For a variety of reasons this year saw a bias towards garden ringing at
Flamborough.
A total of 221 sessions were run over 7 different sites.
3572 birds were caught with 2879 birds newly ringed and 693 being retraps.
55 different species were caught.
The top 5 species ringed were:
- Starling 486
- Redwing 332
- Blackbird 311
- Goldcrest 196
- Blue Tit 137
Highlights over the year included:
- Storm Petrel
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- 3 Yellow-browed Warbler
- 2 Firecrest
- 2 Cetti’s Warbler
Also notable was the ringing of 10 Rock Pipits at South Landing during migweek, thanks to visiting ringer Jed Andrews who facilitated this session.
Warblers ringed as follows:
- Blackcap 76
- Chiffchaff 73
- Willow Warbler 52
- Whitethroat 27
- Lesser Whitethroat 19
- Reed Warbler 15
- Sedge Warbler 3
No Garden warbler were caught this year.
These numbers will have been impacted by a reduced amount of ringing at our South Landing site over the summer.