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.

Fault bars

A short session in the Mallard Run before work. The first juvenile Reed Buntings this morning, along with more juvenile Reed Warblers. This juvenile with a well marked growth bar across the tail, indicating a poor period of feeding at some point in it's feather growth.
(Photo. Wendy J.)

Too wet to ring so.....

The Welsh Wildlife Centre at Cilgerran have kindly let us have the use of a noticeboard for ringing news and information.
It is on the middle floor of the centre along with other information about the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales..

Reed Warbler P216372

P216372..retrapped 11 June 2011 on the Teifi.............
Ringed ...24 July 2000 as an adult on the Teifi.........
He has been known on the Teifi as an adult for nearly 11 years, afraid he will have to make the return journey again to be considored for the oldest recorded Reed Warbler.
(the current oldest 12yrs 11 months, photo Dawn J.)

Puffin colour ringing

Another wonderful day out with the Pembs Ringing Group. This was a trip to Skokholm Island to colour ring Puffins as part of a research project for Oxford University (E.G.I.).

Den and Renate extracting from the 2 x 60ft nets through a small part of the Puffin colony.
Part of the ringing team in action including Jerry, the Skokholm warden.
Each bird was fitted with a unique combination of 3 colour rings and a BTO metal ring.
Biometrics including bill depth, number of grooves on the bill and head to bill tip were taken.
And weighed. Puffins weigh around 360 - 400g.
The sample required by EGI is 150 birds. This is Skokholm 99 taking a final bite before release!!Back to the boat after a very successful day out on Skokholm hoping this will be a valuable contribution to ongoing seabird research.

L018186 - Sedge Warbler

A new control for the Mallard Run this evening.......
Also the 1st juvenile Reed Warbler of the year.