Tim Collins

Welland Floods - a further increase in ducks at Harringworth today with 1,970 Wigeon, 87 Pintail, 95 Teal, 40+ Gadwall, 30+ Shoveler & just 10 Mallard. Most birds on the Rutland side today. A further 400 Wigeon just up river at Lyddington Meadows @leicesterllama.bsky.social @mikealibone.bsky.social

26.11.2024 21:06 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wigeon galore! A rapid build up of Wigeon as the River Welland spreads across its floodplain east of the Harringworth viaduct. Saturday no flooding/no birds, Sunday flooding starts, 480 Wigeon. Today 1,670 Wigeon, 35 Pintail, 18 Gadwall, 130 Teal, 16 Shoveler & a few Mallard @jrmjones.bsky.social

25.11.2024 17:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They keep on coming - my 7th local patch Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn, ringed at a restricted access site in Rutland this morning; alongside a better than expected catch of 50 new birds including 26 Chiffchaffs, 5 Blackcaps and 3 Redwings @leicesterllama.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

18.10.2024 15:55 — 👍 23    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Too late for this year but I’d already thought of investigating that for 2025 😀😀😀 - though that will probably mean then I don’t catch any!
Have you heard of any sightings of YBWs that had been colour ringed this autumn?

15.10.2024 15:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m ringing about 5 mornings a week at the moment. Usual mid-October species also being caught: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Redwing, Blackbird. All have been caught when (or immediately after) the wind blows from E or SE.

15.10.2024 15:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was just a light SE wind overnight, that only started in Holland, but by mid-morning today I’d caught another 2 Yellow-browed Warblers here in Rutland - that’s an amazing six ringed at one inland site this autumn (so far!) 😀 #ukbirding 🪶 @leicesterllama.bsky.social @pbo61.bsky.social

15.10.2024 12:48 — 👍 52    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 1

Yes please, posts likely to be most frequent during the spring and autumn migration seasons or when there are swifts about in the summer 😀

10.10.2024 05:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, using a sound lure. The most succesful seems to be YBW song however I’ve also tried a medley of Chiff, Goldcrest and YBW calls the Stanford Res RG are using

08.10.2024 21:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Yellow-browed Warbler rush continues, I ringed another 2 in Rutland today, my 3rd and 4th of the autumn. A few years ago an unimaginable total for an inland site but the species appears to be evolving its migratory pattern. An excellent paper on this here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

08.10.2024 17:58 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

No more Yellow-brows today however I had a decent catch of Chiffchaffs (67), along with a Green Woodpecker and a Sparrowhawk. I also ringed a Greenland Wheatear (wing = 103.5mm) late this afternoon

07.10.2024 19:29 — 👍 44    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

This morning I caught my 2nd Yellow-browed Warbler in 3 days. Perhaps not surprising if I was on the east coast but I’m ringing in Rutland miles from the sea. Another 2 were ringed at Rutland Water on Friday just 5 miles from me. There must be heaps about @pbo61.bsky.social @timsbirding.bsky.social

06.10.2024 15:18 — 👍 34    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1