We have managed to get out ringing three times over the past week. Most importantly we completed the final CES visit (without missing any) at Fleet Pond on the 29th. Unfortunately it was a bit of an anti-climax with only 5 new birds and 4 retraps (especially after 40 + birds on CES 11).
31st August was a quick visit to Ascot racecourse again for a couple of hours before the wind speed picked up and there was a steady movement of young warblers through the site. We also had 1 whinchat seen nearby the ringing area.
The real bonus of the week though was a session this morning at a new site just down the road from our CES. It is an area of scrub on an ex-landfill bordered by heathland. We set a few nets nice and early and ended up with 80 new birds over the morning. A good number of blackcaps and a young tree pipit for interest were the highlights. There did seem to be a complete lack of whitethroats though despite ideal habitat. I expect we will ring there more often over the autumn and into the winter.
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