DRP664 see post below........

Richard and all at TRG.
I can confirm the bird was ringed at PBO by Emma Cockburn on 27th April 2011. Wing 65 therefore not sexed on measurement by us. Wgt 8.7 gms 1200hrs. Will write longer re reewas etc, must dash off to the excellent Chinese down here.
All best wishes
Peter Morgan.

Thanks Peter for following our blog, recognising the sequence and the follow up.....superb !!
Our 1st movement between Portland and the Teifi...? Certainly for the Teifi RG, and as Wendy as just reminded me, we only left Portland ourselves 2 days before on the 25th !!!.. From one of our regular six monthly visits to Portland B Obs.

A follow up on Peter's reewa (Reed Warbler) comment and activities from the Mallard Run soon...

Chiffchaffs provide the numbers, a Willow Warbler the highlight

CES 6:-
DRP664...an adult Willow Warbler control, the highlight with 36 Chiffchaffs (16, CES 6 2010).
Another species on focus this week versus last year, Reed Warbler, with 14 (17, CES 6 2010).
Other highlights of a tremendous team effort, juveniles.... Kingfisher, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Pied Wagtail & Lesser Whitethroat.....all good CES birds for us !!
CES 6 totals, 103 new, 35 retrap(2010...87 new, 20 retrap)

L447220... a Sedge on the move??

A noticeable difference in a short session in the reed bed this morning.
Recently we have been catching our breeding Sedge Warblers but today had 4 new adults including a control, L447220, but none of our own. It looks like birds are on the move.
More juvs too including a Cetti's warbler, Swallow, Reed Buntings and Reed and Sedge Warblers.
An adult Little Egret flew over - the first around the Teifi for months.
Plenty of juvenile Swallows around which came out of roost quite late and stayed around the reed bed looking as if they were practising perching on the reeds.
Also a Kingfisher over Mallard pool which headed straight for the net run just after the net was taken down of course!

Puffin colour-ringing update !!

Wendy with skokholm puffin 99
Just had a quick chat with Jerry on Skokholm, between himself, staff and visitors staying on the island, they are just coming up to the 50th Puffin being individually recognised out of the 100 colour-ringed a couple of weeks ago.. an impressive result !

Herring Gulls on Caldey

Yesterday we joined the annual visit by Steve and The Pembs RG to Caldey to look at Herring Gull productivity. Several of the colonies were checked, all with poor, although variable productivity.
Even at the most successful part of the colony, only 100 juveniles from c400 nests were ringed. We would expect to be able to ring the required 200 juveniles at this part of the colony.
Small numbers of gull chicks were either too small or too big to ring, but overall Steve will have some poor productivity figures to report, even though this was a late season visit.

CES, with controls, retraps and juveniles

An excellent CES today..
(photo Dawn J)









The highlight maybe this Common Whitethroat, we don't record many on the site, and surprised by this female with a brood patch...and a control !! (L399822)
An odd coincidence... Paddy had a control Garden Warbler in Ty rhyg last week L399232..the same origins of ringing ?....but not Pembs ?

Reed Warbler R424229 -- may be of equal significance, an old local bird that pre-dates the Teifi RG, or another control?

131 birds caught this session. 84 new, including our 1st juvenile Cetti's of the year, 1 week later than last year, (more on the Cetti population another time, a decline?)
Our 1st juvenile Treecreeper of the year, c1 month earlier than normal, a sign of successful early breeding.

A nice return from Senegal

Sedge Warbler T990464 was ringed on the 4 May 2009.
This was one of 144 Sedge Warblers ringed that morning, and also amongst these 2 controls bearing PARIS rings, what a session on the Teifi Marsh.

T990464 was controlled on 15 January 2011, Djoudj National Park, Senegal
(by DEW Wilhelmshaven)

The two other dots on the map are two Sedge Warbler recoveries received today, showing typical passage movements of our Teifi Sedge Warblers through Western France.