We’re now on 759 wildfowl for the year, but just 27 from this month - 25 Mallard
(all pulli) and 2 breeding Wigeon. Along with the Barn Owls and Tawny Owls that
we’ve done ourselves, Dave has been busy on Skipwith Common and surrounding
areas, so between us we’ve managed 40 Barn Owls (38 of those were chicks), 9
Tawny Owls (8 chicks, 1 adult) and Dave ringed the first broods of Kestrels last week (5 chicks).
A few other noteable species for the month - 27 Swifts, 2 Cuckoos, 2 Wheatears,
8 Jackdaws and 1 Woodlark.
It’s definitely been a month for quality, and it's been especially good for birds from the nest - along with the usual Blue Tits, Great Tits and Tree Sparrows that we’ve done from the small boxes, we also found a nest of Wrens in one of the artificial House Martin nests. We ringed 5 chicks from a clutch of 6 (one dead). Only 160 pulli Wren were ringed in the UK during 2011 so it was a most pleasing find. Below is a table summarising the main species ringed within the LDV this month and the running years total.
May Year
One of 27 flicked Swifts
Two of the 38 Barn Owl chicks ringed this month
It’s definitely been a month for quality, and it's been especially good for birds from the nest - along with the usual Blue Tits, Great Tits and Tree Sparrows that we’ve done from the small boxes, we also found a nest of Wrens in one of the artificial House Martin nests. We ringed 5 chicks from a clutch of 6 (one dead). Only 160 pulli Wren were ringed in the UK during 2011 so it was a most pleasing find. Below is a table summarising the main species ringed within the LDV this month and the running years total.
May Year
| WATERFOWL | |||
| Grey Heron | 0 | 10 | |
| Mute Swan | 0 | 2 | |
| Greylag Goose | 0 | 3 | |
| Brent Goose | 0 | 1 | |
| Shelduck | 0 | 78 | |
| Wigeon | 2 | 114 | |
| Teal | 0 | 281 | |
| Mallard | 25 (pulli) | 245 | |
| Pintail | 0 | 5 | |
| Gadwall | 0 | 4 | |
| Moorhen | 0 | 11 | |
| Coot | 0 | 4 | |
| Little Grebe | 0 | 1 | |
| WADERS | |||
| Whimbrel | 0 | 2 | |
| Snipe | 0 | 24 | |
| Jack Snipe | 0 | 1 | |
| Ruff | 0 | 1 | |
| Redshank | 0 | 2 | |
| Lapwing | 2 | 3 | |
| Oystercatcher | 1 | 2 | |
| RAPTORS/OWLS | |||
| Red Kite | 0 | 1 | |
| Tawny Owl | 9 | 11 | |
| Little Owl | 0 | 1 | |
| Barn Owl | 40 (+2 RT) | 40 | |
| Kestrel | 5 (pulli) | 5 | |
| PASSERINES | |||
| Skylark | 0 | 4 | |
| Woodlark | 1 | 1 | |
| Corn Bunting | 0 | 20 | |
| Wheatear | 2 | 2 | |
| Jackdaw | 8 | 8 | |
| Mistle Thrush | 1 | 1 | |
| Wren | 5 (pulli) | 5 | |
| NON-PASSERINES | |||
| Swift | 27 | 27 | |
| Cuckoo | 2 | 2 | |
| Stock Dove | 1 | 1 | |
| 131 | 923 |
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