Teifi Ringing Group: Storm Petrels and Warblers

An interchange with Bardsey birds with three ringed at Strumble being re-encountered there and one ringed there re-encountered by us at Strumble

2787308 Strumble 28/07/2024 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd 11/08/2024 14 days 84km NNE

2739430 Strumble 19/07/2023 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd 19/07/2024 389 days 84km NNE

2787307 Strumble 24/07/2024 Bardsey Island, Gwynedd 10/08/2024 17 days 84km NNE

2788626 Bardsey Island 16/08/2023 Strumble 10/08/2024 360 days, 84km NNE

Away from the ocean now we have additionally been busy ringing on the Teifi Marshes, Cors Caron, Ty Rhyg forest, Dinas Mountain, St Nicholas and the Linnet RAS website.

To provide a really feel for the final 3 weeks, the next species have been ringed for the reason that twentieth August..

Sedge Warblers are nonetheless being caught on migration. Some heavy birds with loads of fats have been encountered together with a Sedge Warbler 18.4g fats rating 7 and the heaviest Reed Warbler now we have ever weighed at 15g, fats rating 5.

A few much less common species for the Teifi Marshes, a Whinchat, Stonechat and a couple of Lesser Whitethroat

Whinchat

A noticeable variety of Linnets within the desk for the RAS examine run by Chris. These 72 have been solely over a few classes. Annual complete thus far this 12 months is 754 ringed, 335 subsequent encounters. A abstract to comply with on the finish of the season

An excellent 6 12 months outdated Linnet from Mwnt, our earlier RAS website, to North Ron. A little bit of analysis suggests that is the longest intra UK motion.

Linnet ABB9373
Ringed Mwnt, Ceredigion 16/08/2018
Re-encountered North Ronaldsay, Orkney 06/05/2024 2090 days 815km

All 12 classes have been accomplished for Backyard CES in Llechryd. It felt a quiet 12 months and that is confirmed trying on the information. 296 distinctive captures this 12 months and 411 final 12 months. For a lot of classes planning was tough due to wind and /or rain.  In contrast with final 12 months some species stood out as being low in quantity. Blue Tit juveniles most likely probably the most noticeable lower together with Goldfinch and Nice Tit juveniles. Some will increase, notably Bullfinch and Greenfinch juveniles. 

Clearly conclusions cannot be drawn from one backyard CES alone so we’ll await the report from throughout the nation later within the 12 months 

With nest recording season completed as nicely, we might be trying on the information from the 220 nests recorded and summarising productiveness in one other weblog quickly. A Swallow pullus from one in every of Andrew’s examine websites has already been re-encountered 19km away in a roost at Oxwich Marsh by Gower Ringing Group.

Swallow AVZ1503

Ty Coch Stables, Trimsaran 08/06/2024

Re-encountered Oxwich Marsh, Swansea 12/08/2024 65 days, 19km

A Cors Caron ringed Pied Flycatcher, might have been in search of a brand new breeding location – even when solely a brief distance.

Pied Flycatcher AEK1207
Ringed Cors Caron, Ceredigion 08/07/2022
Re-encountered Pen-y -Cefn, Ceredigion 01/06/2024 694 days 4km SSE

We transfer on into autumn, busy when climate permits, within the reed beds of the Teifi Marshes with the tail finish of Sedge Warbler migration and ending the day with some Swallows coming in to roost 

As we head in the direction of winter and await the arrival of species as various as Redwings to Woodcock,
we’ll proceed to watch our foremost websites and plan for our winter ringing with larger
use of different trapping strategies and the added ranges of winter species.

(Wendy J and Wealthy D)