Migrant or Immigrant - Kenfig CES 1 - 4/5/14

The ringing season now gets into full swing with the start of CES (Constant Effort Site) monitoring. After the poor years we have had recently it was with a degree of concern that we anticipated the catch we may get. Dave, Chris, Wayne and Heather were involved in the first session of the season, with the standard 6x18m net runs in the ringing ride at the south west end of the pool. 

Cetti's Warbler Number 1

 


Some birds (right) were obviously as keen as the rest of us to get off to a good start with a Cetti's Warbler in the nets before we had fully opened them. It transpired that this bird had an interesting tail pattern (see below) which seemed to indicate that it was a first year bird with what looked like a fault bar.

Cetti's Tail showing Fault Bar

Blackcap

 Two more early arrivals.

Sedge Warbler

The day became even more interesting with the arrival of two controls. They were a Chiffchaff with a UK ring on, and a Sedge Warbler which had a French ring on it. It was not singing so we could not detect any foreign accent but Wayne did think there may have been a hint of garlic. This was the second French bird ringed by members of the group in the last fortnight. Cedwyn had a Reed Warbler at Oxwich on the 25th April.



The total for the day was:

This was happily an improvement on last years CES 1 total of 15 birds so we can hopefully look forward to a better year.