This was how team member Sam described his night sleeping in one of the hides while a series of violent thunderstorms crashed all around.!! Fortunately they petered out and gave way to a beautifully calm morning. Quite often meteorological events like last night 'stir things up a bit' after some settled weather and birds often decide to move. That obviously happened last night as there were many more birds around this morning than for the past few days. Also our ringing session produced fewer re-traps compared to new birds than recently demonstrating an influx of migrant birds.
Of 104 new birds caught 90 were migrant warblers with a surge in Reed Warblers to 22, Sedge and Blackcaps were both on 19, but very unusually Willow Warblers on 11 outnumbered Chiffchaffs on 8.Another 3 Garden warblers and 4 each of Common and Lesser Whitethroat are bringing several warbler species near to record numbers for Belvide. Bring them on!!
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