A brief seawatch on Friday evening produced 3 roseate terns and 2 little terns as well as 7 red throated divers.
On Friday I did another territory mapping survey, again in less than ideal conditions. I arrived at Druridge at 5.30, as had a sea fret, it cleared by 7.40 and then brightened up to be a real scorcher! I'm finding both house sparrows and tree sparrows that nest over by the hamlet are both feeding in the bushes at Druridge, must be a better supply of caterpillars there. Nothing else of great note, there are now three singing whitethroats.
On Saturday, Janet and I were ringing for only the second time this year. A calm morning soon brightened up to another hot day, which brought the plebs flocking down to Druridge with their England flags waving from knackered Corsas - makes you proud!
I had to go to work at 9am, but in total we caught 24 birds (19 new ones and 5 retraps) including our first sedge warbler of the year.
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| sedge warbler - caught and ringed |
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| Seven year old blackbird |
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| juvenile starling |
I was in the office today when I got a call from Steve Holliday, who was sure he had a marsh warbler singing by the path to the hides. I called in on the way home and soon heard it singing, imitating a swallow at first, from the willows behind the bund.
It only sung intermittently and flew out of cover, briefly, once, in the hour and half I was there. this is my second marsh warbler for Druridge, the first was on the 1st of June 2008, which sang for three days by the Budge Screen.
Whilst I was bored, I took these shots...
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| Cercopsis vulnerata a red and black type of froghopper |
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| northern marsh orchid |
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| unidentified spider |
123 little tern
124 roseate tern
125 marsh warbler
2 comments:
yeah, its ugly...
Some nice, interesting species for the ringing session Ipin. Had a session myself on Sat (5th) Caught a Garden Warbler we had ringed in 2007, and a controlled a Blackcap. 27 birds caught in 5 hours.
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