The last week when we caught 599 birds, we thought we had realized our best session for the entire year. But records are made to be exceeded and we just lived 2 exceptionnal sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, with an enormous influx of blackbirds: 1500 captures (863 on Tuesday and 642 on Wednesday) includig 986 Blackbirds!!! That means that we captured more birds in those 2 days that over the entire months of August and September...!
And the Helgoland trap revealed all its effectiveness by catching half of the birds. Apart for the Blackbirds, it also allowed us to capture a lot of Common Starling (178 captures). Tits are still around and we caught 184 of them; however, it's the Blue Tits that are more numerous now.
These last days have also given us some good surprises: 2 more Woodcocks, 1 more Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Common Redpoll,our 2 first Fieldfares, 2 Common Reed Bunting and one big female Sparrowhawk this morning!
On Tuesday, to the delight of all, we observed a Bohemian Waxwing flying over the ringing station!
And the Helgoland trap revealed all its effectiveness by catching half of the birds. Apart for the Blackbirds, it also allowed us to capture a lot of Common Starling (178 captures). Tits are still around and we caught 184 of them; however, it's the Blue Tits that are more numerous now.
These last days have also given us some good surprises: 2 more Woodcocks, 1 more Green Woodpecker, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Common Redpoll,our 2 first Fieldfares, 2 Common Reed Bunting and one big female Sparrowhawk this morning!
On Tuesday, to the delight of all, we observed a Bohemian Waxwing flying over the ringing station!
Eurasian Woodcok (Scolopax rusticola).
Ring Ouzel, first time for the ringing station! (Turdus torquatus).
Common Redpoll, the first for this year (Carduelis flammea cabaret).
Eurasian Sparrowhawk, a big Lady! (Accipiter nisus).
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris).
Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus).
Tuesday, 3pm, one more successfull ushering in the Helgoland Trap!
The result: 863 captures!!
From left to right, thanks to Marie, Justin, Gilles, Alex, Kevin and Adeline
(who is taking the picture...) for ensuring this great day!
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