Laajalahti 21 July 2012
We did some Acro-ringing today, with two lines of nets in the reeds. A & A and Ina were present.
The ringing time was from 4.20 am until 10.30 am (the sun rises at 4.30). At the start there was +6C and calm with blue skyes, at the end over 20C and still quite calm and sunny. The catch was better than last time, but mostly tits, still only a few Acrocephalus warblers.
Species Ringed yearlings older Retrapped yearlings older
Sedge Warbler 2 2 0 1
Blyth's Reed Warbler 1 0 0 0
Marsh Warbler 1 0 0 0
Willow Warbler 3 0 0 0
Common Whitethroat 1 0 0 0
Great Tit 13 0 1 0
Blue Tit 14 0 0 1
Pied Flycatcher 1 0 0 0
Scarlet Rosefinch 2 0 0 0
Reed Bunting 3 1 0 2
Our first young Sedge Warbler of the season is shown below. This is normally the main ringing species at the site. The bird is still not fully-grown and most problaby fledged locally.
This nice male Eurasian Reed Bunting was a retrap. It has not yet started the wing moult, and is most probably a local breeder.
These young Blyth's Reed and Marsh Warblers were trapped at the same time, both from the sea side, so these birds were already mature enough to move to the reedbeds from their birth habitat in the bushes. The upperside colour of MW was yellowish buff, that of BRW with a colder olive tone - both very typical. The BRW shows distinct fault-bars - I do not remember seeing those in this species before. Probably cool rainy days in June caused problems for the parents to feed their young.
