1st June 2023

 Weather: E force 3   cloudy then sunny and warm

The focus this morning was on some of the breeding birds, as no migrants arrived on the island apart from a Sedge Warbler which although trapped for ringing it was found to have a 'scalery leg' disease and was therefore released without being ringed.

 Five Linnets were trapped, 4 of them were juveniles, showing the primaries and underwing coverts still growing.

 A juvenile Blackbird was also caught and again the juvenile plumage is clear to see.

 An adult male Blackbird was also trapped that had originally been ringed here as a juvenile in 2021. This bird can be seen to be a resident bird from the retrap data during different times of the year and different years. A Wrens nest was found over the obs door where Wrens have roosted there many times in the past.

 

 Photos JE