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Super start to October with 164 birds ringed from
The Rewilding Field nets, including 11 Reed Bunting, 8 Stonechats along with nice cast of warblers including late Gropper,Sedge, Whitethroat,15 Firecrest,12 Goldcrest & another strong passage of Chiffs. Bonus Nuthatch,Yellowhammer & retrap Kestrel.

Yellow-browed Bunting trapped, ringed and released at the Swannery. It's flown to the hedge which runs alongside the Swannery grounds and the bird may be viewable from the permissive path heading west from Grove Lane.

The last few days has seen a huge movement of Chiffchaff here in West Dorset, most birds seen moving East mid morning through to early afternoon. Today a much quieter session with 30+Chiff ringed takes me to over 200 ringed since last week. Ringing weekend so interesting to see if numbers continue….

A big day for Meadow Pipits on site with 70 ringed. A fantastic mix of other species including Whitethroat, Sedge, Reed, Garden, Willow W, Gropper & Tree Pipits. Big arrival of Blackcap & Chiff. Large Hirundine flocks with several Swallows/House Martins ringed in the afternoon

Blackcap season has arrived. Good numbers ringed over the past few mornings. Increase in Chiffchaff, Robins and roving tit flocks now on site . See what the week ahead has in store. #birdringing

BOOTED WARBLER trapped in the Crown Estate Field

AQUATIC WARBLER!!! Still can’t believe we caught this stunner at Carey this morning! Made it worthwhile giving it a go between weather fronts. The bird was interestingly a good weight of 15g! #ukbirding

Melodious Warbler - France 2025

Bang on for this time of year, a juvenile Barred Warbler, trapped and ringed in #Culverwell this morning. #birdringing @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social

Wryneck just trapped in the Crown Estate Field

Very productive mornings ringing. Despite windy forecast turned out very calm on site and good numbers of Blackcaps on the move. 18 new Tree Pipits, singles of Grasshopper W, Garden W, Whitethroat, Sedge & Reed Warbler. Chiff starting to increase slowly and acros easing off now.

Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group deliver again. In crappy conditions with low bird numbers a 1st for the site & for Northants - BARRED WARBLER. Well deserved for the dedicated efforts of the group in their 50th year ringing at the site. Haven’t sweared so much for a while!!

Aquatic warbler trapped and ringed this morning, good session with over 100 birds, mostly sedge warbler and reed warbler

Another superb ringing session this morning produced 72 new birds which 31 were Sedge & 9 new ReedW. During the week have ringed my 500th Sedge Warbler of the autumn. Absolutely amazing. Unprecedented numbers this year on site and bumper season for Acros. See what tomorrow brings….

A slow morning today despite what seemed ideal fall conditions at first light. Decent cloud cover, sea mist and light drizzle gave way to very few birds from the nets. 1st and 2nd net round the best with new Grasshopper, Sedge and Reed W, Whitethroat and single Tree Pipit.

East winds have arrived and with it plenty of Sedge Warbler this morning! Nice variety of species including Moorhen, Swallows, Tree Pipits and 5 Garden Warbler. Usual mix of warbler species, 75 ringed and couple of Sedge W retraps with big weights.

Another excellent session. Slow to start but eventually got going with flurry of Sedge, Willow W (mostly adults) and Tree Pipits ( 18ringed). 2Gropper, 3 ReedW and several Whitethroats in the mix made for a very enjoyable session. Superb vismig of Tree Pipits over c150+

A quiet morning today. 32 birds ringed, A small movement migrants mostly Willow Warblers and a few vismigging Tree Pipits heading west mid am noted. Otherwise definite clear out of migrants from last few days.

A much quieter mornings ringing but very enjoyable 64 new birds. Once again Sedge W bulk of the birds ringed with 29 new, 8 Groppers, 11 Reed and singles of Whitethroat and Garden W. See what tomorrow brings….

Absolutely outstanding session this morning. Big fall of migrants. 194 ringed, bulk Sedge, Whitethroat, WillowW & ReedW. Nice mix of other sp. Tree Pipits, Lsr White, GardenW & Groppers.
4 controls !! 2Sedge, 1Chiff and a Holland ringed Willow Warbler. Really chuffed!

Another reasonable mornings ringing. 67 ringed mostly Sedge and Willow Warblers. 2 Tree Pipits also ringed. Singles of Spot fly and Redstart seen in horse fields. Finished early due to bright sunshine. No Gropper or Reed W ringed or seen.

A lovely steady flow of migrant warblers this morning was a great start to August. Majority Sedge & Willow Warblers. 1st Tree Pipits of autumn. Observations include single Pied Fly, 12+Spot fly & juv Hobby mid morning. Green Sandpiper and Kingfisher on ponds.

Nice session this morning produced 89 ringed. 32 Sedge, 5 Reed , 7 Gropper, 19 Willow and 4 Whitethroat. Bonus Green Woodpecker and Magpie ringed. Once again excellent catch of Acros for site. Very enjoyable session. See what weekend has in store then.

Excellent ringing session in the Rewild fields today with 168 ringed comprising of huge record catch of 67 Sedge & 35 Reed Warbler. Amazing number of acros present on site today estimated. Also 11 Gropper, 18 Whitethroat & 24 Willow Warbler. July has been outstanding month!

Autumn ringing off to excellent start for July. Local warbler sp showing signs of good breeding season. Some recent sessions showing some migrants are already on the move with Sedge, Reed, Grasshopper, Willow, Garden W and Whitethroats ringed & several Stonechats. Primary focus on acros for August….

Great mornings birding in Forest of Dean / Wye Valley with a singing Wood Warbler, Firecrest, Hawfinch and drumming Lesser spotted Woodpecker. Single Pied Fly and couple of Redstart made for a brill woodland walk.

Brill thanks I’ll take a look

Hi Viv, where abouts it is showing ?? I’ll be having a look later on. Thanks

Nice day out down on site where a decent arrival of spring migrants awaited us. Estimate 5 Redstart across whole site, 1 Pied Fly, 50+Willow W,
Reeling Gropper, Whitethroat, Flyover Tree Pipit & Hobby in off sea. 2 Wheatear & a cracking male Whinchat from rewild fields made for great days birding

Male Hawfinch perched up in my garden this morning was a nice treat. Couple of Chiffchaff and single Willow Warbler also moved through the garden. Decent flock of Redwing and single Fieldfare moved overhead and pair of Red Kite over.