More Meadow Pipits and a Whitethroat!
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Dawn was breaking as the nets were put up on Barden Moor.
Bird ringers from Foxglove caught and ringed another 240 Meadow Pipits today making 500 since last Thursday. Two adult birds that were ringed last year were processed and the other 238 were juveniles! This first year Whitethroat surprised everyone as they are not usually found here after August and most will be on their journey south to overwinter beyond the Sahara. The recent poor weather has reduced the opportunities to net the Meadow Pipits but even so somewhere over 1600 have now been ringed in the last month!
Reed Buntings, Linnets and Goldfinches were also caught today.