August 2024

August saw us run 19 sessions over 6 sites including our 2 final sessions at our CES (Constant Effort Site), an end of season update on our CES will be coming later in the year.

We caught a total of 389 birds of which 355 were new and 34 were re-traps.

The 2 CES sessions added another 53 new birds and 12 re-traps.

Notable catches were 48 new Willow warblers, 98 Starling, 29 Blackbirds and 2 Sparrowhawks.

Some of our ringers joined the ringing group team at RSPB Bempton cliffs for their two day ‘Bempton goes wild’ event, a celebration of nature with lots of family events such as ringing demonstrations, guided walks, moth trapping and stands from local wildlife organisations.

Over the two days a total of 144 birds of 19 species were caught including 11 Swallows, 32 Tree Sparrows, 12 Whitethroats and a sparrowhawk. The event was a great success with lots of visitors enjoying seeing birds in the hand, learning about the reasons for ringing birds and finding out all about bird migration.