Today Dad and I went ringing at Tophill Low nature reserve. It was a steady morning with 43 birds caught (full counts here on
trektellen.org). The highlights were 7 new
Sedge Warblers and 19 juvenile
Blue Tits. A
Cuckoo, 2
Cetti's Warblers and 6
Little Egrets (high SE) were also about. The
Sand Martins are getting seemingly more interested in the Sand Martin wall so will hopefully breed soon (although there is already a
Great Tit occupying one of the holes). After we packed away we went to look on South Marsh East. We weren't disappointed, when we arrived there were 5
Little Egrets, 2
Black-Tailed Godwits and a
Goosander. Then after about 15 minutes a 1st winter
Little Gull dropped in, being one of my favourite gulls I was obviously pretty happy with this. We then finished the afternoon with two
Red-Crested Pochard on D res.
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Little Gull |
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| Little Gull (left) |
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| Red-Crested Pochard |
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| Great Tit |
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| Sand Martin (and Swallow) |
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