Gannets

Gannets

Monday 31 October 2016

Landsort diary 31st October 2016

AT LAST - calm weather and all nets operating from 0600 until 1430. A total of 140 new birds of 20 species, with some real highlights among them. A late Lesser Whitethroat was notable, a pleasure to catch our first Bearded Tit and Twite of the year and 30 Waxwing were wonderful. Prize goes to a very late Nightingale, our second for the year, after one in late April. Always good to have a member of the rarities committee on site when this happens!!!!! All in all a great days ringing in wonderful weather, shame about the forecast for the next two days. a great way to finish a very windy month.
 
Johan had to leave the island early due to one of his youngsters being unwell, with Måns, Mattias and assorted children leaving on the last ferry, all having seen the Nightingale and Lesser Whitethroat, so hopefully happy with their stay.
 
Today Kay gained the accolade of reaching 4th place in the all time list of numbers ringed on Landsort, passing Henrik today, with 'only' Mattias, Bosse and Pelle ahead of her.
 
Tonight it will be just Kay & Chris at the Obs.

  • North
  • Moderate wind, 4-7 m/s
  • 6
  • Good, 10-20 km
  • Partly clouded, 3-5/8
  • Dry weather

  • Sightings of interest
    • White-tailed Eagle                    Havsörn                        2   Flying overhead 
    • Sparrowhawk                            Sparvhök                      2   Foraging 
    • Lesser Spotted Woodpecker    Mindre hackspett         1   Foraging 
    • Waxwing                                    Sidensvans               150    Foraging
    • Raven                                         Korp                             4    Flying overhead


    Birds ringed
    • Waxwing                        Sidensvans                       30 
    • Wren                              Gärdsmyg                          6 
    • Robin                              Rödhake                            2 
    • Nightingale                    Sydnäktergal                     1 
    • Blackbird                       Koltrast                             1 
    • Lesser Whitethroat       Ärtsångare                        1 
    • Goldcrest                       Kungsfågel                         2 
    • Bearded Tit                   Skäggmes                           3 
    • Long-tailed Tit              Stjärtmes                         25 
    • Blue Tit                          Blåmes                             15 
    • Great Tit                        Talgoxe                            12 
    • Treecreeper                   Trädkrypare                     1 
    • Chafinch                        Bofink                                2 
    • Greenfinch                     Grönfink                           2 
    • Siskin                              Grönsiska                       18 
    • Twite                              Vinterhämpling                3 
    • Redpoll                           Gråsiska                           6 
    • Mealy Redpoll               Gråsiska (flammea)         2 
    • Lesser Redpoll               Gråsiska (cabaret)           1 
    • Bullfinch                        Domherre                         7                    

    Sunday 30 October 2016

    Chris & Kay birds ringed on Landsort w/e 30th October 2016

     
    w/e 30th Oct  2016
    Species
    As at 23rd
    Kay
    Chris
    Total
    Barred Warbler
    1
     
     
    1
    Blackbird
    130
    12
    18
    160
    Blackcap
    325
     
     
    325
    Black Redstart
    1
     
     
    1
    Bluethroat
    12
     
     
    12
    Bluethroat cyanecula
    1
     
     
    1
    Blue Tit
    286
    19
    34
    339
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    2
     
     
    2
    Brambling
    31
     
    3
    34
    Bullfinch
    191
    15
    15
    221
    Chaffinch
    194
    17
    5
    216
    Chiffchaff
    228
     
     
    228
    Chiffchaff abietinus
    1
     
     
    1
    Coal Tit
    4
     
     
    4
    Collared Flycatcher
    2
     
     
    2
    Common Redpoll
    171
    12
    25
    208
    Common Redpoll cabaret
    58
    2
    3
    63
    Common Redpoll flammea
    33
    2
    4
    39
    Common Rosefinch
    18
     
     
    18
    Cuckoo
    4
     
     
    4
    Dunnock
    60
    1
    2
    63
    Fieldfare
    5
     
    1
    6
    Garden Warbler
    93
     
     
    93
    Goldcrest
    1484
    5
    21
    1510
    Goldfinch
    17
     
     
    17
    Great Grey Shrike
    1
     
    1
    2
    Grasshopper Warbler
    2
     
     
    2
    Great Spotted Woodpecker
    18
     
    1
    19
    Great Tit
    452
    19
    22
    493
    Green Woodpecker
    3
     
     
    3
    Greenfinch
    276
    10
    13
    299
    Greenish Warbler
    1
     
     
    1
    Hawfinch
    1
     
     
    1
    House Martin
    1
     
     
    1
    Icterine Warbler
    62
     
     
    62
    Jackdaw
    5
     
     
    5
    Kestrel
    1
     
     
    1
    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
    2
     
     
    2
    Lesser Whitethroat
    440
     
     
    440
    Linnet
    85
     
     
    85
    Little Bunting
    1
     
     
    1
    Long-eared Owl
    1
     
     
    1
    Long-tailed Tit
    189
    12
    59
    260
    Long-tailed Tit (europaeus)
    2
     
     
    2
    Magpie
    4
     
     
    4
    Marsh Tit
    8
     
     
    8
    Marsh Warbler
    13
     
     
    13
    Meadow Pipit
    4
     
     
    4
    Nightingale
    1
     
     
    1
    Nuthatch
    7
     
     
    7
    Parrot Crossbill
    1
     
     
    1
    Pied Flycatcher
    70
     
     
    70
    Red-backed Shrike
    77
     
     
    77
    Red-breasted Flycatcher
    8
     
     
    8
    Redstart
    94
     
     
    94
    Redwing
    6
     
    1
    7
    Reed Bunting
    35
     
     
    35
    Reed Warbler
    39
     
     
    39
    Robin
    1948
    36
    34
    2018
    Sedge Warbler
    6
     
     
    6
    Serin
    2
     
     
    2
    Siskin
    1008
    35
    142
    1185
    Song Thrush
    127
    2
    1
    130
    Sparrowhawk
    8
     
     
    8
    Spotted Flycatcher
    58
     
     
    58
    Starling
    66
     
     
    66
    Swallow
    14
     
     
    14
    Thrush Nightingale
    25
     
     
    25
    Treecreeper
    156
     
    5
    161
    Tree Pipit
    12
     
     
    12
    Tree Sparrow
    118
    1
     
    119
    Waxwing
     
    7
    2
    9
    Wheatear
    30
     
     
    30
    Whinchat
    6
     
     
    6
    Whitethroat
    114
     
     
    114
    White Wagtail
    57
     
     
    57
    Willow Warbler
    851
     
     
    851
    Wood Warbler
    21
     
     
    21
    Woodpigeon
    2
     
     
    2
    Wren
    259
    6
    16
    281
    Wryneck
    21
     
     
    21
    Yellow Wagtail
    1
     
     
    1
    Yellow-browed Warbler
    6
     
     
    6
    Yellowhammer
    51
    2
    3
    56
    Total
    10229
    215
    431
    10875