Limited nets opened at 0700 and closed at 1200 with just 25 new birds of 4 species/ sub-species.
All remaining nets removed at the end of trapping effort, today marking the end of ringing of Landsort for 2017 with a total of 11,154 new birds caught since we started ringing on 2nd April. Overall 210 days ringing effort to make 2017 the third highest of the 30 years history of the Observatory after 2014 and 2016.
End of season tidy and clean up, finalising paperwork etc this afternoon.
There will be two at the Obs overnight; Chris & Kay.
| Wind: | West, backing SW | |
| Strength: | Strong, occ V strong, 8-13 m/s | |
| Temperature: | 8 | |
| Visibility: | Good, 10-20km | |
| Cloud cover: | Cloudy, 6-7/8 | |
| Precipitation: | Dry |
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Birds |
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| Brambling | Bergfink | 1 | ||
| Redpoll | Gråsiska | 21 | ||
| Redpoll flammea |
Gråsiska flammea | 2 | ||
| Redpoll cabaret | Gråsiska cabaret | 1 |
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Sightings |
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| European Green Woodpecker | Gröngöling | 1 | Foraging | |||
| Bohemian Waxwing | Sidensvans | 60 | Foraging |