Last evening we set up the nets at Belvide for one of the highlights of our ringing year--the post breeding/migration period. A beautifully put together team got things sorted pretty quickly so we decided to leave the nets open until home time to see what was about.
We caught 30 birds of which 12 were birds we had ringed in previous years--all interesting if not earth shattering stuff. Most were either from last year or withing 3 years of ringing. This kind of data is the bread and butter of our ringing and feeds into the long term appreciation of breeding at Belvide.
However, we didn't catch any juvenile warblers which suggested that ( as we suspected) the breeding season is a bit late this year due to the very cold conditions in April. It may be something worse--but we will only know as the season progresses.
Fo now though we have decided to postpone our first ringing session so for any visitors intending to join us there will be NO SESSIONS THIS WEEK:-
Our first session ( weather dependent) will be on the morning of WEDNESDAY 7th JULY
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