Meadow Pipits

Wednesday, September 8th 2010

Some of the bird ringers got more than they bargained for today when they set up some mist nets on the training area. 307 birds were caught and ringed, almost all of these were Meadow Pipits.

Flocks of juveniles that have fledged up on the moor are fattening themselves up before heading off South to winter. 203 were ringed last week in the same area, these totals are very unusual and unlikely to be repeated for a long time.

In addition to Meadow Pipits there were a few Linnets and a Skylark.
The moth trap had 16 species in this morning. These included Copper Underwing, Pink-barred Sallow and Black Rustic.

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