Grey Wagtail 2<br />
Twite 70 (Wintering flock)<br />
Raven 4 (Roaming)<br />
Long-tailed Duck 26<br />
Golden Plover 95 (Resting)<br />
Lapwing 3<br />
Reed Bunting 7<br />
Yellowhammer 25<br />
Bullfinch 30<br />
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Below is a quick, unedited video of 2 Resting Snow Buntings on the beach; by me. <br />
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I didn't count migration, all day everyday so these counts are in no way accurate, but we can say that these are bare minimums of each species. <br />
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I have really enjoyed my Sea-watching time here, stonking views of Long-tailed Ducks, Scaup and the Scoters aren't common on the West coast of the Britain. Preben the migration counter here at Gedser has been very disappointed with the duck migration so far this winter, he says usually you would see some thousands of each species passing the point daily at this time of year as they flock for the winter. Common Scoter, Eider and Long-tailed ducks form the largest flocks here and can be quite a sight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixed sexed flock of Long-tailed Ducks migrating - Photo Arne Ader</td></tr>
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An estimated 1.4 Million long-tailed ducks are said to winter in the Baltic (2009) though this number is down by 65% on the previous estimate in 1992/3 when there were approximately 4, 272,000 Individuals in the winter. So these fascinating ducks are in decline.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Scoter females in flight - Photo Joe Pender</td></tr>
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Common Scoters also use the Baltic as an important wintering area, the European population is said to be 130'000 birds of which the majority winter in the Baltic. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Eiders resting - Photo Scott Leslie</td></tr>
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Finally Eiders, declined from C. 800,000 to C. 370,000 birds in Danish waters between 1990 and 2000 according to a paper by the WWT. Another source suggests that the population has increased since 2000 to approximately "500,000 bird by the winter of 2009" Christensen & Bregnballe (2011) <br />
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It is unfortunate then, that all of these charismatic species are in decline. It is, however a pleasure to be able watch these fascinating birds on a day to day basis as they pose no real identification problems in the field and are a joy to watch. <br />
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Hopefully the weather this week will pick up a bit and there will be some more ringing. Maybe some more Owls at the end of next week, I'll wait and see.<br />
<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-378757233378415862012-10-31T16:47:00.004+00:002012-10-31T16:48:52.079+00:00October endThis month has been pretty mental for numbers of birds ringed almost all over Scandinavia, Gedser has been no exception. We've ringed over 4500 birds as follows.<br />
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Barnacle Goose 1,<br />
Sparrowhawk 58,<br />
Kestrel 1,<br />
Woodcock 1,<br />
Long-eared Owl 4,<br />
Tengmalm's Owl 11,<br />
Waxwing 1,<br />
Wren 132,<br />
Dunnock 126,<br />
Robin 377,<br />
Redstart 16,<br />
Ring Ouzel 1,<br />
Blackbird 78,<br />
Fieldfare 8,<br />
Song Thrush 86,<br />
Redwing 25,<br />
Reed Warbler 1,<br />
Whitethroat 1,<br />
Blackcap 23,<br />
Chiffchaff 266,<br />
Willow Warbler 3,<br />
Goldcrest 569,<br />
Firecrest 1,<br />
Long-tailed tit 29,<br />
Coal Tit 17,<br />
Blue tit 2179,<br />
Great Tit 247,<br />
Treecreeper 1,<br />
Great Grey Shrike 1,<br />
Jay 6,<br />
House Sparrow 4,<br />
Tree Sparrow 35,<br />
Chaffinch 91,<br />
Brambling 15,<br />
Greenfinch 46,<br />
Goldfinch 15,<br />
Siskin 20,<br />
Redpoll 8,<br />
Bullfinch 15,<br />
Reed Bunting 18<br />
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Total 4538.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Grey Shrike - <i>Lanius excubitor</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tengmalm's Owl - <span class="st"> <i>Aegolius funereus</i></span></td></tr>
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As well as all the new birds we have also been busy catching
previously ringed birds. Bird from Sweden, Norway and Russia were caught
this month. Blue, Great and Long-tailed tits, Chiffchaff and a
Tengmalm's Owl from Sweden (see attached map), a Blue Tit from Norway
and a Great Tit from Russia! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tengmalm's Owl movement</td></tr>
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Above is a picture of the Tengmalm's owl movement. Just over 100km from where is was ringed Falsterbo 11th October, to Gedser in 16 days! <br />
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<span id="goog_1147657910"></span><span id="goog_1147657911"></span>Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-53225628252167537112012-10-10T08:35:00.002+01:002012-10-10T10:10:19.099+01:00Mad monthsApologies for not posting since July end. To be honest the last 2 and a half months have been mental. Here I'll summarize Kvismaren (with totals and a few pics) and try to bring you up to date with mine and the girlfriends new adventures in Denmark at Gedser Bird observatory.<br />
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So, we left Kvismaren and closed down the station on October 1st after I had spent 5 and a half months living there this year and the same the year before. We finished our ringing efforts on the 30th September after around 90 days of ringing (subtracting the raining offs). Totals below.<br />
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Greylag Goose 1<br />
Teal 2<br />
Sparrowhawk 1<br />
Kestrel 8<br />
Little Ringed Plover 1<br />
Ringed Plover 4<br />
Lapwing 8<br />
Knot 1<br />
Curlew Sandpiper 1<br />
Dunlin 3<br />
Ruff 4<br />
Snipe 5<br />
Wood Sandpiper 20<br />
Common Sandpiper 6<br />
Black-headed Gull 35<br />
Herring Gull 1<br />
Common Tern 13<br />
Black Tern 10<br />
Wood Pigeon 1<br />
Long-Eared Owl 3<br />
Swift 1<br />
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2<br />
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 4<br />
Sand Martin 57<br />
Swallow 912<br />
House Martin2<br />
Tree Pipit 61<br />
Yellow Wagtail 6<br />
Grey Wagtail 1<br />
White Wagtail 78<br />
Wren 27<br />
Dunnock 14<br />
Robin 250<br />
Thrush Nightingale 56<br />
Blue Throat 2 <br />
Redstart 5<br />
Whinchat 7<br />
Wheatear 4<br />
Blackbird 36<br />
Fieldfare 23<br />
Song Thrush 18<br />
Redwing 3<br />
Grasshopper Warbler 4<br />
River Warbler 2<br />
Savi's Warbler 1<br />
Sedge Warbler 259<br />
Marsh Warbler 19<br />
Reed Warbler 818<br />
Great Reed Warbler 149<br />
Icterine Warbler 7<br />
Barred Warbler 1<br />
Lesser Whitethroat 12<br />
Whitethroat 36<br />
Garden Warbler 104<br />
Blackcap 101<br />
Wood Warbler 2<br />
Chiffchaff 15<br />
Willow Warbler 607<br />
Goldcrest 322<br />
Spotted Flycatcher 29<br />
Pied Flycatcher 119<br />
Bearded Tit 52<br />
Long-tailed Tit 25<br />
Marsh Tit 33<br />
Willow Tit 1<br />
Coal Tit 95<br />
Blue Tit 590<br />
Great Tit 362<br />
Nuthatch 30<br />
Treecreeper 8<br />
Penduline Tit 17<br />
Red-backed Shrike 5<br />
Magpie 4<br />
Jackdaw 1<br />
Starling 269<br />
Tree Sparrow 60<br />
Chaffinch 135<br />
Brambling 22<br />
Greenfinch 41<br />
Goldfinch 4<br />
Siskin 20<br />
Linnet 1<br />
Rosefinch 1<br />
Yellowhammer 25<br />
Ortolan Bunting 11<br />
Reed Bunting 281<br />
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Total Ringed 6397<br />
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Below are some pics from Kvismaren.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brambling 1cy Female</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 2cy+ female</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Ringed Plover 1cy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redstart 1cy female</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotted Flycatcher 1cy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wood Warbler (Left), Willow Warbler (Right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wood Warbler 1cy, stunner</td></tr>
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Now I'm sat in Denmark, watching the rain hit the window. Another post about our lives in Gedser will appear shortly! Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-80865464336029416832012-07-31T18:08:00.001+01:002012-07-31T18:09:50.731+01:00Kvismare TotalsIt's been a good while since I last blogged, so I'll bring you up to date with totals from the ringing season so far. Ending July we're in about the same place numbers wise as last year but there're some interesting differences. Robins and most warblers are slightly down on last year but Tits, Finches and Buntings have fared well.<br />
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Greylag Goose - 1<br />
Sparrowhawk - 1<br />
Kestrel - 8<br />
Ringed Plover - 4<br />
Lapwing - 8<br />
Knot - 1<br />
Curlew Sandpiper - 1<br />
Dunlin - 3<br />
Ruff - 1<br />
Snipe - 5<br />
Wood Sandpiper - 11<br />
Common Sandpiper - 5<br />
Black-headed Gull - 34<br />
Herring Gull - 1<br />
Common Tern - 13<br />
Black Tern - 10<br />
Wood Pigeon - 1<br />
Long-eared Owl - 3<br />
Swift - 1<br />
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - 1<br />
Sand Martin - 55<br />
Swallow - 27<br />
House Martin - 1<br />
Tree Pipit - 4<br />
Yellow Wagtail - 4<br />
White Wagtail - 23<br />
Wren - 1<br />
Robin - 23<br />
Thrush Nightingale - 48<br />
Redstart - 1<br />
Whinchat -7<br />
Wheatear - 4<br />
Blackbird - 17<br />
Fieldfare - 21<br />
Song Thrush - 5<br />
Redwing - 1<br />
Grasshopper Warbler - 3<br />
River Warbler - 2<br />
Savi's Warbler - 1<br />
Sedge Warbler - 99<br />
Marsh Warbler - 3<br />
Reed Warbler - 257<br />
Great Reed Warbler - 134<br />
Icterine Warbler - 6<br />
Lesser Whitethroat - 2<br />
Whitethroat - 16<br />
Garden Warbler - 51<br />
Blackcap - 50<br />
Chiffchaff - 1<br />
Willow Warbler - 199<br />
Spotted Flycatcher - 12<br />
Pied Flycatcher - 112<br />
Bearded Tit - 37<br />
Marsh Tit - 25<br />
Blue Tit - 265<br />
Great Tit - 224<br />
Nuthatch - 20<br />
Penduline Tit - 17<br />
Red-backed Shrike - 1<br />
Magpie - 4<br />
Jackdaw - 1<br />
Starling - 269<br />
Tree Sparrow - 58<br />
Chaffinch - 43<br />
Greenfinch - 30<br />
Goldfinch - 4<br />
Linnet - 1<br />
Rosefinch - 1<br />
Yellowhammer - 16<br />
Ortolan Bunting - 10<br />
Reed Bunting - 158<br />
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Total - 2487<br />
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71 Species<br />
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Three recent highlights...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) 2cy+</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red" Knot (Calidris canutus) 2cy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) 1cy female</td></tr>
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Controls come in the form of a French Penduline Tit, a Swedish Penduline Tit, a Croatian Sedge Warbler, a Belgium Reed Warbler and a Slovenian Great Reed Warbler.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-39156440598316159102012-07-08T19:40:00.002+01:002012-07-10T11:21:03.472+01:00The ringing season part 1The ringing season in Kvismare has been standardised since the early 1990's with 2 sites and 20 and 24 nets in each. The largest site (Vallen) has 24 * 9metre nets in a mixture of small scrub land and wet reed bed. The other site (Banvallen) is a line of bushes bordering an old railway line and now running alongside a wet reed area.<br />
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The ringing season starts on, or around the Midsummer area in Sweden; this year we began on 24th June. The season runs until the end of September. Nets are to be up by dawn and down 6 hours after unless the catching is good in which case the ringers' can stay on, ringing until the catching slows.<br />
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Between 24th June and 8th July we have ringed on all but 2 mornings and this was due to heavy rain/wind. We have caught around 900 birds of many species. Ad-hoc ringing has also taken place and this added a few more nice species to our lists.<br />
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The Highlights so far are shown below. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-backed Shrike - <i>Lanius collurio</i> (male)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bearded Tit - <i><span class="st">Panurus biarmicus </span></i><span class="st">1cy male (left) and 1cy female (right)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penduline tit - <i><span class="st">Remiz pendulinus. </span></i><span class="st">Female (2nd from right) and young.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snipe - <i>Gallinago gallinago</i> 2cy+</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penduline Tit - <i>Remiz pendulinus</i>. Adult male, originally ringed in France.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black tern - <i><span class="st">Chlidonias niger. </span></i><span class="st">1st Calendar year</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Reed warbler - <span class="st"><i>Acrocephalus arundinaceus. 2cy with data logger</i></span><span class="st"><i></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black tern - <i><span class="st">Chlidonias niger. </span></i>7 of 10 1cy birds caught</td></tr>
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-77729100264444142832012-06-16T15:34:00.002+01:002012-07-10T11:22:20.131+01:00Swift update.We're still quite busy with all things survey at the moment as all the
spring work comes into it's crucial final stages. Ortolan Buntings
are feeding youngsters, which is great news, we ringed a brood of 4
chicks last week and they luckily fledged hours before the farmer cut his
grass. I was horrified to wake up to see the farmer had mown in the
night. See below the open-topped nest remains. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ortolan Bunting after mowing, a sorry scene.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The Marsh harriers we have monitored through spring have hatched and
look amazingly cute. There is a runt, but I'm sure they'll find
enough food to equal things out as the adults are hunting non-stop throughout the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Harrier <i>Circus aeruginosus</i>. Photo; Strahil Peev</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Heather has arrived and now work begins to start preparing the nets and
net rides ahead of the ringing season; yesterday whilst fixing nets this
little gem landed next to me. I was very, very surprised because I've
always been told you need to flick-net for Swifts, maybe this one was a
stupid individual. Though it was a stunning stupid individual and a very
welcome ringing tick. I now know why <a href="http://www.fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Seumus</a> told me his fingers were like pin cushions after handling many of them.<br />
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We also finished off the first round of "normal" nest boxes with a brood
of Pied flycatcher. Heather also got to grips with a bit of mist
netting and caught this known age Tree Sparrow. Ringed here 1 year ago
(almost to the day) as a chick. He can now be sexed on his cloacal
protuberance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heather and Mr Tree Sparrow - <i>Passer montanus</i></td></tr>
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A few days ago we heard Long-eared Owl chicks near the house and after a
short search I found the nest and climbed to it. The result, 3
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-eared Owlet in nest - <i>Asio otus</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-5955219327964082642012-06-06T05:14:00.000+01:002012-06-06T05:14:28.703+01:00Worth a post.First of all apologies for not posting in nearly 3 weeks. I was busy winning the bird race against Magnus. The final scores Craig 141 - Magnus 134. A combined total of 148 Species were seen during the "race" which took place between 9th and 31st May, the prize this year is only beer as after Magnus' dip in the Canal last year Anthrax was discovered on the banks exactly where he went in... He was therefore a bit worried last year and now won't jump back in! It was a nice competition this year anyway and we each saw "lifers". I had Broad-billed Sandpiper, Golden Oriole (bad but true) and Blue-winged Teal, Magnus had the latter and Glossy Ibis for his "lifers".<br />
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Other than the competition we've been busy surveying things all over the reserve. A project on Sedge Warblers is hotting up and the Ortolan's are getting down to their breeding business (a pair carrying food today was nice). I was supposed to be studying Savi's warblers but Kvismaren is reflecting the national trend this year and NONE have arrived. I'll keep listening for them though. Marsh Harriers are down on eggs now and all of our farmland surveys are completed. Highlights from there included finding 4 Dotterel which filled the scope on minimum zoom, stunning birds!!!<br />
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I've finished with the Starlings after ringing nearly 260 shitted up stinking chicks. I think I've ringed enough for a lifetime now?<br />
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Also we've ringed a lot of Blue and Great tit chicks with more to check up on soon. All of the Pied flycatchers are still on eggs but I've managed to lift and ring at least 5 females.<br />
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As part of the Ortolan project we were asked to try to catch a bird to take a feather sample for analysis, so late last night/early this morning I decided I would stay up all night and attempt to catch an unpaired male at dawn! I headed out a 3 am with mist net and playback lures and set a net near our unpaired guy, I narrowly avoided catching both a Fox and a Wild Boar the latter of which was running at full speed towards the net and grunting furiously. The conditions were against me and the bird not singing back to the song I was a little worried we were too late and he'd moved off? Less than 10 minutes after I'd set the net and started the playback, I saw what appeared to be a Bunting flitting around in a nearby bush... next thing, I looked and it was in! A stunning 2cy male Ortolan Bunting, definitely worth no sleep and a gorgeously gripping ringing tick!!! Below are a few shitty pictures of the stunning bird, the light was terrible and my excitement probably a bit too much to make any decent pics, but less excuses you can see how stunning he is!<br />
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<b> <i> Emberiza hortulana</i> 2cy male </b> <br />
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<br /></div>Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-64597256911212330642012-05-15T15:33:00.000+01:002012-05-15T15:33:07.406+01:00Magnus is back!I'm very happy to see Magnus, my friend and co-worker from last year return to the Observatory this last week. He will work with us for 2 months and his knowledge and good humour make the work and the place feel very light-hearted. As last year, me and Magnus have decided to have a birding competition throughout May to see who can see the most species. For some reason I keep helping him out and now he is in the lead with some pretty hard to find species! So far the intense birding in the competition has produced a few nice birds, notable are Red Breasted Flycatcher (<i>Ficedula parva</i>) and Temminck's Stint (<i>Calidris temminckii</i>).<br />
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Whilst out on survey this morning I had an unforgettable experience! Stood alone in a marsh just after dawn I heard a deep nasal call coming from just inside the reed bed. I carried on with my work (Wetland survey) regardless until I started seeing birds flying up and out of the reed, obviously disturbed by something. I watched a little longer and was amazed to see a Moose walk out into the open about 200metres away. She then turned and walked straight towards me slowly over the thick mud of the marsh. I slowly reached for my camera and began to take pictures. This was until she got too close for comfort so I took my eyes away from the camera. She stood there around 5-7 Metres away totally still, she'd spotted me now surely. I stood up properly and actually shooed her away making little noise. She took about 15 steps back and then partially concealed by reed she stood and stared at me for around 25 minutes. I couldn't really concentrate knowing she was gazing at me. She settled to the idea that I wasn't going to hurt her and so she came back out into the open and feed, drank and looked awfully like a big dopey horse.<br />
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I got a few pictures of her before I had to leave...<br />
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Half an hour later at a different part of the reserve I had a Beaver swim right underneath me whilst I took a video of him. A decent day for birds, unforgettable however for Mammals.<br />
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-26177307107746062922012-05-05T20:27:00.000+01:002012-05-05T20:27:57.592+01:00The Ortolan's returnMany hours have been spent over the past weeks have been spent listening for Ortolan bunting's in suitable habitats around Kvismare. After a preliminary study last year found Ortolan's to still be breeding here. Only around 100 territories still exist in this area of in south-central Sweden, spanning much of Närke and Västmanland. The Ortolan's have declined massively in the past 2 decades and the population in Närke is now a fraction of it's former self. The Ortolan population in northern Sweden however is esitmated to be around 6000 pairs. <br />
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With the Ortolan population decreasing so rapidly across much of northern Europe action is being taken in many areas. Here at Kvismare, we aim mainly to provide suitable breeding areas for the birds. The Bird Observatory and Ornithological Society of Sweden have subsidised farmers in the local area to leave parts of their land unsown next to outcrops of woodland/rocks and in strips at the edges of fields; this is not only to provide the black soils which is a niche for breeding Ortolans', but also to aid the birds feeding habits.<br />
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So out and about this week we have now found 3 Singing Ortolan males around the areas where they were seen to breed last year. So far all is looking good and the land still seems suitable. Our aim over the next few weeks is to monitor these birds and distinguish whether they can breed successfully here. We will visit nests and count and measure chicks, undertake feeding counts and study the adults behaviour if/when nesting occurs. We will also make several attempt to catch insects at various points in the survey area to understand more about the Ortolans' needs. <br />
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I will update on progress when there is any, but for now we hope for decent weather and plenty of Ortolans'.<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-84486349505262577752012-04-27T22:26:00.000+01:002012-04-27T22:28:42.864+01:00Grim up NorthWith spring late to arrive here in Central Sweden it's been a slow couple of weeks bird wise. The main work at the moment comprises of wetland surveys and Starling nest box checks. The wetland surveys however are very enjoyable and there's always the hint of mystery at what might turn up? I was surveying some marshland last week and here I came across an oddity, not a big rare in terms of British or even Swedish birding but a 3cy Caspian Gull was the first record for Kvismaren and the first I've seen in a while. The Ferruginous duck is still present on the reserve looking rather smart amongst the Tufted's and many other ducks are starting to move through in good numbers now. Goldeneye, Pochard, Teal and Wigeon mainly with well over 1000 of the latter two species. <br />
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With help arriving this week (Maggie from Germany) we were able to put up some large nest boxes around the reserve. These boxes are mainly for Goldeneye and Tawny Owl although lots of Starlings seemed interested whilst we were putting them up. It's too late this year for the Tawny's but the Goldeneye's are still passing through, pairing up and looking for nest sites.<br />
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We've also caught a few birds this past couple of weeks, nothing mega in terms of numbers but it's nice to pass the time watching mist nets (even though they're often empty). Highlights include a cracking male Kestrel and today a Woodpigeon (not a rarity, but not often caught). A Long-eared owl has been seen around the house for the past 3 days and we've flushed it from the side of net rides more times than I care to recall! Hopefully it'll either jump into a net on it's own soon, or I'll set up the big nets and annoy it until it's caught.<br />
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<br />Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-11201641377690004452012-04-19T08:51:00.004+01:002012-04-19T09:27:19.541+01:00Time to blog?Since my last "update" I've not really had much time to blog.<br /><br />The first week here I've just been up at dawn and counting wildfowl and waders using Kvismaren as either passage or breeding sites, it's really nice to be out at first light and I've seen some great things this week whilst being out and about. A first for me was a Lesser black-backed gull (<span style="font-style: italic;">intermedius) </span>though I don't class this as a species I'd still never see 'one' before. Also I saw a male Ferruginous Duck (<span style="font-style: italic;">Aythya nyroca</span>) which again I'd never seen before. I've seen a female before but it was way back through some horrible binoculars (which have been lovingly likened to "like looking through cardboard" by my ringing trainers and group). So after stunning view of both of these a male Long-tailed duck turns up and again giving great views, I've not seen these so well since a memorable trip to Iceland a couple of summers ago with Kane, Chris and Ciaran.<br /><br />So enough of that. Other decent birds this week: 3 Osprey, White-tailed eagle, Green sands (here there and everywhere), Rough-legged buzzard at least 4, 2 Hen Harrier (Female and 2cy male, hunting together). 20+ Marsh Harriers, 200 Bean Geese (inc 2 <span style="font-style: italic;">Anser fabalis rossicus) <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span> 25 Pinkies, 80 White-fronts (all <span style="font-style: italic;">albifrons</span>) , 20 Barnacles. Hundreds of Meadow pipit in a roost. 1000+ Cranes (<span style="font-style: italic;">Grus grus</span>). Lots of Roe Deer around the house, a hare and today I almost fell over a Beaver before it slapped it's tail and with a glug disappeared out of site.<br /><br />I've also started ringing in the garden.<br /><br />1 Great Tit.<br />1 Chaffinch.<br />1 Robin.<br />1 Kestrel.<br /><br />Sorry about the lack of photos with my laptop dead I'm reduced to the old fashioned office PC here at Kvismaren.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-27239948130392699532012-04-14T21:28:00.005+01:002012-04-14T21:56:03.057+01:00Update - A post for Mummy.It's been a while since I last blogged and in that time I have had various outings within the Fylde ringing and birding, most can be read about on my friend Seumus' blog "Fleetwood Birder", see link at side. I have however now left England for 8 months to work as Surveyor and Lead Bird ringer at Kvismaren Bird Observatory (until October) and later Lead bird ringer at Gedser Bird Obs in Denmark.<br /><br /><div><div>So I arrived in Sweden on the 12th April and already I'm getting stuck into the work! I am alone in the station at the moment but I have had a nice beginning to the season with a relaxed workload (for now) and lots of catching up with the birds and the neighbours. </div><div> </div><div>At the moment the work is mainly surveys of the Wetland birds around the reserve and checking of the Starling boxes around the reserve. When other personell arrive however the workload multiplies many times over. A brief meeting with Bo (The Boss) revealed more about this years' surveys and I must say I am very excited to be involved in some hopefully ground breaking work.</div><div> </div><div>For now though it's just a "I got here safely Mummy" and a few snaps from the first couple of days.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731359840082441906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_18KbQMatciMbwCt3oNdukqCWHwAiyBMmoqbtnSK4d9REoUtXFxCJs9105sK-XGJL4o0MFeY7UTkK_ETNbVcgTzHy7ZaVV3IkfUZAtuQyHkE6O09RX5kOZ0rAXRSvRuW81-kg4NFjPk/s320/Nuthatch.JPG" /></div><div> Nuthatch (Sitta europaea europaea) - Nest building outside the kitchen window.<img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731359858670221922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNjTsSwqMHn06OZHHJAn72fSUqnSUvd_VGWxsiSKh4mm1l6hP3gE4WzEi9WkWrxLtlrUuC4gWCEnsNbFn77FS2NBNqXYt2RgPDA-3FwcZyNXlZu5WwQ05ykyj2H5pLduz2Bc92uQ7Upk/s320/Sweden+2012+097.JPG" /></div></div><br />Grass snake (Natrix natrix) mating, Female is the larger snake. 2 Males are squabbling to mate.Craig Brookeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053001672366056703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-52341560337466232162012-02-27T00:17:00.000+00:002012-02-27T00:17:49.300+00:00Twenty OneAs the week draws to a close I reflect on what has been 'one to remember'. The title of this post refers to not only the amount of new birds caught this week but also a coming of age. My 21st Birthday was mid-week with a party at the weekend therefore reasonably little effort was put in to ringing.<br />
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Various outings with Heather and one with Ciaran yielded a mixed bag species wise. <br />
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1st - 8 Blue Tit<br />
2nd - 3 Herring Gull<br />
3rd - 2 Black-Headed Gull<br />
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The others made up of Great Tit, Dunnock, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coot and a Mallard.<br />
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Another trip down to Fairhaven and a Norwegian Metal ringed Black-headed Gull was seen, along with the Norwegian colour ringed bird from earlier in the week.<br />
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A couple of Coot ringed outside the Fylde were seen this week too; all ringed at Southport by Kane.<br />
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A trip out with Seumus on Saturday Morning. A full report of proceedings can be found at http://www.fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/<br />
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A big thanks to Heather and Ciaran for making this weeks' ringing thoroughly enjoyable.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-89633718109568251992012-02-23T00:43:00.005+00:002012-02-23T01:18:46.549+00:00Gulling around.Earlier in the week I met up with several other members of Fylde Ringing Group in the hope of catching and ringing some Turnstone ahead of a Colour-marking project we hope to start soon. The birds were not playing ball at all. We failed to catch any.<br /><br />Eager to ring a couple of birds, myself and Ian, spurred on by the recent C permit approvals made our way to a local park to try to grab a gull or two. We waited and watched a man mobbed by Herring Gulls whilst he fed them only to try ourselves and have all the birds disappear. <br /><br />We ended the morning birdless. <br /><br />In the Afternoon I again tried to catch birds, this time at my prime ringing spot, Stanley Park. Here the birds are fed by passers by and their children all day, everyday so the birds here are more used to scraps of bread!<br /><br />With many birds showing interest in my offerings I decided I would pick a particular bird and catch it. Having so much choice doesn't happen often so you have to take your opportunities. The result; one very angry handful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaat8aX6xWEwGkarB2scp9-QIVPXVsCB1daMOGUkTh161bxdOvg06wRN6Rlxl64I-1-3TUP6mzNy9QuP03fqUAM2EcmixXWXyQfB0W_XkXToKj11fITQZAQxqOjMEw6muc97M1fcH9OAf/s1600/1cy+HERGU.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaat8aX6xWEwGkarB2scp9-QIVPXVsCB1daMOGUkTh161bxdOvg06wRN6Rlxl64I-1-3TUP6mzNy9QuP03fqUAM2EcmixXWXyQfB0W_XkXToKj11fITQZAQxqOjMEw6muc97M1fcH9OAf/s320/1cy+HERGU.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712129788238690498" /></a><br /><br />1st Winter Herring Gull<br /><br />I also managed to catch 1 Black-headed Gull and 1 Coot before having to clean up and go to work.<br /><br />Wednesday again a free hour around lunchtime I decided to try my luck at Fairhaven. Far too windy to catch birds by hand today as they were coming no way near close. Instead I had an audience, the audience included the birds below.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9jYHhTn-wH0ES2hgKh1UltRUHXX5EdEHXq_xw3in0HF-BdTGUJTH5rjTJP6X-Z4rkrnLUryl_XaEZxlzHXLRBYrsVF-Ec0COgNabdebhXPDX3xtnJ97jTXT9F38O0LVgGvmYI01pottG/s1600/JON8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9jYHhTn-wH0ES2hgKh1UltRUHXX5EdEHXq_xw3in0HF-BdTGUJTH5rjTJP6X-Z4rkrnLUryl_XaEZxlzHXLRBYrsVF-Ec0COgNabdebhXPDX3xtnJ97jTXT9F38O0LVgGvmYI01pottG/s320/JON8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712129834775765330"></a><br />JON8 was first ringed in Oslo, April 2011 <br /><br />It has spent the winter 2011/12 around Fairhaven Lake 1078 Km away from it's original ringing site.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjdaDQbtBzHeoQd4HxQfhZFzwTPdVYYqzKh8oNAF6OAkvei88f0Wl095V3IoulxxvV9Yj8bKPl67zq8YuWF7eX0LhZyfk8UoFZ5M4pvwLrKR2PZE9xcZ2MA8eMYcHnLOA4evDxy1VOpD6/s1600/JHZ2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjdaDQbtBzHeoQd4HxQfhZFzwTPdVYYqzKh8oNAF6OAkvei88f0Wl095V3IoulxxvV9Yj8bKPl67zq8YuWF7eX0LhZyfk8UoFZ5M4pvwLrKR2PZE9xcZ2MA8eMYcHnLOA4evDxy1VOpD6/s320/JHZ2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712129801421607698" /></a><br /><br />JHZ2<br /><br />I am,as yet unsure of the origins of this bird (The same project maybe)<br /><br />It just goes to show how much you can do in 1 hour and how valuable colour-ringing is to the re-sighting of ringed birds.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4339449925364359699.post-9376194287414742732012-02-19T02:30:00.002+00:002012-02-19T02:37:59.908+00:00This week.This week has been much of the same, with trips to the park and in my urban garden I managed to catch only 21 new birds.<br /><br />1 Black-Headed Gull<br />1 Coot<br />1 Robin<br />5 Blue Tit<br />8 Great Tit<br />4 Long-tailed Tit<br />1 Starling<br /><br />A big thanks must go to "her indoors", Heather, who not only puts up with my work but often assists with the scribing and catching on various ventures.<br /><br />Today was spent at the Northwest Ringers' Conference (Along with the other members of Fylde Ringing Group)where we heard fantastic talks from various people regarding ringing in the North West. It's fantastic to hear such talks and you always come away with more questions than you went with, also some new found enthusiasm. It was great to meet some new people and talk to some whom I've not seen for years.<br /><br />Unfortunately I wasn't as lucky as fellow group members in the raffle, but there'll be a next time. Massive thanks to North Lancs Ringing group for hosting the day and for Seumus who drove.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0